Anyone used the longitudinal outer clamshells on a street car?, Time for hard choices |
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Anyone used the longitudinal outer clamshells on a street car?, Time for hard choices |
Superhawk996 |
Mar 22 2020, 06:46 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,876 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Curious if anyone has use the outer longitudinal clamshell reinforcement on a street car?
Did you have any unforseen down stream effects to other panels like the door jamb, or the rocker panel? Also thickens the upper flange and I'm wondering if this will cause fit issues later with the door stripping, or maybe even the cosmetic sill plates. Starting to seem like this might be a good idea for race car prep but probably not ideal for just trying to fit up replacement sheetmetal and still have OEM fits. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) I'm not in love with the additional weight either. I can keep mocking up additional pieces but thought I'd see what the collective wisdom of the forum knows. |
jd74914 |
Mar 24 2020, 06:59 AM
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Its alive Group: Members Posts: 4,780 Joined: 16-February 04 From: CT Member No.: 1,659 Region Association: North East States |
BTW: Don't remember if it's written in that thread but the reason I went the depth I did was because I was trying to make sure the ground clearance didn't drastically change. The height increase is really just offset by the loss of the lower flange on the original clamshell.
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