bergmeister

Hi
Does any one run front stone gaurds to help keep the doors and wings etc cleaner
In the uk,the roads are very dirty and full of loose stones etc
My car has the armourfend in all these areas,i am sure i read some where that some usa guys had some fitted.
I have sourced some hexy stainless, the same as the engine cover,to get some made.
I have a top man who can fabricate some for me,he makes dry sump tanks,coolers etc for renault f1,so should be able to produce something good.
Also wondering if there is any interest out there for such things

W8MM

I have them fitted to my CGT and they work very well.

I obtained them after reading an article in Excellence Magazine a year or two ago. They were fabricated by Rod Crafters in Kernersville, NC. To purchase them, one needed to send a certified check to Arthur S. Weiss, the gentleman who did all the development work, in the amount of $1,600. After Mr. Weiss received my check, the vent screen panels were fabricated and shipped to me by Rod Crafters.

Here's a peek at them installed on my car:

RS Clubsport

W8MM, do you have any other photos? I'd be interested in these, how well do they fit in the aperture?

W8MM

They fit remarkably well in the allotted space and are correctly contoured to avoid interference with the tires.

The screens mount to the body by reusing the factory fasteners that secure the body panels to each other. The dealer technicians that installed the screens said that they had to slightly tug on the body panels to line everything up correctly when replacing the factory fasteners through the screens' mounting holes.

I consider the Rod Crafters screens to be well made.

RS Clubsport

Do you have the contact details for Rod Crafters?

Thanks

W8MM

From Google: Rod Crafters, Inc. 1496 Plaza South Drive, Kernersville, NC, 27284

Phone 336-992-3100

RS Clubsport

Thanks for that, I'll give them a call.

W8MM

Here's another set of possible details:

Rod Crafters Inc
341 Industrial Dr
Lexington , NC 27295
(336) 731-0008

This phone number looks familiar to me.

RS Clubsport

Just got off the phone with them (they have moved and their no. is 336 731 0008) and they are now in Lexington.

W8MM

Harvey Yancey

Art said that they had a few sets left I beleive ... you can contact him at Artweisscpa@aol.com.

vramani

thanks for the great info. Want to make sure these are for the front correct?

W8MM

Absolutely!

The screens allow airflow from the front, underside of the car to pass through the vent formed by the panel at the trailing edge of the front wheel opening and the tub. The air passes through with very little obstruction while the screen stops foreign objects from smashing into the tub face or collecting on the sills. Even though I had some clear protective film applied to the front face of the tub, the junk collection performance of the sills was a constant irritation and the prime motivator for installing the vent screens.

If one plans on regularly operating ones Carrera GT at very high speeds (over 175 mph), maybe the screens are not a 100% good idea. They will slightly reduce airflow because of the mesh blocking some small percentage of the aperture. I'm not prepared to expound on the aerodynamic effects of such a change to airflow, but since I don't plan on driving my CGT near its actual top speed, I am not concerned.

vramani

Spoke to Art great guy owner of 2 CGT - placed order $1600 for set better than having the rocks and branches sitting in the well.

Carrera2kid

I installed the Rodcrafters screens on my CGT and they look and work great. It did, however, take a lot of work for my local dealer to install them properly (eight hours). Still, they are the best alternative that I know of to a stead diet of pebbles, rocks and other stuff in the front wheel channels.
Ferrari did the same thing with the Enzo...but they did it at the factory.
Ray
'05 CGT
'07 RS