Thread: Wing Top Checkerplate

Hi Paul,

I used double sided foam tape .. see below. Compared to silicone it is a lot easier .. and cleaner to work with.

I just used silicon then sealed around the outside with some aircraft sealent goop I got from work.

If you use a silicon, make sure its a sikaflex type as to not induce rust.

I have made mine but have been too lazy to put them on (along with the rest of the items in the gararge).

When i do, they will be sikaflexed with rivets.

Dave [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

Originally posted by DaveS3
If you use a silicon, make sure its a sikaflex type as to not induce rust.

I have made mine but have been too lazy to put them on (along with the rest of the items in the gararge).

When i do, they will be sikaflexed with rivets.

Dave

the guards will not rust.
what did you use as a pattern/template to make them

made up my own template by laying paper on the wing top and drawing the outline of the part i wanted to cover.
i then cut this out and sprayed it with contact glue andrepeatedly alyered it until it was almost as stiff as cardboard. i then cut this out to the original paper template size and checked it against the guard.
i temporarily glued this to my 4mm chequerplate and lightly sprayed it (on the back) with black paint. when the template was removed, the outline remained.
i used a jigsaw to cut the shape out and made up a bending clamp to chamfer the sides and band the front lip down. (in retrospect, i probably could've gone for 3mm as the 4mm was a little hard to work with).
once the shape was cool, i used automotive grade double sided tape (the kind they use for the badges and decals) with some silicone around the outside to stop crap getting in, and used nut-serts to fix it all down with some nice stainless steel counter sunk phillips head screws.

Originally posted by DEFENDERZOOK+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DEFENDERZOOK)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-DaveS3
If you use a silicon, make sure its a sikaflex type as to not induce rust.

I have made mine but have been too lazy to put them on (along with the rest of the items in the gararge).

When i do, they will be sikaflexed with rivets.

Dave

the guards will not rust.
what did you use as a pattern/template to make them[/b][/quote]

They do corrode eventually.

I used paper then transfered it to cardboad for the templates. Mine contour the complete inside line of the guard.

Dave.

so do mine.
i didn't want any bare bits of dented aluminium to detract from the x-plate.

is it possible to post a few close-up pics of the home made jobbies so i can see them...im interested in making some up myself as i cant afford to buy them at the moment.

i need to see how straight a cut you get from a jigsaw or if there are any other methods of cutting the aluminium.

also ideas on curving the front edge.


the pricing of these is such a rip off..... a sheet of the chequer plate costs what they charge for a set of protectors...they get about 5 sets(pairs) from one sheet. do the maths...its scary.

TIA