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My latest mod..

I wouldnt want him to do all the prep work...and I don't want to do it either after the hours I spent sanding the ones I sent him lol.
 
Yeah, I just wanted to know if he used anything besides the oem stuff. Those stupid little rivets cost 2.56 each from Bill J. !!
 
AliasJerk said:
On the stock brackets they just used metal tapping screws. Anything else really would just leave gaps.
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um, stock the bracket are pop riveted on ... and with the new SVT side skirts that I got that was the mounting harware that came with then ... pop rivets ...
 
Looks nice...like the HT3's with it.

Have you run into any issues with the rims? I had the same ones on my SVT, and two of them wouldn't balance due to the wheel not being true. Odd thing is, I never hit any potholes or scrapped the sides...
 
No issues with the rims. I got them used of Ebay and they are fine.

I didnt use the hardware for the skirts to mount them... I lost it all :(
I riveted them using small washers on the outside so the rivet would'nt crack the skirt. I just lined them up and drilled into the body through the holes that are already on the skirts along the bottom and each end. It took a little tweaking of the skirt before I drilled each hole, but there are no gaps. I used basic rivets, nothing special. Pretty easy.

I went the easy route with prepping them. A little filler primer smoothed everything out really nice and filled 99% of the imperfections. A little spot putty finished the rest.

I came really close to epoxying the jack covers on and filling the gaps to make a completely smooth skirt. Since I have subframe connectors I probably wont ever need to use the stock jack points anyway. The subframe connectors make a much better jack point.
 
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I re-riveted a set of brackets, the package of like 40 rivets was cheap as hell too
 
CRZYDRVR said:
I came really close to epoxying the jack covers on and filling the gaps to make a completely smooth skirt. Since I have subframe connectors I probably wont ever need to use the stock jack points anyway. The subframe connectors make a much better jack point.
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Should'a done that. I've never used the jack points, even before I got the subframe connectors. The covers are just too brittle and break way too easily. Car looks awesome, the skirts make a world of difference.
 
wa2tuff said:
Should'a done that. I've never used the jack points, even before I got the subframe connectors. The covers are just too brittle and break way too easily. Car looks awesome, the skirts make a world of difference.
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Mabye later on I will fill the skirts in. I still consider it every time I think about how easy it would be for the covers to fall off, get lost, etc. Right now Im on the lookout for an SVT front bumper.

Priorities, man :cool:
 
Doesnt bother me. When asking for comments, I know Im gonna get both sides-good and bad.

I was expecting it from PurpleMystique since he had the only negative comment the last time I posted pics :)
 
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