has anyone done it, seems easy enough

pics ?

done it to my capri ... used nutserts and bolts

Just finished doing this to my Mk1 Escort.

I welded some more metal onto the tabs along the lower front to allow enough space to use a nutsert. I also added a tab on the rear underside then used a nutsert into the sill area.

In total I used;

5 nutserts along the drip rail
4 nutserts down A piller
1 nutsert on underside
3 nutserts on lower front panel
3 nutserts around headlight area

All nutserts were stainless.

Was reasonably easy to so although I had done alot of front end repairs/replacements and getting the panels to line up initially took some time.

i really want to do this, pictures please? how to from start to finish in pictures?

regards hugh

Yes you can fit bolt on guards....Some effort...nutserts are great

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Originally posted by camo91

i really want to do this, pictures please? how to from start to finish in pictures?

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i dont think pictures will really help a great deal and I am not sure that I have any. This is the way I did it;

• - get wings into useable condition (I needed to do rust repairs and replace the lip as mine had more spot weld holes than lip)


• - weld additional tabs onto the wing around the headlight (x3), lower front panel (x3) and A pillar area (x2)


• - weld additional tabs onto the lower front panel corresponding with those on the wing (x3)


• - determine how many bolts you want on the top lip (I used 5) and measure the centres accordingly


• - drill small pilot holes in the lip


• - put panel back on and mark pilot hole on drip rail


• - drill necessary nutsert holes in drip rail and enlarge pilot holes in wing lip


• - install nutserts and bolt wing on


• - clamp front panel and wing to get the correct alignment (I had to cut off the arch lip to assist getting enough flex but I was putting bubbles on so could do that)


• - on the wing mark location of the 3 holes around the headlight area and the 3 holes on the tabs on the lower wing


• - remove wing and drill pilot holes where marked


• - remount wing and mark location of pilot holes{/*]
  
• - remove wing and drill nutsert holes in front panel and enlarge pilot holes


• - install nutserts and bolt wing on


• - mark location of 4 holes on wing down A pillar


• - remove wing and drill pilot holes where marked


• - remount wing and mark location of pilot holes{/*]
  
• - remove wing and drill nutsert holes in A pillar and enlarge pilot holes in wing


• - install nutserts (the A pillar is thick so make sure your nutserts are deep enough else substitute a steel nutsert and put a spot of weld on the back to stop it spinning) and bolt wing on


• - mark location of hole on underside tab


• - remove wing and drill pilot hole where marked


• - remount wing and mark location of pilot hole


• - remove wing and drill nutsert hole in sill and enlarge pilot hole in wing


• - bolt wing on and have a beer

Good luck - will post pics if I can find any

These are some threads I have been referencing;

Bolt on Wings
http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?129494-bolting-front-wings-on&highlight=drip+rail
http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?124155-Resto-help
http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?80745-dimensions-needed-please&highlight=bolt%20wing
http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?73790-My-new-toy!/page7

Sorry I cannot find any pics that I took but the first and third links above show you all you need