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post Dec 1, 2006 - 12:51 AM
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i saw this online for like 400 bucks, and wondered it anyone had the carbon fibre back hatch? is it worth the money and if i got it could i put the wiper back on it.
 
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post Dec 12, 2006 - 6:36 AM
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yeah, put a plate in first and you should be fine for a wing or wiper.

You cannot screw direct into fibre as the thread would not hold. If a metal plate was installed during the manufacturing process then you could screw into it, but if not then you would have to sandwich the plate between the bolt head and the hatch.

i.e. the wing should have threads for the bolts to fasten to, so sandwich as follows - wing - hatch - metal plate - bolt. This is so the metal plate is spreading the force of the bolt heads over a larger area of the fibre.

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