---------------------------------------------------------- RV8-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 06/07/09: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:45 AM - Re: Heads Up On Wheel Pant Fiberglass Quality... (Matt Dralle) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:45:00 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: Re: RV8-List: Heads Up On Wheel Pant Fiberglass Quality... Just a quick follow up on the new wheel pants. I finished up the installation yesterday and they came out fantastic! I'll still have to make a fiberglass blister to fit around the brake caliper, though. I've attached a couple of pictures. Matt Dralle RV-8 #82880 N998RV Unpacking The Wings... At 10:42 AM 6/5/2009 Friday, you wrote: >Dear Listers, > >I took delivery of an RV-8 QB finish kit around September 2008. Last weekend I started tackling the installation of the wheel pants. The first thing I noticed on inspection of the wheel pants was how horrible the quality was. The front piece didn't fit the back piece and the flange shoulder on the back pieces were not straight. Getting a even an "okay" fit was nearly impossible. The other issue was the quality of the fiberglass itself. On the rear part of the back piece, the epoxy resin was completely spider-cracked on both sides and on both pants. It was nothing a few more coats of resin and a bunch of sanding couldn't fix, but who wants to do that? Needless to say, I was fairly demoralized by the fact that there was really no way I was going to be able to make them really fit together "perfect". > >Matt Dralle >RV-8 #82880 N998RV ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv8-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV8-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rv8-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv8-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.