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| DMAYHALL |
 Nov 3 2020, 04:09 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 26-June 14 From: las vegas Member No.: 17,557 Region Association: None  |
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 !
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| mepstein |
Nov 3 2020, 04:15 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,322 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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98% of fiberglass needs lots of work to fit correctly.
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| Retroracer |
Nov 3 2020, 04:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 617 Joined: 7-July 13 From: Bend OR Member No.: 16,100 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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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 |
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| ValcoOscar |
Nov 3 2020, 05:07 PM
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Garage Life Group: Members Posts: 2,393 Joined: 19-November 13 From: SoCal Member No.: 16,669 Region Association: Southern California 
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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 @914Boss a month ago. I also just did my rear GT valance (for Chucky) two weeks ago. Time-consuming, but easy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) You'll need: Fiberglass Resin, mat, Everglass fiberglass filler with fibers, glaze putty, sand paper, etc... Oscar |
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| pete000 |
Nov 3 2020, 08:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,885 Joined: 23-August 10 From: Bradenton Florida Member No.: 12,094 Region Association: South East States |
All my GT fiberglass parts required extensive "Tweaking" to get to fit properly.
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| Mikey914 |
Nov 3 2020, 09:25 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,679 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None
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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.
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| eric9144 |
Nov 4 2020, 11:49 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,734 Joined: 30-March 11 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 12,876 Region Association: Southern California
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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...
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| Chris914n6 |
Nov 4 2020, 11:12 PM
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Jackstands are my life. Group: Members Posts: 3,341 Joined: 14-March 03 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 431 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I think stock steel flares are 8", so that sounds about right.
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