I'm looking for a template or drill guide to install my wing. Anyone able to help me out? Apparently I lost the instructions before delivering my kit to the body shop. What an idiot!

Also, I was wondering if anyone has tried using a rubber bead or gasket around the base to hide any gaps and maybe prevent cracking later on down the road.

 

PLEASE!

 

Thom: As far as I know, the body shop guys didn't use any type of gasket to put mine on. I'm pretty sure that they only used what came with the kit. Sorry, but I can't help you with the template.

You got the REAL NISMO wing correct?

 

whoever did make the kit should be able to provide you with a new template...

even if someone had it, what can they do? scan it? and you print it? I think its a bit too big for any of that.

 

That's an affirmative.

I was hoping to have it mailed or Kinkofied then mailed.

Thanks guys. I'll try the vendors on Monday.

 

i ordered a replica... is that really bad?

 

OH NOOOOOO!!!!! NOT A REPLICAAAAAAAA!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!!!

 

bah seriously??

it was all i was able to find available...

my car is in the body shop for an accident so wanted to take advantge and put the wing on while they have some paint mixed!

****...

 

If its a good body shop, they'll be able to make it work. There were some fitment issues with some of the "NISMO Style" wings out there before.

 

Seriously, the replica wings did a lot better than the replica front bumpers, side skirts and rear skirts. There were A LOT of problems getting those to fit. Not as many problems with the wing though.

 

Foam doublestick tape is all that is needed to address the "gap" issues.

As for the template, I toseed mine after my install or I'd send it to you. However, your bodyshop should be able to do without it if there worth a ****. It's not difficult to make a template just by measuring, or even tracing, the bottom of the spoiler and centering it on the car. Even with the template, you still have to measure to center it correctly on the lid.

 

depends on who you ordered it from.

there seems to be no issues with the gruppe-s replica, but the bavaria aka kcaero replicas SUCK!

 

Got it taken care of. Thanks everyone.

 

JetJammer...... nice avatar..... are you a controller?

 

the two holes that are furthest apart match the wholes of the stock spoiler rite??

on the nismo...

 

Affirmative. Tower & Approach at HNL.

I'm pretty sure thats what it was when I looked at it today. Just for fun, I put DrBonz's spoiler up on the Z to see what it would look like with NISMO kit. It looked alright, but was way too shiny & slick. I'm sticking with my NISMO wing.

 

ok cool... when i was at the body shop today... we figured to just use the stock holes for the rear...

i should get my car back tommorow..

pics of course will follow

 

Hey N4DV, if you ever put an aux. tank in that thing, fly on over and look me up! Pontoons might help, we do have 2 sea lanes...

 

I have a feeling I'd make it about 5 hours outside of PHX and then I'd be treading water for quite some time!

I've heard stories from Ferry Pilots that have flown twin cessna recips from CA to HI. Stuff it with a huge fuel cell in the cabin, take off over gross and then for the first half of the trip the winds aloft are such that your calculations show you won't make it.... then about halfway the winds change and help you along....

I'm not so sure I could have such good faith in those winds!

BTW... my avatar pic was taken over the Mohave desert when on a trip from Phx to So Cal. we had a prop governer go nuts.... ran the RPMS up to 105% before we shut it down... flew the rest of the trip on the remaining engine. Those Garret TPE331-10's are some awesome motors! Plenty of power!

 

As they should. Anyway take it easy. Hope ATC treats you well out there.