Here's a pretty simple way to flare your steel rockers. They come out pretty nice.

13 pictures to follow:

Start by marking a line on the rockers that matches the flare on the car:

snip the top and bottom lips:

Remove this extra metal from the front bottom:

Bend along the lines:

Bending the rocker outward creates a gap at the top:

another:

Cut some metal and put a 90 degree lip in it:

Filler piece in place. Scribe it's shape on to the rocker and cut along the lines:

Prep for welding:

Say hello to my little friend:

Mark the fender arch and cut:

Last one.

Cut out some metal to make an end cap and weld it up:

The body man will give them a little beating to soften the bend.

The V cut at the bottom is welded now as well.

The real last one:

Third last one.

Here's the DS rear on the car, basically finished:

Nice job

This is EXACTLY why I'm making up steel rocker panel shapes with blank ends. $45.00 each side.

Non-stock steel rocker panels

Thanks for going to all the trouble to write this up. Ill start on mine next week.
I see a classic thread in the making.

Bob

Joe, Good job. Your car looks great and is coming along very nicely.

Thread Hijack!

Joe, I know you've described your wheel/tire combo before, but I can't seem to find the thread. Could you please describe the wheel size, tire size, and spacer size you've used? Thanks.

Really nice Joe.

QUOTE (maf914 @ Jan 24 2005, 07:12 AM)

Joe, Good job. Your car looks great and is coming along very nicely. Thread Hijack! Joe, I know you've described your wheel/tire combo before, but I can't seem to find the thread. Could you please describe the wheel size, tire size, and spacer size you've used? Thanks.

993 Cup II factory wheels: 7x17 fronts with 225/45-17s and 9x17 rears with 255/40-17s.

At each corner: 100mm wheel studs, 42mm spacers (2x21mm early 944 rear spacers) and steel lug nuts.

Joe, Thanks for the info. That's a lot of wheel and tire! Sure is pretty.

Very nice, Joe tell me about "your little freind", model, size, etc. Did you do all or most of the welding on your car with it?

QUOTE (Lou W @ Jan 24 2005, 03:01 PM)

Very nice, Joe tell me about "your little freind", model, size, etc. Did you do all or most of the welding on your car with it?

I did all the welding on 914RS with the welder which was previously pictured.

It's a Lincoln TIG Squarewave Pro-175. Purchased online for around $1400(delivered) + $150 for the argon bottle (150 cu. ft), $50 to fill it, $150 for an auto darkening helmet and a few other pieces here and there.

I can weld steel, aluminum and stainless with it and it's probably my favorite tool EVER.