how much will it cost to mold on a pair of sideskirts?

wOo-TaNg · Post by **wOo-TaNg** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 2:07 am

i have just bought a pair of ssv sideskirts, but i guess i really don't know how much a bodyshop will charge me 4 adding them on my car. does anyone know?

GsiTurbo · Post by **GsiTurbo** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:58 am

An eperienced shop should not charge you more than 2-3 hours to fit, prep and prime the skirts.

Where did you buy them? I like them.

Tom

ubuyau · Post by **ubuyau** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:22 am

There's a bit of work to fit those side skirts.

They have like a fibreglass rail they sit on (the rail gets screwed to the sill panel under the door) and the skirt hooks onto that.
Fitting them can prove a bit tedious, we had to sand them down near where the edge of the door opens so you can actually open your door

(they JUST clear)

They'll need to seal it against the body work (theres a sizeable hole/gap near where the door opens (it doesnt sit flush against the bodywork)).

Also if you're going to fibreglass mold them to the car (like lanos2001's hood scoop) it'll be a bit more work again...

--Tim

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:12 pm

i didn't really have a problem putting mine except on one i had to pull the end of it to the point that i almost broke it to pull over the wheel well. it took me about 45 minutes with some pop rivets. but yeah it doesn't sit flush to the body at all where it starts to curve up. and if you get it molded i would suggest to get a simple molding where they just connect it to the car so it still keeps its original shape.

nick

wOo-TaNg · Post by **wOo-TaNg** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:02 pm

360 Dynamics wrote:An eperienced shop should not charge you more than 2-3 hours to fit, prep and prime the skirts.

Where did you buy them? I like them.

Tom

i got them from damian

ubuyau · Post by **ubuyau** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:51 pm

lanos2001 wrote:i didn't really have a problem putting mine except on one i had to pull the end of it to the point that i almost broke it to pull over the wheel well. it took me about 45 minutes with some pop rivets. but yeah it doesn't sit flush to the body at all where it starts to curve up. and if you get it molded i would suggest to get a simple molding where they just connect it to the car so it still keeps its original shape.

nick

But all the hassle is totally worth it!

These EVO-I sideskirts are the best ones available off the shelf for the lanos i reckon!

--Tim

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:56 pm

yes they are. i didn't want just a regular ole sideskirt thats just a block to make it look lower. b/c those types of sideskirts i think rarely match the front and back of a body kit. this one completes the flow. the reason i chose mine is b/c of that little corner peice on the front bumper matches the front of the sideskirt thats sqaure and then the concave part of the back of the sideskirt flows with my back bumper almost perfectly.

nick

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:28 pm

are thos fenders available for the lanos or did that guy just put the Z3 inserts in his stock ones, that looks good!

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:30 pm

it was just inserts. you know what weird? my folks have a z3 and the vents aren't even functional.

nick

delphis · Post by **delphis** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:30 pm

daewoomofo wrote:are thos fenders available for the lanos or did that guy just put the Z3 inserts in his stock ones, that looks good!

those actually look like the z3 inserts that they sell on ebay, so my guess is he put them in himself as I have never seen anyone elses lanos with them.

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 10:45 pm

looks good though

kroz123 · Post by **kroz123** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:54 am

indeed I was thinking of putting some Z3 inserts too.

JohnnyC · Post by **JohnnyC** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 3:15 am

Yeah... Looks very good. I like those kinds of touches.

(things I'm considering for later)

daewooluvr · Post by **daewooluvr** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:18 am

delphis wrote:
daewoomofo wrote:are thos fenders available for the lanos or did that guy just put the Z3 inserts in his stock ones, that looks good!
those actually look like the z3 inserts that they sell on ebay, so my guess is he put them in himself as I have never seen anyone elses lanos with them.

Yes they are. He wasn't too happy with them.

daewoomofo · Post by **daewoomofo** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 12:28 am

why? they look pretty good, i dunno if i would do it to mine but it looks pretty good