fiberglass wings

[old skool freestyler]

i want to put some mex fiberglass wings on my car where is the best place to buy them from as i have herd some are a really shit fit

cheers

[Baz.]

our sponsers www.oldfordautos.co.uk

[old skool freestyler]

cheers mate next question how do i go about fitting them? are they hard to do?

[bomber1]

grip fill or screw bolts? or seeing as ur young how about a bit off sticky back plastic like they do on blue peter

[old skool freestyler]

grip fill or screw bolts? or seeing as ur young how about a bit off sticky back plastic like they do on blue peter

 

no jason double sided sticky tape

[bomber1]

grip fill or screw bolts? or seeing as ur young how about a bit off sticky back plastic like they do on blue peter

 

no jason double sided sticky tape

 

so y u asking if u alreadt know the answer

[old skool freestyler]

[c1arke]

cause we young-ens like to makes sure that were doing it right so we ask the oldies lol

[Guest Guest]

I fitted 2 to my nephews ermine white anglia & it took days to get them looking right. Its not a job that i`d wanna do again & i`ve been fitting panels to cars for 20 + years.

[capriclive]

i put fibreglass mex ones on my old mk1. got them from smith & deaking.

a little trimming but overall a very good fit.

bolted them on

 

[Rick]

mine needed a lot of modding to get them looking spot on

 

things to consider:

 

-air pockets in the gel coat which will pop open when warm, you need to find them all pop them and inject witha bit of resin

 

-gaps, youl have to chop and reshape all gap edges to get right, however this is a great advantage over steel wings as you cant do that kind of work as easilly.

 

- rail edge needs making wider as you dont really get much of an edge to bolt/rivet through on the top wing edge to rail.

 

- the wings do not come perfectly true to shape., they have lumps dents and bumps moulded into them if the moulded wing wasnt perfect, and also the shape changes slightly if the wing is popped out its mould too early.

 

hope that helps./

 

at least they dont rot

[Baz.]

mine went straight on, no problems

 

here is a pair old ford autos made for KJ1320

[old skool freestyler]

i will be ordering some next month how much will my old wings be worth when i take them of?

[Baz.]

standard wings, not much mate i skiped mine

[old skool freestyler]

oh ok mate cheers for the info

[ADY]

Let us know how you get on with the wings and where you ended up getting them from, would be interested to know!

Cheers AD

[old skool freestyler]

will do mte