Fitting Body Kit

[wayde]

whats the best way to fit your own body kit

iv been advised glueing is the best better than riveting and screws dont know the ways to do any of them tho any tips would be appreciated.

cheers

wayde

[SDEWY5]

Urethane! best sh!t ever invented. comes in both white n black, so if you have a white car..even better in the event you might get a tiny bit in a visible area, same goes with the black on black car. If youre not familiar with it, only use 10c piece size dots every 30cm or so apart (when putting pods over standard bar) and same with sideskirts. its savage stuff to get back off and only really dissolves with a smooth rag and lots of turps. Also small amount under areas where you will use the standard skirt fixture holes with correct bolts.

Quick grip clamps are a necessity and some 2" masking tape helps too. Leave it to sit for 12-24 hours depending on temperature and use some latex surgical gloves or something coz the crap is that hard to get off your hands...

Also it wont damage your paint if or when you do want to take it off.

[wayde]

so il get that glue whats the steps to fiiting a body kit correctly?

[ShyBoi]

so il get that glue whats the steps to fiiting a body kit correctly?

Have you trial fitted it to the car already? Is it painted?

Basically remove the bolts near the wheel arches on both sides and the plus in the middle section near the hood...trial fit the bar and make sure it doesnt interfere with ur reos as u may need to remove to fit depending on the bar...then prime the bars and paint

Then refit the bolts loosely on the sides and put small amount of urethane in the middle section to hold in place then tighten bolts on the sides..

Thats for a front bar, as for skirts same procedure screws at either end need to be taken off and re-fit new skirts after priming and painting with urethane small amounts space apart and screws re-fitted on the ends...

If its a rear bar, you might need to remove rear reo once again depending on the bar, the access some of the bolts you'll need to remving lining on the boot to get to them then follow same procedure

[PSI Parts]

To be frank there isn't one. This is best left to the professionals.

[wayde]

ok whats the average price to get it fitted and painted?

[SDEWY5]

To be frank there isn't one. This is best left to the professionals.

I've had a few different kits on my cars and between the preparation and fibreglassing i've performed myself craps on what i regard as majority of smash repairs. I will do everything panelwise myself from hereon, the only thing i will have done by the pros is the final spray.

If it's your own car you have the patience to do it properly whereas they will probably not even prep your kit before highfilling it. End up with casting marks all through it, fragile areas that split paint 5 mins later, wavey skirts from no blocking etc. Not worth it even if youre paying piss all. makes a nice car look cheap.

Mind you man im kinda obsessive when it comes to this shit, noone could probably keep me happy lol.

[wayde]

I've had a few different kits on my cars and between the preparation and fibreglassing i've performed myself craps on what i regard as majority of smash repairs. I will do everything panelwise myself from hereon, the only thing i will have done by the pros is the final spray.

If it's your own car you have the patience to do it properly whereas they will probably not even prep your kit before highfilling it. End up with casting marks all through it, fragile areas that split paint 5 mins later, wavey skirts from no blocking etc. Not worth it even if youre paying piss all. makes a nice car look cheap.

Mind you man im kinda obsessive when it comes to this shit, noone could probably keep me happy lol.

yea i was wanting to spend alot of time and effort to make sure its perfect you sound like the kind of guy which i want some pointers from.

[ShyBoi]

You'd probably be lookin at anywhere between $1000-$1500 to do front, side and rear bars...$1000 would be pretty cheap though considerin the quality you'd be after its worth paying the extra

[SDEWY5]

yea i was wanting to spend alot of time and effort to make sure its perfect you sound like the kind of guy which i want some pointers from.

where are you located man? if you need help with prepping it if i can organise a day off ill give you a hand with it if you like. All the more experience for me.

[wayde]

pritty far from you unless you want to take a few days off lol

im in perth wa

thanks for the offer anyway

[Phobic]

zip ties are your friend . can hold on any piece of bodykit easily and the good thing is when you hit something ore catch it on something it snaps the zip tie and pops off without breaking the kit haha.

[wayde]

dosent that look a bit dodgy tho