GT rockers to GT flare, Reshaping rockers, what looks best, need photos. Options

[ruby914]

I got some budget rockers that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) needed lots of work.
First cut about 1" off the top and had to add 3/4" to the bottom.
Cut about 1/4 off the front but I still don't like how it flares out different than the body lines.
On the bottom of the door there is a bevel in the body that the rocker follows until it flares out. At that point the rocker flares as much as the body, not staying set in as much as the bevel. I am thinking it would look better If the rocker didn't flare out so much. Is that clear?
I would like to see how others have handled this trasition.

[ruby914]

Here is another photo of what I am up against. Ron, It looks like you did a lot of nice work to your lower flares to remove the bevel at the yellow lines.
Seems this is they way the flares should have been stamped.
It also looks like you did some work to give the flares a constant radius at the bottom. Where my AA flares have a ramp (red line in the photo) before the radius into the flare.
Before seeing yours, I was thinking of building up the rocker to fill between the yellow lines, keeping a constant gap and or trimming it at the green line.
Is this much rework a common practice on the flares?
Any other approaches out there?

[3d914]

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Before seeing yours, I was thinking of building up the rocker to fill between the yellow lines, keeping a constant gap and or trimming it at the green line.
Is this much rework a common practice on the flares?
Any other approaches out there?

Ruby, lets start with your pic above. The angle formed by your yellow lines is typical for the bottom of the flares and the doors. If you fill it in as described the doors will drag bottom along the top of the flares.

Here's an extreme example I found. Here it is evident that the angled door edge was eliminated by extending the bottom edge to meet the outer face. The flare could then be set with a constant gap - needed for opening the door.



In the following pic you can see how this was continued along the length of the car - eliminating any "gap" between the panels (rockers & valances).