REFLECTOR:Carbon Beam Location

[Ronnie Brown]

No, I installed the beams after cutting out the doors and laying up the
triax door edge flanges.  I just didn't notice that I needed more flange.
Sounds like yours will work out fine.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander Balic" <alex157@direcway.com>
To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 8:29 PM
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR:Carbon Beam Location


> Ronnie,
> Did you install the beams before finishing the door cutouts? or did it
just
> get installed a little too close to the edge? I am making my beams flush
> with the external skin (about 3/4" back from the inner door flange) so I
> hope that I don't have a problem with the stripping.
>
> Alex
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On
> Behalf Of Ronnie Brown
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 4:44 PM
> To: reflector@tvbf.org
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Carbon Beam Location
>
>
> While we are talking about carbon beams, let me suggest that you make sure
> that the top of the beam is installed far enough rearward that it doesn't
> prevent you from having a good flange to install the weather stripping on.
> I let my pilot side beam get a bit too far forward and have nearly no
flange
> for my door weather strip. The right side worked out fine.  Just something
I
> didn't pay enough attention to while I was installing the carbon beams in
my
> 173 Elite RG.
>
> Ronnie
>
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