Instaling Wide Body Kit. What Products Shouid I Use?

[kilos]

Hi there. Just started to put a wide body kit onto my r32 and was trying to find out the best products to use to put the rear gards on. I want it to flow nicely not have the bolted on effict so my thougths so far are to sicker flex them and also screw them on. Over that i would fiberglass the seams over to get a seamless effect. over that just a light skim of bog to get rid of any impofections. thats my idea of how to do this but would apreaseate your thougts or if there is a better way of doing this thanks

[Carbon 34]

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Edited December 22, 2012 by Carbon 34

[Carbon 34]

Hi there. Just started to put a wide body kit onto my r32 and was trying to find out the best products to use to put the rear gards on. I want it to flow nicely not have the bolted on effict so my thougths so far are to sicker flex them and also screw them on. Over that i would fiberglass the seams over to get a seamless effect. over that just a light skim of bog to get rid of any impofections. thats my idea of how to do this but would apreaseate your thougts or if there is a better way of doing this thanks

Don't use sika flex it shrinks and your bog n paint will fall off

Use tiger seal from U POL

Or bostik

Or Fusor can't remember the part #

you should use glass bog too for strength or actually fibreglass them on after bonding

Edited December 22, 2012 by Carbon 34

[kilos]

thanks for that. Also how much of the origanal rear gards should I cut off? should I reinforce it all by making new inner gards out of steel?

[mawzy]

Wen I did mine, I only cut away panel work around the top of wheel arches, then tapped the inner gaurd up to it and rewelded to the skin. I test riveted new skin on to get alignment right and maked where it met the bodyline and needed blended. Took gaurd off, then peeled the paint off at the joining points, and ruffed the metal up to key the glue and fibreglass. Can't really remember what glueI used. Something that doesn't expand as it sets, and rivited on.

Left for a good 1-2 days to set, then keyed the fibreglass panel, and fibreglassed quite a thick layer onto the panel and car, so there was plenty of "meat" to sand flat, meaning I didn't need to put much bog in. Just to fill couple lil bubble holes as I sanded glass back. That was all done 2 years ago with no cracks to date. Was a very time consuming job, but looks factory all finished. Much tidyer than the riveted on look.