More progress today on #BGWV2
When making the bracket template, I realised I'd totally forgotten about the bolt that goes through the lower mount and into the tailgate. Off the car everything assembles great, then when i offered it up with bolts, the problem became apparent!
5 minutes with the Dremel sorted that out:
At this point I got a message from a rather desperate Jardo. He couldn't get access to his workshop, and needed to use the pit and tools to hangs the engine mounts and cv joint on his golf.
Because I'm nice (
) I agreed and gave up my parking space for an afternoons entertainment
With Jardo underway causing chaos, I got to work on the first test fit
The brackets fitted brilliantly:
I bolted the wing up loosely, and positioned the feet so that everything was sat perfectly square.
First impressions of how it'll look:
I masked up the tailgate, and drew around the mounts ready to drill:
No going back now!!!
Jardo had finished his cv joint, and was on to changing his rear engine mount:
I bolted the lower feet up, and bolted the wing on for the first proper time attached to the car. I'm pleased to report that it seems remarkably solid already
once it's all torqued up I'm confident it'll be very sturdy.
One more pic for those concerned about glass clearance: