blakep82
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| posted on 3/7/12 at 12:31 AM |
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making sideskirts
 
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not after anything fancy, but i think i like the sideskirts used on the trucks
 
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bigger picture - http://locostbuilders.co.uk/upload/IMAG0495.jpg
i think they finish the sides off quite well, but i don't like them as much as they cost (nearly £85 each side)
i'm really after a cheaper alternative if there's one available, is there a standard fibreglass angle channel used in roofing for example?
need to check the size needed, but i think its about 4-5" x 4-5"
or how about the fleece grp type thing? stretching fleece over some sort of frame and covering with resin?
if i could buy something already made for like £10-15 per side, i'd be happy, even if a straight 90 degree right angle thing doesn't quite
have the same shape
any good ideas?
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 3/7/12 at 06:48 AM |
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Look on ebay for a chav special for a 200sx or something, and adapt it. Personally though, i like it without them.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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Slimy38
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| posted on 3/7/12 at 06:59 AM |
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Would ceiling coving give an appropriate curve?
http://www.wickes.co.uk/invt/220212
Obviously you couldn't use it straight on the car, but as a mould for some GRP it might work?
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maccmike
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| posted on 3/7/12 at 07:37 AM |
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yeah I agree I think it finished it off just nice.
you could easily make your own for that kind of money.
and you'd have the mould to make future ones if you damage those.
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wombat
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| posted on 3/7/12 at 09:30 AM |
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I agree with Richard, like it without, sort of kicks the rear arches out................
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loggyboy
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| posted on 3/7/12 at 09:50 AM |
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As suggested already, by something off the shelf and cut and shut it to fit.
Ive always like the E36 M3 sideskirts, or the winged ones from the a mk6 escort Rs2000.
Mistral Motorsport
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loggyboy
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| posted on 3/7/12 at 10:31 AM |
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Any excuse to skive and do some paintshopping:
Made these up, just a basic wedge shape.
 
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Escort RS2000/GTi
 
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M3 E36
 
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Mistral Motorsport
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blakep82
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| posted on 3/7/12 at 09:37 PM |
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thanks for the ideas chaps! and loggy for the awesome photoshop skills 
the problems with using ones from BMWs, or nissans is they don't go under the car far enough. i've got an E36 with M3 skirts on it.
 
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you'll see from this photo, that the skirt actually needs to form part of the floor (it shouldn't, but it does lol racing weight saving
etc, cut everything away that you can) i like it without, but i want to fill the holes up between the floor and the side panel with them, so i could
fill just the gaps with something, but i'd rather do it with skirts
having just gone out for a very rough measuring, they'd actually need to be about 6-7"high, and go under the car by the same amount at
least. i can't think of any car that would have something like that fitted already. they tend to just be stuck on the sides.
ceiling coving would be a good start for a mould. or maybe some cheap strips of MDF or something?
any thoughts on the fleece and GRP resin technique? i would like to put some sort of curve in the side if easily done.
i wonder if theres any sort of fibreglass flat roofing edging that could work stright off?
wombat, the reason it kicks out a bit at the back is just because i've not put the 2 bolts in the bottom that hold it straight 
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