Gen 4 track issue with panel

[Smokin' 2]

Hey road course regulars,
Some of the 'regulars' in Houston have lost the rectangular front wheel well access panel while on the track for 30 minute sessions. My wife lost the same panel twice in the last 2 months with new push pins put in place and 2 more of us lost one last weekend. I almost lost both.

1. Anyone else come across this issue?
2. Has anyone found a good resolution for it? I just don't want to reinvent the wheel if someone has already done something simple. (We don't want to run without the panel due to rubber entering the hole).

I'll be emailing Jon to order another panel. Thanks for any feedback.

 

[FLATOUT]

Zip tie? Sounds ghetto but they hold up well and can be easily hidden. You're talking about the headlight/foglight access panel correct?

 

[Hamrhead]

Duct Tape.

 

[Barrels]

I lost mine at VIR. Good to know jonb has them.

 

[Garron]

Use the plastic rivets, look clean and you can get them off with a center punch

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[JonB]

Commonly-lost part on track AND street! Corner workers are always calling-in to race control about those "small black rectangles just off the racing line." Many owners dont know they are even missing.

If you surround the panel's 3 tabs and 4 corners with a bead of silicone sealer, that stuff will gel and hold the panel in place. It is then a simple matter to "peel" the sealer off when/if you need to remove the panel.

Mike, yours is in the prio mail

HINT: Buy a spare.....

JonB's rule of spares: "If you buy a spare ANYTHING ..you will likely never need it!"

 

[Bill Pemberton Woodhouse]

I really like Jon's idea of Buying a Spare!! So if any of you want to buy a spare Viper , give me a call, ha,ha.

 

[Stealth]

I lost this rectangle as well and have no idea when! It has since been replaced.

 

[Smokin' 2]

I really like Jon's idea of Buying a Spare!! So if any of you want to buy a spare Viper , give me a call, ha,ha.

Funny Bill.....I thought I already did that.

And Jon.....I'll take a spare! Sealant was the way I was leaning and I'm going to give it a try.

Thanks everyone for the feedback.

 

[F8L SNK]

Jon, I am the other one who lost one at the track. Send me two driver side and one passenger side please

 

[FrgMstr]

Black silicone is your friend.

 

[WckdSnke]

Lost drivers side at track.

Black duct tape on both sides fixed the issue.

 

[Smokin' 2]

Jon, I am the other one who lost one at the track. Send me two driver side and one passenger side please

Hey Tim, You make 4 then. K and B lost panels but K went and got hers when the track went cold (she actually saw it fly off in turn 10) and B had a cornerworker bring it to her at the end of the day.

Get all the tar off your car yet?

 

[venomred]

Very easy...just drill a hole above and below the latch at the top of the panel and run a xip tie through the holes...I've never lost another...

 

[JonB]

Jon, I am the other one who lost one at the track. Send me two driver side and one passenger side please

On The Way, Prio Mail.... Thanks

Common item also damaged is G4 ACR Fog-lite black-outs....Owners, see if yours are shattered?

 

[JonB]

Hey Tim, You make 4 then. K and B lost panels but K went and got hers when the track went cold (she actually saw it fly off in turn 10) and B had a cornerworker bring it to her at the end of the day. .....

No surprise there....cornerworkers spot EVERYTHING......... not just passing under yellow!

 

[bluesrt]

buy a spare and u wont need- amen to that

 

[Viperless]

Foldover nut on one of the existing holes and a screw. Works fine, lasts a long time.