side skirt fitting? (help needed)

leeincivic · November 06, 2007, 09:17:15 PM

eh up peeps! finally decided to get off me ass and sort me car out!!

av got a set or c-west copy side skirts which look like a very good fitment but one thing i am stumped on is that the skirt is made to sit on the sills between the door and sill, this is a problem coz when the door is shut the door gap is no longer there?

this will become a major problem when i paint the car soon as obviously its all gonna chip and look a mess!! plus it will just look stupid with a really tight gap!

i spoke to a local bodyshop and he just said that he would bash feck out of the sills to make the skirts sit lower into the door opening!! i aint into that route tho for obvious reasons!! lol

has anyone any ideas or even if they have had a bodyshop fit some post some pics up of them fitted to give me an idea,

i would not mind keeping them to give a bit better support but if cutting them off is the only way then so be it,:Laugh

cheers dudes!!

Ricco_04 · November 06, 2007, 10:42:49 PM

Was only just talking to a bodyshop guy about this.

His reccomendation was to have nothing going on the sill at all to keep the panel gap\'s true and even. I can only guess the skirt would be rivited underneath and the rest would be bonded. Then you would fill the join line from the sideskirt to sill so you couldn\'t see it when it\'s painted.

And deffinately no big hammer to the sills for god sake, that\'s just a bodge job!

leeincivic · November 06, 2007, 10:45:17 PM

yeah thats a good point about keeping the original gap, guess it would be hard to try and match that to the skirts profile,

looks like its out with the saw then!! lol:Laugh

and yeah the hammer to car approach is not what i was looking to hear!!! lol

Ricco_04 · November 06, 2007, 10:47:21 PM

lol. It alway\'s seeeeeeems simple - it\'s just getting there

but please wait and see what other people have to advise because they may have better idea\'s

leeincivic · November 06, 2007, 10:51:30 PM

cheers for that ricco and it does seem to be the best option really:Thumbs-up

also do you have any idea what is best used to bond them on? i was thinkin about using the sealant which is used to bond in the windscreen, i used this stuff to bond some patches in when me car went bare arsed, it seemed very strong,

or is there a better option for use on the fibreglass skirts?

Ricco_04 · November 06, 2007, 10:57:36 PM

Good question! Honest answer is I dunno! :spank

I have seen some companies use \'Elch\' which I believe is a company which makes adhesives etc, which one to use I dont know. Sure someone on here would know. You could always try contacting another bodyshop and see what they advise?

leeincivic · November 06, 2007, 10:58:56 PM

yeah will do that cheers ricco, gonna avoid that bodyshop i went to like the plague tho!!! lol:Laugh

Ricco_04 · November 06, 2007, 10:59:37 PM

This may help, I just had a quick search :

http://www.masterplastics.co.uk/elch_building.html

Ricco_04 · November 06, 2007, 11:01:22 PM

Quote from: leeincivicyeah will do that cheers ricco, gonna avoid that bodyshop i went to like the plague tho!!! lol:Laugh

When you do find a good bodyshop then do a merry dance of joy (bad experience for me lol)

Eddie · November 06, 2007, 11:04:21 PM

Hi I used this on mine and they have not budged at all, sickoflex its called or something like that.
I am going through the same pain as you at the mo with the skirts, mine were fitted by me and I have the rubing problem, but only about 1cm 3/4 up the side cars going in for a spray in the next couple of weeks, mite give what Ricco_04 says a go or take a grindeer to my door

but once on with this stuff they will not come off, and I need to get mine of to do the lambo door thing DOH

leeincivic · November 06, 2007, 11:10:12 PM

sounds like ya havin as much fun as me! lol as for grinder to door bit risky of splitting skin am guessin!!?? lol

so what ya gonna do bout gettin em off out of curiousity?

leeincivic · November 06, 2007, 11:14:21 PM

oh yeah just found the stuff ya on about to and its called sikaflex, that right?

Eddie · November 06, 2007, 11:35:47 PM

LOL only joking about the grinder part:)

Think I am going to cut them in two following the line between the door and the front wing and take the full front wing off with that part of the skirt attached. Then patch them back up, dont fancy doing it but needs doing and I think trying to remove the sikaflex stuff is going to be a real pain.

loads to do an no time to do it, got that zaust on now I got of you by the way boy its loud but sounds bloody good:)

leeincivic · November 06, 2007, 11:38:30 PM

sweet glad ya happy with it, did you just start it up i can hear a burbling from here?? lol:Laugh

Eddie · November 06, 2007, 11:49:03 PM

Well happy with it I like it loud, its much louder than my super dragger.

My neighbor over the road saw me at a fireworks display and told me to watch out for this wife catching me, apparently when I start my car up the front room window pole end things unscrew:) and drop off.
This guys has a siera cosworth and thought that was loud:) one day he says your car shakes my full front room window and stuff unscrews and things start to vibrate when the rx7 is left running over the road, I smile and tell him his cosworth rattles my letter box:) a little, he didn\'t look amused:) telling me its over 400hp but never seems to want to play when I see him around in it funny that:)

when you going to any meets need to get you a beer for the good price you gave me on it.

Cheers