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Fitting wind deflector - solved 'how to'.

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Post by Bing » Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:50 am

Yeah, and we've never come across engineering idiocies in our cars before, ever.... :p
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Post by Scooba_Steve » Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:28 am

It is a bit counterintuitive, there must be a reason though!
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Post by Georgio » Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:36 pm

Learn something new every day; I didn't even realise there were luggage hooks built into the left/right wind deflectors... :)
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Post by Geezah » Sun Sep 20, 2015 6:09 pm

:D Ive actually done it and fitted the wind deflector and brackets. I followed the instructions in this thread, but didn't bother with any paper templates.

Just covered the hoops with masking tape and positioned with blue tac before marking and drilling. It must have taken me at least 20 mins just checking the position before building up the courage to take a drill to my Zed!

I'm chuffed with the outcome! A big thank you guys for taking the time and the effort in showing us how it's done!
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Post by Greg 01 » Mon Aug 29, 2016 4:09 pm

Thanks guys great write up :thumbsup:
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Post by stevespg » Tue Nov 29, 2016 12:11 am

Hello. I'm about to do this, marked up the roll bar in accordance with the dimensions, but checking the hole distances from the body I get approx 5 mm out vs the marked holes using the brackets.

Measured a couple of times, can't see where I am making an error. - any suggestions?
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Post by Russ59 » Tue Nov 29, 2016 2:07 pm

stevespg wrote:Hello. I'm about to do this, marked up the roll bar in accordance with the dimensions, but checking the hole distances from the body I get approx 5 mm out vs the marked holes using the brackets.

Measured a couple of times, can't see where I am making an error. - any suggestions?
Have you got the brackets the right way up?
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Post by stevespg » Tue Nov 29, 2016 2:19 pm

Yes I think so. though if i were to mark the holes with the bracket the other way up they would match the dimensions !!

This is a 2006 car, would the rubber trim at the bottom of the roll bar be different?

the only thing I can think of as one measurement (10mm) is from the top of this and the other is from the bottom?
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Post by Russ59 » Tue Nov 29, 2016 2:55 pm

stevespg wrote:Yes I think so. though if i were to mark the holes with the bracket the other way up they would match the dimensions !!

This is a 2006 car, would the rubber trim at the bottom of the roll bar be different?

the only thing I can think of as one measurement (10mm) is from the top of this and the other is from the bottom?

The first hole measurement is 65mm up from the bottom of the trim around the roll hoop up the centre of the bracket and the top hole 145mm from the bottom up the centre of the bracket.
Your measurement seems to be from the top of the trim around the roll hoop.
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Post by Russ59 » Tue Nov 29, 2016 3:04 pm

Also looking at your pics you don't seem to have the bracket forward enough. From the back of the bracket it needs to be 7mm forward of the edge of the front roll bar cover.
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Post by stevespg » Tue Nov 29, 2016 4:38 pm

thanks for your comments, ill double check everything again. i measured 10mm from the top of the rubber trim to the bottom of the bracket with the bracket 7/8 mm from the split line as per your post, marked the holes, then checked the holes from the bottom of the trim. doing this i get holes at 60 and 140, so 5mm shorter than your dimensions, which seem very clear

I can use the body as a reference point, OR the top of the rubber, but i get a 5mm difference.... quite a lot!
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Post by Russ59 » Wed Nov 30, 2016 12:24 pm

stevespg wrote:thanks for your comments, ill double check everything again. i measured 10mm from the top of the rubber trim to the bottom of the bracket with the bracket 7/8 mm from the split line as per your post, marked the holes, then checked the holes from the bottom of the trim. doing this i get holes at 60 and 140, so 5mm shorter than your dimensions, which seem very clear

I can use the body as a reference point, OR the top of the rubber, but i get a 5mm difference.... quite a lot!

I know you'll want holes in the hoop covers exact, as would I, but if you are out by say 5mm up or down, the bracket will cover the slight mistake.
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Post by stevespg » Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:55 pm

Thank you, you're right, I'm just anal....
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Post by Geezah » Wed Nov 30, 2016 4:02 pm

Youll be telling me you move your wardrobes to paint the wall behind them next!
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Post by stevespg » Wed Nov 30, 2016 4:06 pm

Doesn't everyone?
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