My First Rh, Change Front Wings

[Guest freak9882]

Hi,

 

Let me introduce myself, I'm Andre from Germany, please excuse my bad English, and got my Robin Hood Exmo this week. I found the car in Holland and just picked it up. I want to rebuild the car during winter.

 

I tried search already, but couldn't find what I was looking for.

 

I want to exchange the front wings ( the long ones) to the " normal" that nearly all Seven have.

 

Is this possible? If yes, may somebody has a documentation?

 

Thanks in advance for yor help.

 

Cheers

 

Andre

 

 

 

 

[gaz0571]

i would telephone gbs who are the new owners of robinhood they will be able to supply what you need.

[Guest freak9882]

Thanks gaz, may you have a number/address for me. Where are they located? I will Tuesday around Standted.

 

Edit/Do yor mean them?

 

http://www.greatbritishsportscars.co.uk/Team/

Do you know if this is difficult to change?

 

Cheers

 

Andre

Edited September 14, 2012 by freak9882

[Snapperpaul]

The difficulty with cycle wings and the Exmo is that the suspension on the Exmo is fixed to a structure that does not turn, the cycle wings need to fit to the wheel hubs to turn.

Some have fitted the cycle wings to the fixed bodywork but they will not turn with the wheels.

[richardm6994]

Ive fitted them on my exmo. You do have to modify the brackets and suspention butress but its not a difficult job. I will upload some photos later.

[richardm6994]

My cycle wings do turn with the wheels. I bought the brackets off ebay and the seller is still selling them and currently has a set on ebay: item number 140847673822

 

Then I had to;

 

1) shorten the suspension buttress ends

2) make some addition brackets to hold the bottom of the cycle wing brackets

 

[Guest freak9882]

Hi Richard,

 

Thanks a lot, will buy them tomorrow.

 

Cheers

 

Andre

[Guest freak9882]

Hi,

 

me again I was still not able to get the kit proposed by Richard. Does anybody know if this from ebay will do the job as well?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=281032968318&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

 

If somebody has another idea, thanks for that.

 

Cheers

 

André

[Guest freak9882]

No ideas?

[Guest chris brown]

Your best bet before you start is to have a good look at a exmo that has been converted to cycle wings or get lots of photos from lots of angles (not a job for the faint hearted) then start from there as it is not easy to get them looking good. As for the brackets I would make your own and stronger than those on eBay.

[Guest svsdino]

Is the Exmo running Sierra style sliding pillar front hubs? If so I've just converted mine using the brackets from Kitspares and they are relatively easy to fit although do need spot welding.

[Guest freak9882]

svsdino,

 

which one from Kitspares do you mean? May you hava link?

 

Cheers

 

André

[Guest svsdino]

 

 

 

Andre

 

I spoke to one of the guys at Kitspares, told him what suspension I run, series3a, similar to yours I think and they posted them out. I never did see a picture of them. Hope this helps?

[Jamiep]

the Exmo is McPherson strut, there are no brackets available off the self that I know of. search on richardm6694's post he has posted plenty of photos in the past.

there is also someone who has just passed Iva who made brackets but I can't remember his name at the min. search function is your friend!

[Guest freak9882]

Hi,

 

just want to give you a short update. I finally could manage to get the parts needd for the cycle wings from the UK. Here's the result.

 

Thanks all for your help.

 

Cheers

 

André