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Old 2012.12.31, 07:05 AM   #2
imxlr8ed
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Ok, so the more of these I install onto my club racer's cars, the more I learn.

I just want to be clear here that all of my parts are not really designed to be perfect bolt-on and go parts. It's always a compromise with performance and aesthetics. I just installed this version onto an old-school Kimi F1 body and I had to do a bit of grinding on the nose cone posts down to the wing. The wing mounts to the bumper so there is no need to connect it to the posts on the nose cone. I just ground them down so they could just clear the wings top surfaces when the bumper was installed.

I don't mind doing this and to the racer, the result was way worth it! I just want to be clear on this for all who order these... I'm a racer first, collector second (a very far second) so it's no big deal to me to hack up a body if it means I get a functional result!

Also... I may be revising these wings to help with an issue I came across yesterday. The clear plastic F1 chassis cracks way too easily! One of my racers pulled the primary fairing from the bottom of his car and where the back of the bumper meets the chassis... well, let's just say that my bumper won the battle! There's not a scratch on the bumper but the chassis looks like a shattered piece of glass! I always said something else would fail before these bumpers and I was right. I have a black plastic chassis and there are no cracks anywhere in this area... I think the issue will only be with the clear plastic chassis.

I will more than likely incorporate some kind of flexible area where this occurred to avoid this issue entirely. I will update when I do!
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