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Damaged front wing

Postby Brisvegas » Fri 24.04.2020, 22:49

I am looking at photos of a1991s, Elan SE in a salvage sale that has a damaged passenger side wing with a fair chunk out of it and there is a yellow looking area underneath.
Is this the flexible inner guard or is this an inner moulded wing and part of the upper clam shell?
Is it possible to repair the wing or would I need to source a new/ used clam ?

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Re: Damaged front wing

Postby esprit888 » Sat 25.04.2020, 01:43

Brisvegas wrote:I am looking at photos of a1991s, Elan SE in a salvage sale that has a damaged passenger side wing with a fair chunk out of it and there is a yellow looking area underneath.
Is this the flexible inner guard or is this an inner moulded wing and part of the upper clam shell?
Is it possible to repair the wing or would I need to source a new/ used clam ?

Regards
Mark

Pictures would probably help Mark
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Damaged front wing

Postby Brisvegas » Sat 25.04.2020, 03:46

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Re: Damaged front wing

Postby Fredjohn » Sat 25.04.2020, 07:32

Brisvegas wrote:Photos attached :[img]


Unfortunately they aren't!

Don't know what happened, but when you try again, use Preview before Submit so you can see if it worked
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Re: Damaged front wing

Postby chrisP » Tue 28.04.2020, 15:26

The front clam has an inner and outer skin running down both sides. You would need to check for stress cracks all over, especially around mounting bolt holes.

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