sealing bumper/splitter and vibrating wing

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:30 pm

Anyone have any suggestions on how to seal the air splitter and the bumper? I need something that can come off easy cuz I have to take off the splitter to work on alota things on the car. I wanna use silicone but it'd be a pain. Theres like a good 1/8" I cant close up.

Also, at 80mph my rear wing starts to vibrate. At 110 its very very noticable, I was affraid to go any faster. How the hell can I stop this? The wing is as tight down as its going to get. Its not worth having a wing if I can even go above 110mph.

Thanks in advance guys!

Danny

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:50 pm

can you adjust the angle of the wing? i told you it would vibrate

but if it's really bad it can be the angle... it will create pockets of air between the rear glass and the wing and you won't get smooth flow... resulting in severe vibration

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:14 am

Duct tape!

It fixes everything!!

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:01 am

Audacityracing wrote:can you adjust the angle of the wing? i told you it would vibrate but if it's really bad it can be the angle... it will create pockets of air between the rear glass and the wing and you won't get smooth flow... resulting in severe vibration

Yes I can.. but its set at the least amount of downforce. Should I adjust it for more?

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:03 am

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote:Duct tape!

It fixes everything!!

oh.. i have serveral rolls of it in the garage!

thanks!

FearTheWoo · Post by **FearTheWoo** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:40 pm

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote:Duct tape!

It fixes everything!!

If duct tape can't fix it, it ain't broke.

Geoffrey

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:25 pm

Anyone got any ideas for the splitter?

and audacity, would moving the wing to make mroe downforce (since its on the weakest setting) possibly get rid of it, or just make it worst?

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:33 pm

try adding more... but just a little, and try it out.

as for sealing... what about foam rubber... put a strip between the splitter and the bumper and crank it down with your bolts so it's wedged

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:58 am

Audacityracing wrote:try adding more... but just a little, and try it out.

as for sealing... what about foam rubber... put a strip between the splitter and the bumper and crank it down with your bolts so it's wedged

Well Its not vibrating anymore and I didnt adjust it. Hmm, maybe it was just really windy.

I'll try that.. what type of rubber do you have in mind?

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 6:37 pm

um... i was thinking along the lines of a weather stripping... like a soft rubber tube that can collapse when squeezed