Lately i have been contacted by several people enquiry about converting the S1 boot spoilers to fit an S3,
here are my findings and some what painfull learning curve.
As some of you know i purchased an ex class A racer with full fibreglass panels, which i set about modifying
to replicate a trofeo racer without the wide arches to compete in the the tin tops and future classics.
I contacted Bob Wright to replicate rear wings from a pair of S3 original wings, kindly loaned by John from justsuds,
Bob took a set of templates from the original wings for future use and then went on to make a set of wings
somewere between the wide arch wings from the class A racer and the original S3 wings ensuring a perfect
fit back onto the racer.
Also delivered to Bob was a genuine S1 rear spoiler and front spoiler (also loaned from John)
Bob took a template of the front spolier in 2 pieces for future use and made 2 no full piece front spoilers for myself.
Bob also took templates of the original rear spoilers again for future use, i took measurements from a S3 tailgate and
instructed Bob to make a rear spolier to this dimension, 40mm less than the original, 2 no were produced.
Unbeknown to myself the rear wings on a S1 are 20mm wider over the rear lights than a S3 hence making the 2 no wing spoliers over sized,
also when fitting up the rear wings it became apparent that the fibre glass lower section of the tailgate was shorter than
a standard S3 spoiler, resulting in the replica fibreglass spoilers all requiring adjustment.
I then reduced the 2 no wing spoliers by 20mm by carefully cutting out a parallel section then bounding the 2 pieces back together with epoxy resin,
this was reinforced from behind with plastic splicing pieces, the joint was then over bonded with epoxy and sanded to a smooth finish. i carried out the
same procedure on the main boot spolier.
Below are a selection of photographs
- Nearest 1st original spoiler,2nd fibre glass copy, 3rd modified copy.
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