CR Wing Homemade trunk support dimensions
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CR Wing Homemade trunk support dimensions
I bought a Seibon CR clone wing, heavy and needing support like the OEM CR wing.
I made my own supports for the thin trunklid metal, and used all the OEM stiffeners in the lid and quarterpanel trunk edge. It's not detectable that it's not OEM unless you know well.
Here's the pattern. First I made an outline of the bottom of the wing stands and mounting holes. Punched the mounting holes out with a hole puncher to transfer to the support pattern and trunklid.
Made 2 5/8" x 10 inch rectangles, and notched them until I could get them to clear the trunklid inner spotweld. Transferred it to metal and shaped the curve of the metal to match the trunklid.
Did the layout looking carefully at the inner trunklid of the real CR, noting the front holes in the wing stand are the ones to use and locate and align on the trunklid and the other holes are drilled off of those with the oval templates and measurements of the assembled wing. Drill the first 2 holes from the inside of the trunk, put the oval templates on the top with blue tape, drill the other holes from the top into the trunk. Measure over and over to make sure your trunklid templates match the assembled CR wing stand before you drill the holes. The rear holes you'll have to come back with a 1" hole saw and drill the inner panel away to gain access.
Disclaimer: There may be a better way to do this (such as just buying a CR lid), but this worked for me. Please check your (and my) measurements for sanity and do and use this at your own risk.
The Nutserts and the alignment of the other bits is a whole other thread...
I made my own supports for the thin trunklid metal, and used all the OEM stiffeners in the lid and quarterpanel trunk edge. It's not detectable that it's not OEM unless you know well.
Here's the pattern. First I made an outline of the bottom of the wing stands and mounting holes. Punched the mounting holes out with a hole puncher to transfer to the support pattern and trunklid.
Made 2 5/8" x 10 inch rectangles, and notched them until I could get them to clear the trunklid inner spotweld. Transferred it to metal and shaped the curve of the metal to match the trunklid.
Did the layout looking carefully at the inner trunklid of the real CR, noting the front holes in the wing stand are the ones to use and locate and align on the trunklid and the other holes are drilled off of those with the oval templates and measurements of the assembled wing. Drill the first 2 holes from the inside of the trunk, put the oval templates on the top with blue tape, drill the other holes from the top into the trunk. Measure over and over to make sure your trunklid templates match the assembled CR wing stand before you drill the holes. The rear holes you'll have to come back with a 1" hole saw and drill the inner panel away to gain access.
Disclaimer: There may be a better way to do this (such as just buying a CR lid), but this worked for me. Please check your (and my) measurements for sanity and do and use this at your own risk.
The Nutserts and the alignment of the other bits is a whole other thread...
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Hey Ray, that top template is just that... a template. Not a pattern for a top plate, but a means to locate the holes from the top for the rear holes.
The bottom template is indeed the pattern for the lower and only support
The bottom template is indeed the pattern for the lower and only support
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