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Old 06-13-2008, 01:09 AM   #170 (permalink)
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It is really hard to get pictures of it now. I will try and put it in a nice grass area tomorrow right before dark and get some pictures.

I have one problem I am not sure what to do with now though. Since I don't have side skirts and haven't seen any others for sale right now I have to do something with the rocker panels to make them look good. So my options are to bondo the crap out of it, weld some panels on the bottom, or use urethane foam squirt cans and sculpt my own side skirts then put a layer of fiberglass on them and paint them. Pretty much anything except finding something to bolt in is going to require a bit of painting but nothing major since I have a half a gallon of paint left I could do the entire car again if I had to

I could probably spray a bunch of foam on the side of the car tomorrow and let it set up for 24 hours then sand it to the right shape and throw a layer of fiberglass on it before hitting it with filler to smooth it out. Take me a couple of days and there is no way I would get it even from one side to the other but it would have something on the bottom that would not rust

If I tried patching it I could either weld in new metal or just glue some plastic over the existing mess. it would not be perfect but would take a few hours at most and be good enough to get me through the car shows coming up in July. I am thinking if I cant figure anything else out tomorrow I am going to try the foam thing first and see how it does. Worst case is it just wastes a day. But if it works I can make something that will actually work better than the swift parts and keep the rockers from ever rusting again.
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