After a few months of research I am getting close to the point of actually making these aluminum wind deflectors (or as Execmalibu saya, noise generators)
Finding a spring manufacturer who could make these has been time consuming. The first one wanted about $40.00 per spring if I committed to purchase 50 springs!
Next, reverse engineering required me to obtain a complete wind deflector which was likewise time consuming and nearly futile until HBChris came to the rescue.
The fins of the wind deflector will be aircraft grade aluminum. The plastic guides will be machined. The original hinges were pot metal and likely the weak link. We will try to make them from billet aluminum for durability.
Until they are actually made and test fitted, the sell price cannot be firmly established BUT if I can make them ask $425.00 would there be any takers?
Finding a spring manufacturer who could make these has been time consuming. The first one wanted about $40.00 per spring if I committed to purchase 50 springs!
Next, reverse engineering required me to obtain a complete wind deflector which was likewise time consuming and nearly futile until HBChris came to the rescue.
The fins of the wind deflector will be aircraft grade aluminum. The plastic guides will be machined. The original hinges were pot metal and likely the weak link. We will try to make them from billet aluminum for durability.
Until they are actually made and test fitted, the sell price cannot be firmly established BUT if I can make them ask $425.00 would there be any takers?
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