Stationary M25 Traveller Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Have seen a few examples now. Seems like a great way to reduce the dirt and stone damage on the side panels and rear wings. Don't really want to drill holes in the cycle wings - knowing my luck something will crack. Would like to use a suitable adhesive product to stick rubber flaps inside the lower edge of the cycle wings - looking in a 'ScrewFix' catalogue, there are so many products. Love the look of the Evo Stik product "Sticks like Sh*t" (sic). Wonder if it does what it says on the tube !! Anyway - someone must have experience of this - what did you use ? Thanks ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumster Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 I used fibreglass resin to fix some bolts to the inside of the wing, now the mudflaps simply bolt on/bolt off. Chris Alston C7CAT 1800 Supersprint Drive it like you stole it! but don't tell my pupils that 😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 That's an excellent starter for 10 ! Just hex-headed bolts, or welded to a flat plate for a bit more area ? ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Locust Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Mine are just trapped between the wingstay and the wing but the wings are bolted on my car. 4mm neoprene rubber does the job nicely. Ian Green and Silver Roadsport 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumster Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Just hex-headed bolts and one dollop of GF per bolt. Pretty simple but effective. Chris Alston C7CAT 1800 Supersprint Drive it like you stole it! but don't tell my pupils that 😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 Really silly question - source of rubber ? Any obvious High Street sources ? Something in DIY store than can be carved up ? ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris perry 1 Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Hello, You can get the rubber from Demon Tweaks. I made some brackets that hung down from the rear/back wing stay that the wing bolts to. Unfortunantly, all my hard work went to waste when the exhaust primary collector melted one flap on a track day a few years ago. Havent bothered with them since. Chris P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Taylor Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Anyone got any photos? Milo - R400 MGT Photos here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterhamnut Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Rubber floor mat - the cheap ones to go in the car. Perfect to cut up I would have thought. www.mycaterham.com here Videos here 98,000 miles -1st 1.6k Supersport, '95 Motor Show car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 or - as I have now discovered - ask your friendly neighbourhood gasket supplier if you can filch some offcuts of nice thick neoprene sheet, and discover he would be only too glad to donate some, in recognition of the business he has been getting !! ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricol Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 And then you reverse up a step, catch the conveyor belting mud flap between wheel and step and hear a very lound noise of fibreglass tearing apart. Happily that was on the trials Dutton - and it was a foot high step. Bit of matting and resin and it's fine. Afraid my rear wings show what I think of mudflaps - and the roll bar just by my ear where the cow muck normally lands 😬 Bri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Thanks for that. Moral of story is make them a bit shorter, make sure the rubber gives before the wing ....... or don't reverse the front wheels up a step !! ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclefester Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Photos? ....here ....here ....here Method of attachment, best follow John Aston's advice, mine are just drilled and riveted but then I'm a butcher and anyway I was intending to fit CF CSR wings later, as I like the flat tops for Beer and Sarnies, saves carrying a table 😬 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds..ooooh hooo hooo!!... 😬 😬Abbey Road Time-Machine *eek* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team SLR No.77 Posted March 9, 2007 Leadership Team Share Posted March 9, 2007 You need some of these here from bighead.co.uk. Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted March 9, 2007 Author Share Posted March 9, 2007 Ooh - now you're talking !! Will try with bolts and glass fibre resin for starters. Thanks for photos UncleFester - don't drive off with the camera bag on the boot ?! ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 Worked a treat !! very little spray on sides and rear wings during 82-mile blat this morning. *smile* ****************** And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking... And racing around to come up behind you again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclefester Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 😬 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds..ooooh hooo hooo!!... 😬 😬Abbey Road Time-Machine *eek* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRIS CLARK Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Strange that no clam shell owners EVER have this problem!!!! 😬 Clamshell Club Founder Member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageyH Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 As they have just resurfaced the road near where I live (read cover it in gracel) I have been forced to fit the Mk 1 "Cagey Catchers" seen below: Cagey catcher View 1 Cagey Catcher View 2 Cagey Catcher View 3 Made from Kaylan rally mud flap material, and seems to work reasonably well. Only dead fish go with the flow....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6speedmanual Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Very heavy addition to a 7. ☹️ Unsprung mass too! If you pull a straight string from the contact patch of the tyre (from where stones are launched) to the base of the rear wheel arch, that indicates how low the flaps need to be to stop stones hitting the rear arches. They need to be about 3/4" off the road. Too low to be practical. I just fitted my front wings back to front to improve aerodynamics. They still look good as the rear end of the wing behind the wheel is still a little lower than the leading edge. 6SpeedManual *tongue*There's no such thing as too much BHP per Ton 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CageyH Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 I don't have a problem with them hitting the rear arches. There is a stainless panel there to take the knocks, and a larhe patch of armorfend. You are of course, assuming stones travel in a linear fashion, which they don't. It does not stop them all the stones, but it seems to have stopped them coming into the car As for the weight, I think the rubber is lighter than am adjustable passeger seat runner set up, which I don't have on my carbon fibre tillets I also run CR500's and not fat boy Yokos , but my car is painted, which adds weight too 😳 And I have a 290mm steering wheel when a 260mm would be lighter Only dead fish go with the flow....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akakubi Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Seems like a very old thread, but I figured I'd chime in as well. Was driving in the wet on Saturday after picking up my car from CC Midlands. The best driving feeling I've had in a while ever with the full hood up. Even my wife loved every minute of it Anyhow, lots and lots of dirts and cow crap was flying upwards, mucking up everything at the back. So I decided to do the flaps as well. I had spare CF wing protectors since I never fitted them (CF rear wings), so I just cut one up into two 6" long pieces and attached to the cycle wings. They fit very well and look great. Also, they do not flap around. So far, no scrapes, but will have to see in the future. Cut on dirt drastically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 Welcome to Seven ownership .... shame about the weather for your first run !! 7 related photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akakubi Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Thanks! It is indeed so much fun. I was expecting it to be much worse actually. Apart from getting in and out, trapped manure smell that tended to linger for a while, and a bit of heat build up from the footwell, it was not bad at all. 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanAm Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 IIRC one of the usual GRP/Carbon suppliers did a line in extra long cycle wings; blowed if I can find it now. Alan Teenage dreams, so hard to beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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