hey all, i bought some fibreglass side skirts from a member on here for my prelude, but unfortunatly one of the side skirts was 12mm shorter then what it should have been so i thought ide chop it in half and extend it 12 mm. here is my write up. hope u like it.
1st off here is a pic of the passenger side which was a perfect fit.
tools required - hacksaw
fibreglass matting
fibreglass resin & hardener
paint brush (i used a 25mm brush but you can use bigger)
2x car jacks
firstly, i chopped the side skirt directly down the middle, then installed one half of the side skirt
then i used a car jack to hold it in the position i wanted
after you have it where you want its time to do the same procedure but now with the other half of the side skirt. i also taped a long flat peice of aluminium to the bottom of both halfs to keep them level.
now when your done with getting them both in the position you want mix the fibreglass resin and hardener and apply to both of the halfs that are on the car then apply the fibreglass matting on top.
give it a few hours to dry and completely harden.
(i have not yet completed this but will be done tomorrow and will upload more pics)
after it has hardened take it off the car and apply more fibreglass resin and hardener on the inside of the side skirt then place the fibreglass matting over it, do a few layers to strengthen the side skirt. now allow it to all completely dry and harden.
now comes the sanding, sand the outside of the side skirt to give a flat and level surface. if you come accross and holes or un-even patches, use fibreglass puddy evenly across the area then when it has dried , sand it again.
clean it up and get it ready for paint
more pics will be uploaded 2moro while finishing the process and maybe a little bit of info here and there.
enjoy
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Originally Posted by jeffreymui
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