Fitting my IROC wing

[mreid]

So right up front I will admit to liking things to fit properly. A friend of mine always says, "it's race ready". What he means is the fit is a 20 footer. That just doesn't work for me.

Today I started fitting my IROC wing. It's a well made piece, but has a few fitment challenges.

First off, notice the edges of the engine compartment opening are straight:



But not the wing, in fact it is too wide to fit in the opening about 1/3 of the way down:



And there is a corner missing on the lower left side:



The actual problem is that the area under the straight edge need to be removed (where I've ground away the gel coat):





Cut up some strips of fg cloth and bond them in place:







Also, need to fill in the edge, but I don't want the repair to snap off after paint, so drill a few small holes and bond in some pins followed by long strand fg filler:





Thursday I'll grind and fit it and then sand the entire wing and start filling pin holes and imperfections.

So many projects, so little time!

[JeremyD]

From another person with that same mindset - Thank You for making it fit correctly

[Ayles]

Why are fiberglass panels made with such lousy tolerances? Quite a few threads here with some heavy modifications done in order for them to fit right.

[mreid]

I knew you would understand, Jeremy!