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Posted by: DMAYHALL Nov 3 2020, 04:09 PM

Purchased a new GT front valance from AA. I have 7" front fiberglass flares. The GT valance does not fit !!! I have some wiggle room to play with fitment, but i will have to cut the " wings " and pull them in almost an inch on both sides. Has any gone through this before ??? Thanks !

Posted by: mepstein Nov 3 2020, 04:15 PM

98% of fiberglass needs lots of work to fit correctly.

Posted by: Retroracer Nov 3 2020, 04:29 PM

Par for the course.

As pointed out already, some fettling with fiberglass GT panels is almost inevitable. The most painful item for my build were the GT rocker panels; as I decided to keep the old school fiberglass flares that were already fitted to the car, the rockers as delivered looked great - no imperfections, super stiff and well made; but were short by around 1/2" each side. Adding that 1/2" back in was many days work.....

- Tony

Posted by: ValcoOscar Nov 3 2020, 05:07 PM

Very common to trim/modify GT type fiberglass rockers or valances to fit as all flares are not installed the same.
I did a set of rockers for @http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showuser=24410 a month ago. I also just did my rear GT valance (for Chucky) two weeks ago.
Time-consuming, but easy.

You'll need: Fiberglass Resin, mat, Everglass fiberglass filler with fibers, glaze putty, sand paper, etc...

Oscar

Posted by: pete000 Nov 3 2020, 08:26 PM

All my GT fiberglass parts required extensive "Tweaking" to get to fit properly.

Posted by: Mikey914 Nov 3 2020, 09:25 PM

The LE Fiberglass is made for a non flared LE car. You need to order parts for a flared car. Bad news is there are many flared options so unless your parts are part of a "kit" made to go together ( like the Sheridan kit), they will require reworking to fit.

Posted by: eric9144 Nov 4 2020, 11:49 AM

Its kind of sad how bad the glass stuff for GT's are, both the front dam/valence but especially the rockers, the rockers are a mess. Hoping that 914rubber can help there when they get going with all their composites stuff...

Posted by: Chris914n6 Nov 4 2020, 11:12 PM

I think stock steel flares are 8", so that sounds about right.