Project: Miata Roof Wing – Underside & Mounting

Steve finalized the overall look of the wing.

And began working on the underside, and mounting area.

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Project: Miata Roof Wing – Adding Some Flare

‘The Master’ (Steve) at work!
We decided to add a up-turn to the lip of the wing to give it a more aggressive “Flared” Look.

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Project: Miata Roof Wing – Marglass

After achieving a rough shape with the foam, Steve applied a layer of ‘Marglass’ to add structure to the wing.

Sanding and more sanding!

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Project: Miata Roof Wing – Foam and Shaping

Foam

Today Steve pored the foam and started shaping the wing.

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Project: Miata Roof Wing – Building a foundation

Because this wing will attached to the rear window of the hardtop, we first must make a base plate that will attach to the glass with double sided tape. After protecting the original top Steve laid fiberglass over it to create an exact negative of the top, rear window and trim.

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New Project – Miata Roof Wing

Today we began work on a new roof with for the Miata hardtop, we started off with some renderings in photoshop and shared them with the Miata community on www.Club-Roadster.net .

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