A MK1 rear wing/spoiler request!

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Re: A MK1 rear wing/spoiler request!

Post by White Exec » Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:53 am

Not sure there were any cars ex-factory without spoilers.
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Re: A MK1 rear wing/spoiler request!

Post by ul9601 » Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:42 am

White Exec wrote:
Wed Mar 13, 2019 6:53 am
Not sure there were any cars ex-factory without spoilers.
Oh ok - someone commented on my intro thread that my car wasn't quite the poverty spec as I claimed to be as it has a spoiler, a tach and a glovebox lock etc...
Maybe that was a joke I didn't quite get...
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Re: A MK1 rear wing/spoiler request!

Post by XmXD » Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:59 am

Thank you sir, you are a gentleman and a scholar.
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Re: A MK1 rear wing/spoiler request!

Post by xantia_v6 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 5:05 am

I think that a point of confusion is that the lowest specification XMs were not generally sold into RHD markets, so a base spec UK car had more features than a base spec European car.

I expect that the market demand for base spec XMs disappeared with the introduction of the cheaper Xantia in 1993, and the Xantia Break in 1995.
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Re: A MK1 rear wing/spoiler request!

Post by ul9601 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:08 am

Have some photos here:
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Re: A MK1 rear wing/spoiler request!

Post by ul9601 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:12 am

As you can see there is a reinforcing doubler inside.
And it definitely needs a ballast - maybe the latch is not as sharp as it should but needs good slamming to close it.
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Re: A MK1 rear wing/spoiler request!

Post by Dieselman » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:46 am

To complete the basic look, you need to change the wheeltrims to the plain ones...and maybe remove the hydractive suspension too.
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Re: A MK1 rear wing/spoiler request!

Post by ul9601 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:05 am

Dieselman wrote:
Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:46 am
To complete the basic look, you need to change the wheeltrims to the plain ones...and maybe remove the hydractiev suspension too.
Hmmm - not sure about those weird looking wheel trims but I don't mind going non-Hydractive!
I just need the bits for them. I should remove centre console and find an analogue clock instruments also.
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Re: A MK1 rear wing/spoiler request!

Post by White Exec » Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:25 am

Don't forget to wind the clock at least once a week.

Go back far enough, and Jaeger actually made clockwork car clocks that were electrically rewound! As the mainspring tension fell away, it triggered a solenoid impulse to give it a bit of a re-wind.

Non-Hydractive shouldn't be a problem :? :? :shock: Just a matter of the right spheres and pulling a fuse.
No, I didn't suggest that, I really didn't.
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Re: A MK1 rear wing/spoiler request!

Post by ul9601 » Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:07 pm

White Exec wrote:
Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:25 am
Don't forget to wind the clock at least once a week.

Go back far enough, and Jaeger actually made clockwork car clocks that were electrically rewound! As the mainspring tension fell away, it triggered a solenoid impulse to give it a bit of a re-wind.
Fascinating! As long as it works, right?
White Exec wrote:
Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:25 am
Non-Hydractive shouldn't be a problem :? :? :shock: Just a matter of the right spheres and pulling a fuse.
No, I didn't suggest that, I really didn't.
8-)
Well, what IS non-Hydractive XM ride like?
I've had CX, GSA, C5, C6 & XM and driven DS and SM. Non-Hydractives have been far better in terms of ride (at the expense of roll control but I can live with that). C6 had by far the worst ride in my opinion. XM has been very good.
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