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Offline Luke S

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Side panels and body
« on: 28, December, 2012 - 18:52:13 »
I have got side panels and I put them on about 3 weeks ago and it looks like it has bent the front a bit, it's not quite as bent as the C5's front on the home screenhttp://www.c5alive.co.uk/. I didn't look at the front before I put it on so I don't know. :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\

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Re: Side panels and body
« Reply #1 on: 28, December, 2012 - 19:53:01 »
Hi there Luke .Any thing that rests on the front will in time  bend it .When you are not using the C5 get a piece of wood cut to size (a piece of two x one would be ok) and put it in front of the Pod and down to the handle bar or just on the body towards the seat .Make it longer than it should be to force the front up a little ...And keep it there when you store the C5 ...

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Re: Side panels and body
« Reply #2 on: 29, December, 2012 - 19:05:20 »
I'll second what Chas said.

My front was a little bent but I cut some wood to length, and left it supporting the front for a few nights and still do so every now and again and the problem hasn't resurfaced.

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Re: Side panels and body
« Reply #3 on: 29, December, 2012 - 19:14:04 »
If the side panels are highly tensioned and have been left on the C5 for some time this will lead to body distortion. I would advise you to remove them when not in use.

The same will happen if you leave any heavy weight leaning or stored on top of the C5.

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Re: Side panels and body
« Reply #4 on: 30, December, 2012 - 10:41:39 »
I'll remove them now!!!!