fitting the front wings

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RogerRust
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fitting the front wings

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What is it best to use as a sealant for the join between the wing and inner wing where the bonnet shuts?

Tiger Seal?
Frosts joint sealer?

I need some good advice.

On a similar subject I have fitted the rear wings on without the piping to fettle them up first any advice on getting a good fit. And how much of a missfit can be taken up with the piping?

Sophie is looking good the schedule is a bit like this
End of March or first week April final paint spray.
During April fit interior and bumpers etc
Towards end of April fit glass.
May MOT.
Fingers crossed
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seal strip

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I bought a roll of sealing strip from 'Minor Developments'. Did you fully
bolt up the rear wings as only then will you see how close the fit is.
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Post by RogerRust »

The lip that the wing sits against has half dissapeared on one side but I think I can align it with a push and a shove.
What I need is an assistant to look at the fit while I bolt it up from below. I'll have to bribe sonofmine again!
My guess is that a few mm won't matter because the bead on the piping will hide it!
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Post by flying »

if you put all the bolts in and then tighten each one finger tight then you can adjust each one a little more until it grabs and you should be able to get them to align up :wink: ......i had to cut v in the piping some places to get it to turn about the sharper edges
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Nice photo`s Flying but find that yo yo effect very distracting
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