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Anyone fitted one of these spoilers?

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Re: Anyone fitted one of these spoilers?

Post by X5-D-Sport » Mon Dec 08, 2014 7:51 pm

Chelsea's spoiler - "that was"....
I had to giggle...
Lets hope it gets fitted securely....

**Re force....
Remember poking you hand out of a window when we were kids, and at 50mph the force almost knocked your arm off...
The spoiler has a total area of approx. 4sqr feet... not 5inches like your hand.... then put 80mph behind it and then imagine that a 4ft wide kite can lift a grown man off the ground in a strong wind....

Food for thought...

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Re: Anyone fitted one of these spoilers?

Post by X5Sport » Mon Dec 08, 2014 8:29 pm

And wind 'load' quadruples every time your speed doubles.  Time for aerospace glue?
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Re: Anyone fitted one of these spoilers?

Post by chelsea » Tue Dec 09, 2014 5:57 pm

hahaha.....yep maybe..lol ::)

I will assess the thing properly when it arrives but "Tiger Seal" is used by all the major manufacturers to bond panels on where appropriate.......
lol....I have been warned and it would just be my luck  ;)
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