Rear Stoneguards

[Guest mikeh]

Just about finished the build and doing the little odds and ends before arranging to get the car up to GBS for its IVA. Had the first engine start today, took a little while as there was a fuel line problem from the low pressure pump to the swirl pot - whatever, once sorted, started up and ran smoothly.

 

Now the point of the topic - am about to fix the stainless steel rear stoneguards and wonder how others have fixed them. Any thoughts?

 

Mike

[sj-bradley]

I found that the plates that were given were far too large.

 

I cut them to fit just to the bend in the wheel arch and held them in place with clekos while I used the

other holes in the plate to drill out the rest of the fibreglass holes.

 

Don't forget to put trim around the edge before riveting them down. IVA man might not like them if he spots that !

 

You can find some photos of mine on my web site. Check out "October"

http://www.sj-bradley.talktalk.net/

 

Simon.

[philshelton]

I would leave till after IVA if it was me, one less sharp edge to worry about

[Guest mikeh]

Simon

 

Thanks for the reply and the pics. I have already cut the supplied guards down to a more appropriate size. I guess rivets are the best thing though I have seen some attached using nuts and bolts. Just to check, assume you used S/steel rivets? What size?

 

Cheers

 

mike

[Guest mikeh]

Phil

 

I like your solution - if you don't need them for the IVA, why put them on! I think I'll worry about it later.

 

Cheers

 

mike

[philshelton]

Mike keep it simple just do what you need to to get it IVA'd then you can play. We just had a first time pass with a old superspec no screen no wipers no stone guards just what was required to be a road legal car

[sj-bradley]

I seem to recall they were stainless rivets but I'm not sure of the size - probably 3.5mm or 1/8" I think.

 

Simon.

[megadodo]

I used m4 allen & pan headed stainless bolts with ss penny washers and nylocks. Looks good from both sides. Just get your distance from the edges even and inter bolt spacing even. DONT over tighten though.

[agent_zed]

Hi,

i bought carbon fibre stick on plastic and i am going to use that for stone guards. When they get tatty peel off and stick some more on costs about £3-5 for 5 sheets of A4 size off ebay. no edges to worry about.

 

hth

[Guest sandy77uk]

I bought 2 carbon fibre panels (they are real carbon fibre and not the film i used to wrap my dash in) used a contact adhesive (similar to carpet glue) fitted prior to IVA and no issues since

 

tried to attach a photo, excuse the baffon in the picture

Edited February 29, 2012 by sandy77uk

[Guest sandy77uk]

seems the uploader is *bleep*ed, linked

 

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[David S]

seems the uploader is *bleep*ed, linked

 

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That looks fab. I have also just has some carboin fibre ones made and will fit them after IVA. The car looks amazing

[Guest sandy77uk]

That looks fab. I have also just has some carboin fibre ones made and will fit them after IVA. The car looks amazing

 

thanks man, yeah I was pretty pleased with how they look, I wasn't a massive fan of the metal sheets, I didnt think they kept in keeping with the 2 tone colour scheme i was going for