This actually helps with the shipping process in that it tends to prevent the shipper from being able to easily mangle the box. Since I was picking mine up in person, I didn’t get the cool wooden trophy. The use of the wooden endplates also prevents the real endplates from being damaged in shipping, too.
Since the wing is made from an extrusion, and is made an appropriate width for the vehicle, the holes need to be tapped. In my case the wing is 71″ which is technically the maximum width that Nine Lives Racing offers. A 1992 SC300 is 70.5″ wide. But with 50mm over fenders, mine is around 74.5″ wide. Most series prohibit the wing being wider than the vehicle, so this works out perfectly.
With that, I had everything ready to go. Time to install.
Since this is a race car, its only job is to have holes drilled into it, so, of course, you need a drill. You’ll also want a tape measure and some masking tape to mark the trunk lid for where exactly to drill the holes. The wing needs to end up centered on the trunk surface and centered on the car.
It’s unlikely that your trunk lid is so crooked that it’s not close enough to centered on the vehicle, but measuring from the edge of the quarter panel to the edge of the quarter panel will help with figuring it out.
There is definitely a left and a right. You will figure that out very quickly, because the tabs will not sit flush at all if you do it backwards. I also chose to put the pylons inboard of the mounting tabs on the wing because I figured Johnny was smart enough to design the mounting plates to not hide his awesome logo.
Laces out!
Don’t make things too tight because you’ll have to take it apart to adjust it soon.
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@cmj re-read page two:
“But there’s an end to this means, I assure you. And it’s not another innuendo. I don’t think. If you look back to the photo of Rob, he’s taking a photo. In fact, he’s taking dozens of photos. You see, when you take dozens of photos from different angles of the speckled car, you can then use some really fancy computering to stitch all of the photos together to build a really accurate 3D model of the vehicle.”
https://motoiq.com/project-sc300-road-racer-part-27-joining-a-wang-gang/2/
Rob is using a regular digital camera and then stitching 2D photos together using software to build the 3D model.
@cmj re-read page two:
“But there’s an end to this means, I assure you. And it’s not another innuendo. I don’t think. If you look back to the photo of Rob, he’s taking a photo. In fact, he’s taking dozens of photos. You see, when you take dozens of photos from different angles of the speckled car, you can then use some really fancy computering to stitch all of the photos together to build a really accurate 3D model of the vehicle.”
https://motoiq.com/project-sc300-road-racer-part-27-joining-a-wang-gang/2/
Rob is using a regular digital camera and then stitching 2D photos together using software to build the 3D model.
@cmj re-read page two:
“But there’s an end to this means, I assure you. And it’s not another innuendo. I don’t think. If you look back to the photo of Rob, he’s taking a photo. In fact, he’s taking dozens of photos. You see, when you take dozens of photos from different angles of the speckled car, you can then use some really fancy computering to stitch all of the photos together to build a really accurate 3D model of the vehicle.”
https://motoiq.com/project-sc300-road-racer-part-27-joining-a-wang-gang/2/
Rob is using a regular digital camera and then stitching 2D photos together using software to build the 3D model.
@cmj re-read page two:
“But there’s an end to this means, I assure you. And it’s not another innuendo. I don’t think. If you look back to the photo of Rob, he’s taking a photo. In fact, he’s taking dozens of photos. You see, when you take dozens of photos from different angles of the speckled car, you can then use some really fancy computering to stitch all of the photos together to build a really accurate 3D model of the vehicle.”
https://motoiq.com/project-sc300-road-racer-part-27-joining-a-wang-gang/2/
Rob is using a regular digital camera and then stitching 2D photos together using software to build the 3D model.
@cmj re-read page two:
“But there’s an end to this means, I assure you. And it’s not another innuendo. I don’t think. If you look back to the photo of Rob, he’s taking a photo. In fact, he’s taking dozens of photos. You see, when you take dozens of photos from different angles of the speckled car, you can then use some really fancy computering to stitch all of the photos together to build a really accurate 3D model of the vehicle.”
https://motoiq.com/project-sc300-road-racer-part-27-joining-a-wang-gang/2/
Rob is using a regular digital camera and then stitching 2D photos together using software to build the 3D model.