Price / Fit on panels

[Pyoor_Kate]

Hey folks,

Whilst preparing for Pride I did some tart up jobs on Rebecca, and it became apparent that my front wing has approximately no life left in it. It's held together by pixie dust and rust, and in this case there's not that much pixie dust left. So my plan is to replace it - but as usual I'm broke.

So I'm after some price / quality of fit / doesn't have that hideous seam at the front information...

Basically where should I get a new front wing from, I'd like a nice balance between price and fit (probably not the cheapest then), I've decided to stick with steel, because I want to keep my wing-mirrors (and I don't trust glassfibre with them, even if I made it many layers thicker). I also don't want the hideous seam at the front which some of the cheaper pattern wings seem to have...

Any advice folks?

[ColinP]

Kate,

I don't think there is a front wing without the seam - what C Ware's did with mine was to smooth out the seam before painting.

Why not try your hand at leading the joint (Sam did some excellent instructions a while ago)? Then you can have the smoothest front wings!

Glad Rebecca behaved as well.

Colin

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Basically where should I get a new front wing from, I'd like a nice balance between price and fit (probably not the cheapest then), I've decided to stick with steel, because I want to keep my wing-mirrors (and I don't trust glassfibre with them, even if I made it many layers thicker).

HUH! I'll have the glass one I gave you back then!

[rayofleamington]

The seam under the headlight should only be there on pattern parts - not on genuine panels.
you can buy wings without seams however these are of course more expensive than pattern parts. Quality of the pattern parts varies depending on price and manufacturer, and some are indeed terrible.

I have some genuine N-O-S wings however these are old and have plenty of surface rust (and still cost me £50 each!)