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Stone Guards
Bumble - 7/5/11 at 07:25 PM

After my airfield day yesterday my lovely shiny rear arches are now absolutely splattered with stone chips covering approx the first 30cm of the leading edge of the arch - couldn't see it til I cleaned all the dust off today!! Anyway, I need to invest in some stone guards and fancy some plain black (ideally) or carbon ones. I've got the narrower 10.5" rear wings. Can anyone recommend me some or some materials I can cut to suit.
Thanks,
Matt

austin man - 7/5/11 at 07:35 PM

Im sure Steve Hignett does carbon stuff may be worth a u2u

perksy - 7/5/11 at 08:12 PM

Covered mine in some Clear Armourfend type film off ebay and seems to have worked well
Might be worth considering when you fit your new ones ?

L5W - 7/5/11 at 08:48 PM

Hi Matt,

Kit Part Directs do a pair of carbon ones quite cheap, near the bottom of this page http://www.kitpartsdirect.com/page25.htm

Not sure if this is the same seller on ebay but they look similar
Robin Hood Westfield Caterham kitcar carbon stone guard on eBay (end time 12-May-11 11:23:56 BST)

Was going to get some for mine but not got round to it yet

Lee

Bumble - 7/5/11 at 09:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by L5W
Hi Matt,

Kit Part Directs do a pair of carbon ones quite cheap, near the bottom of this page http://www.kitpartsdirect.com/page25.htm

Not sure if this is the same seller on ebay but they look similar
Robin Hood Westfield Caterham kitcar carbon stone guard on eBay (end time 12-May-11 11:23:56 BST)

Was going to get some for mine but not got round to it yet

Lee


Hi Lee,

Long time no speak / mail. How's the build coming along?
Re the stone guards thanks for the mail, the sad thing is I bought a pair of those weeks back and when they arrived, the qulaity was so bad I sent them straight back....got a full refund but quality was shocking. You'd do well to buy some others if my experience is anything to go by.
HTH,
Matt

L5W - 7/5/11 at 09:39 PM

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the tip on those stone guards, I'll steer clear. My build is going slow, I keep re-doing jobs as I'm not 100% happy with the first attempt, re-routing rear loom, brake mounts etc.. Hoping to get engine started soon though

Your car is looking very nice, good luck with IVA

Lee

Angel Acevedo - 20/5/11 at 01:13 PM

You could Use 3m Di-Noc film.
Relatively cheap, easily replaceable, Neat Carbon Fiber look.
You may upgrade at a latter date to a more definitive material as Satinless or ali.
HTH