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Old 04-18-2014, 01:42 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Mike View Post
It needs to be bolted to the hatch, and yes, I had a problem. In addition to the wing cracking, the skin of the hatch also cracked at the mounting bases. Can't really see it but its at the back end of the mounts, inboard. Both sides had 1" cracks in the aluminum hatch skin.
To fix it with the new wing, we bonded steel plates onto the hatch to spread the load of the downforce out a bit and prevent a repeat occurance.
thanks Mike. That is exactly what i can imagine.

But i dont track, i never exceed 70 on high way, so hope the wing wont create big downforce to destroy the hatch

I am fortifying the hatch, i mean i glue the base and Pedestals together , then mount it to hatch ( i would like to glue it too i addition to bolt) , then add 1 level big of aluminum/ steel plates underneath the hatch, then bolt it ?
Your steel plate is very good ideal, but the hatch is destroy because you track right ? does it cause by going through bump on street ?
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