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« on: January 11, 2010, 09:25:38 PM »

I bought 2 genuine 131 sport front wings last week rot free rust free and no filler  for a good price i have 1 fixing bracket missing on each wing.These are the small brackets that are rivited into the lip of the wing so the plastic arch trim can be fitted.
Does any one have 2 spare to sell. ?
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« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2010, 09:40:41 PM »

Original 131 Sport/Racing wings have the brackets welded on so if yours have  riveted brackets then I'd say they are standard wings that someone riveted brackets to. Not a problem as long as both wings are the same. For years I used to have one original Sport wing and one 'standard' wing on my Silver Sport and I never realised until Simon pointed out the difference to me  Undecided

It should be easy to make up the little brackets that are missing.
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2010, 09:48:28 PM »

all you need to do is just fold 2 new brackets & spot weld them on, are the wings new or secondhand?
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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2010, 09:50:36 PM »

Ill post pictures to clarify . Sid they are second hand.
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« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2010, 10:28:59 PM »

Ok, I'll be pi**ed off if they are not genuine, as it was from someone from this site I bought them, & were sold as genuine 131 Sport wings but if they will work that's ok as they are rust & filler free and in good condition.
To top it all my camera has now f***** up so i will post the pictures tuesday night.
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« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2010, 10:40:14 PM »

If the wings are good then don't worry about it. Once fitted very few people (probably just Simon  Grin) will be able to tell. As I said I knowingly had one of each on my car and I couldn't tell the difference until Simon pointed it out to me.   
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« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2010, 10:48:16 PM »

You do learn something new every day on this site.
So to spot a GENUINE 131 SPORT WING the arch brackets should be welded on and not rivited ? correct ?
If the brackets are rivited  on then they are standard 131 wings ? correct?
Just so every one is clear on this Theo.
Thanks.
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« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2010, 11:12:04 PM »

Original 131 Sport wings have spot-welded brackets on them. It's easy to spot-weld brackets onto 'standard' wings so the brackets are not the way to tell; in any case once the plastic 'eyebrows' are fitted you can't see the brackets.  The wings are ever so slightly different in curvature with the 'standard' wings being more bulbous than the Sport/Racing wings. 
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« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2010, 11:23:55 PM »

Intresting info Theo for all who buy 131 sport wings in the future.

Dont get me wrong i am happy to get 2 wings in solid original condition for the prige i paid.
If it is that hard to tell the standard wings from Sport wings maybe, just maybe the seller sold them as genuine not knowing they were standard ?
I will post pics of brackets when i can.
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« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2010, 11:31:32 PM »

I don't have a sport so I have no experience of this but I can't understand why Fiat would make the sport wings a slightly different shape as this would surely involve different tooling and a lot of cost.
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« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2010, 11:39:21 PM »

T? f?or-Fiat 131 cliath?in uile an c?anna, d?reach na clibeanna beag at? ar an sp?rt ar an arches
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« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2010, 11:45:05 PM »

na l?ib?n? T? l?thair welded ar do threalamh ?irse, bheadh s? n?os fearr a dh?anamh idir l?ib?n? n?os l?idre agus ?s?id scri? 5mm in ionad f?in tapping scri?, thats cad go mbeidh m? ag d?anamh
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« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2010, 11:51:28 PM »

Sid .
cha neill mi ach a tuigsinn a huilla darna facall a tha u a rath anns a ghaillaig erinn
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« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2010, 11:57:35 PM »

I've got an original sport wing and an original for a super but will need to check. Most of the imitation wings i've come across can be awful to line up properly.

I kind of remember that the sport wings don't buldge out as much as supers etc.
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« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2010, 12:13:27 AM »

Well this is something for all of us to look into just to see if there is a noticable difference in the two wings shape wise and if its worth worrying about standard or sport .
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