Now that the quarter panels were glued on, we only had one thing left to do...
The side skirts!
Mocking these up it was clear almost immediately that the side skirts are the major shortcoming of this body kit, they took more modification and adjustment to make fit then any other panel in the kit.
To add, I believe the pair I received were possibly warper/twisted. (possibly in shipping?)
Regardless, we pressed on.
Mocked up
and clecos added
Somehow I managed to not get any pics myself of the brackets we made to attatch these. Not that they were really all that interesting or complex anyways.
Matt did happen to take a few somewhere along the line:
Basially just a 90 degree bracket of sheet metal welded along the entire top edge of the rocker. This holds the sideskirt up and is the major part where it is glued.
On the bottom we simply used a flat piece of metal to extend the bottom of the skirt to the pinch weld. (Also glued here)
It also is glued to the bottom of the quarter panel where it slides under. This seam will be molded to look like one piece when the car goes off to the body shop.
We did opt to leave the side skirts open as we felt it would be near impossible to achieve a 100% leak proof seal. Instead we left them mostly open on the back side so as dirt and grime and such get in there, it can simply be washed out either with a pressure washer or rain on the road.
Glue on and clamped down!
As you might've noticed, we did cut off the front of the side skirt that goes over the fender. These pieces will be molded to the fender seperately.
If I left them as one piece, once the side skirts were glued, you wouldn't be able to pull the fenders off.
Not that I ever plan on having to pull the fenders off, but it's nice to have the option.
VIDEO:
So that was actually the last thing to be done fabricaiton wise.
Now the car can come home.