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Depends on the quality of the GRP in the first place.912uk wrote:The thing with GRP is that you have to flat it back alot. You see this alot in Kit cars where it looks to have a wobble along the panel.. Flat that out and then they good great.
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Hi there, yes GRP do vary, but as others have said, it's just down to how much work you want to put in. These front wings had done the rounds: when I bought them, everyone at the autojumble piped up saying that they had owned them at one point, only to sell them again at the next jumble .
Anyway, I ended up cutting the rear frames off, lengthening the outer skin right upto the door, backmarked the correct the door gap, shaved them back to the line, slit the rear frame to take new shallower side profile, bond back in place, reglass slits, mount headlight bowls, adapt original (steel) fuel filler recess and flap from a scrap wing and bond in, thin out all edges to make them look like steel, fill and paint. Easy .
Here's what it looked like:
Good luck with the project .
Anyway, I ended up cutting the rear frames off, lengthening the outer skin right upto the door, backmarked the correct the door gap, shaved them back to the line, slit the rear frame to take new shallower side profile, bond back in place, reglass slits, mount headlight bowls, adapt original (steel) fuel filler recess and flap from a scrap wing and bond in, thin out all edges to make them look like steel, fill and paint. Easy .
Here's what it looked like:
Good luck with the project .
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I built Andy's car, Andy supplied the wings from GT Racing, they were excellent quality wings but, they took me the best part of 2 to 3 days, removing & replacing, grinding & filling to make these wings fit somewhere near, so just think hard in the amount of work involved before purchasing fibre glass wings.
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I got my GRP ST front wings from DRE Racecar Composites in Bampton, Oxford, 07979 215112. Steel ST flares (you need to supply the wings) are available at £400 each but there is a very, very long waiting list. I am investigating an alternative line of supply and if anyone knows a high quality fabrication shop I can source an ST as a template.