Root Werks and glass flares, Just a "how I do it" |
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Root Werks and glass flares, Just a "how I do it" |
Root_Werks |
Feb 25 2005, 09:50 AM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,337 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
In the almost year I have been acvite on the club, I have seen or heard about lots of glass flares being installed on 914's. Rick(alien) mentioned once he had to pull the lower corners out, add some material to keep them there. Others mentioned being able to see glass mat through the paint ect. Well, I will post more detialed pic's of course, but here is a couple of the flares I am putting on CAMP914's V8 car. His yellow on had rear flares installed (FG) and I am putting the front ones on for him.
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Root_Werks |
Feb 25 2005, 09:57 AM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,337 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
These two are not close up shots. But I wanted to stress the importance of storing FG stuff properly. I am assuming the person who did this car bought all 4 flares and only installed the rears. Then I am guessing the fronts were stored for a length of time. These flares must have been laid out flat? It took a while and a lot of screws to get them shaped correctly to the fender. I started out by taping them on, marking them and then cutting inside the line 1/2-1". Then grinding the paint off down to bare metal. Fit and screw the flare on. I use little screws for ease of removal. After this weekend, I will show the different stages of bonding outside, inside, remove screws, bond outside, inside, sand, bond, sand, bond, sand, bond, fill and feather. it is a long process, but it is super strong when you are done and if done right, you will have even a paper thin layer of evercoat over all glassing so after you paint, you won't see any mat or holes etc.
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