Chalon, Body kit installation guidance Options

[Stirlingr]

I am installing a Chalon kit on my '72 914. I have some questions that are inadequately addressed in the kit literature. Does anyone have experience putting the fenders on? I have cut the metal and prepped the surfaces. I need to know how much of the chalon fiberglass channel to remove before mounting.

Thnx

[reedhmb]

Although I have a different body kit, it looks like the installation is similar. Let me start by saying I didn’t know what the hell I was doing. I tried to follow the attached instructions from better bodies but I couldn’t get the pieces to line up properly. I ended up completely removing the front fenders and the rear quarter panels. I cut them off leaving a vertical lip. I then hung the fenders on the lip. I grinded down the metal lip to adjust the height, so that the fenders and trunk would be at the same height. Problem is that when you hang the fenders they interfere with the trunks. So I had to grind down the edges of the hoods so that they wouldn’t rub. I then attached pieces on aluminum "angle iron" between the top/inside of the fenders and the body. Securred with adhesive.

One piece of advice; hang, install, tack (whatever you want to call it) all the pieces front and rear before applying any adhesive. One piece can effect the other. Also I glassed in all my seams. While I think it looks nicer that way. I wouldn’t recommend it as I’m beginning to see cracks in the added glass.

Mark