So I thought I'd poke that crusty looking bit...
Posted: 19 Apr 2010 19:49
You know, the inner wing...[}:)]
Now, I knew they'd been 'repaired' in the past, and whilst they were probably OK when done, it's not up to my expected standard of neatness. At a quick glance, the offside is the worst - there's plates on the inner wing in front of and behind the turret, badly blended in with filler, and I think the turret may be made of those seperated side and top plate kits[V].
But my main reason for digging deeper was the crusty/flakey wing mounting rail. Or rather, the area where itr should be! Oddly/luckily, the outer wings themselves <i>appear</i> to be pretty good though, so should at least be reusable, assuming I can get them off OK[:)]
So my quuestions are...
1. How is the front wing mounted? It looks like spot welds along the top (most of which as gone anyway!) and bolts to the A pillar, but what about the rest? I think it should be bolted to the nosecone, and spot welded to the sill and front panel - am I right?
2. What should the wing mounting rail look like? I can't find any particularly clear pics of this area with the wing removed; is it a box section, or a straight forward 'shelf', etc?
3. More importantly, got any pics of what this area <i>should</i> look like without an outer wing fitted?
Thanks in advance.
Dale
Agrati Capri (x2)
Triumph TR7
Yamaha SRX-6 (x2)
Skoda Octavia vRS 2.0T FSi
Now, I knew they'd been 'repaired' in the past, and whilst they were probably OK when done, it's not up to my expected standard of neatness. At a quick glance, the offside is the worst - there's plates on the inner wing in front of and behind the turret, badly blended in with filler, and I think the turret may be made of those seperated side and top plate kits[V].
But my main reason for digging deeper was the crusty/flakey wing mounting rail. Or rather, the area where itr should be! Oddly/luckily, the outer wings themselves <i>appear</i> to be pretty good though, so should at least be reusable, assuming I can get them off OK[:)]
So my quuestions are...
1. How is the front wing mounted? It looks like spot welds along the top (most of which as gone anyway!) and bolts to the A pillar, but what about the rest? I think it should be bolted to the nosecone, and spot welded to the sill and front panel - am I right?
2. What should the wing mounting rail look like? I can't find any particularly clear pics of this area with the wing removed; is it a box section, or a straight forward 'shelf', etc?
3. More importantly, got any pics of what this area <i>should</i> look like without an outer wing fitted?
Thanks in advance.
Dale
Agrati Capri (x2)
Triumph TR7
Yamaha SRX-6 (x2)
Skoda Octavia vRS 2.0T FSi
