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A I discovered soon after taking delivery the Aluminium Chassis Plus 8 seems to be very good at collecting road dust inside the car and if the road is damp, picking up moisture and dumping it inside the cockpit and one the inside of the screen.

I had a Williams wind deflector on the Roadster and it seemed to help. But a Plus 8 is rather wider, collects more muck and so an alternative solution was needed.

Step 1 was to have Aero Racing fit the roll over bar they developed for Aeroman.

Step 2 was to make a prototype wind deflector and road test it.

These photos show the evolution of the screen and the finished card prototype. The fitting, using zip-ties is temporary, the final version will clip to the roll bar frame.

The hole, covered by fly screen mesh, was put there for two reasons:
1. So I could see behind
2. To see how much air comes through this space. The answer was "a lot"

The cat is removable amd simply there because he likes sitting in the sun. He is, of course, nicely colour coordinated!


A road test today shoiwed it is promising..the Co-Pilot said that the cockpit was quieter, her knees didn't get cold and she needed neither scarf nor at lower speeds, a hat.

So, the next step is to make a second prototype, check for fit and then have a final version made.

Initially I'm going to get one made in plexiglass, for three reasons..
1. It will be all but invisible..
2. It is a lot cheaper than a custome made "frame and net" one, about £120 and the maker is near Southampton.
3. I think it will work better, based on the prototype road tests.

The finished version will be in use by mid June..., I'll report further.

Oh yes, if you want a roll bar for your modern Plus 8/ Speedster it will be about £800 plus VAT from Aero Racing and they need your car to fit it.

Saw it in the cardboard myself, Peter did offer me a rag and some metal polish but I declined.




Silence is golden eh PJ?

Love the fact you have sprayed the cardboard too!

Good idea...it will also dull headlamps from cars behind, I don't have a dipping rear view mirror.

I'm a bit OCD...but the main reason was so if it got wet the paint should stop it from becomming a soggy mess...

Peter,
My co pilot would like a deflector, preferable plexiglass. Did you proceed with this?
Alan

Yes, but it is going VERY slowly....
I have to visit SiFab, the people I'm talking to.
They had Aeroman's Plus 8 there a couple of weeks ago and Simonis looking at options!

Thanks, you can tell them that I'm definitely a customer too.
I spoke to Williams recently. Thy have a rear deflector for the classic plus 8 (its ugly) and want to develop one for ours but "have not had a car for long enough".

Would it be possible to confect something along the lines of the Mercedes Benz Airblade (an option on the SLC & recent SLKs). I find it a much more elegant solution. Maybe the perspex "petals" off a merc could be made to fit....

When I get my hands on my new SLC I'll be able to tell you if it works as well as the guys at my dealership says it does (It wasn't an option fitted to the car I test drove).

Indeed, but I want/need something that fills the gap between the seats as that is where most of the muck comes in from.

I'm going up to SiFab on Tuesday 6th to see what they propose.

Will your lovely pussy be going too..?