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teamSVTour said:
Can you find out some info on the side skirts....i.e where he got them, how he pulled it off. Was it just a simple swap, did he have to by the LX sides and then the aftermarket skirt worked?

I'm curious what he did.

Also to answer Blakfoot, 87-93 yeat tail lights are extremely simple to switch out over the different styles (cobra, LX, and GT). Many ppl switch them around.
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Oh I know they're easy to switch around and its not uncommon, but given the information, it was an educated guess
 
teamSVTour said:
I hear what you are saying but on my GT the side skirts go all the way up and including the trim piece that holds the thick pin stripe that goes all the way around the car i.e where the gold trim is on that pic.

I believe the LX's that trim piece is just a (approx) 2"x4" in piece stuck on there since there is no side skirt to tie it into. If you look at the red ground effects it looks like they stop at the trim piece where the gold striping is. So this makes sense that it would work on the LX b/c this aftermarket ground effect would now mate up to the 2"x4" piece of trim on the side making it "resemble" a GT side skirt. However. If you did this side skirt on the GT you would have to stick this side skirt over top of the GT side skirt to keep the trim pieces that are connected to the GT side skirt. Unless you take off the GT side skirt, buy the 2"x4" trim pieces from a LX, put those on and then you could use this aftermarket side skirt.

Hope you understand all that but if you do it makes sense why I've heard they only fit the LX's.
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yes the center trim is different between the lx and gt,and yes part of the gt side skirt does include the center trim as part of the skirt.......the center trim that runs all around the lx is thinner than the trim that runs around the center of the gt......but a gt and lx are the same with the gt's skirts removed,and center trim removed...

but what i am getting at is that those skirts will physically fit a gt as well as an lx,but on the gt you would have two small sections on each side(in front of door,and behind the door on both sides where there would be no center trim....you would have to remove the stock gt skirts...

but you could easily buy a stick on gt door center piece of trim,and cut it to fit in front and behind the door on both sides...and paint them to match the skirts when you install them...but those skirts will "physically bolt onto a gt as well as an lx...
 
Nice hatch swap. I've always hated and never understood the big bubble windows on the hatches of the capris.

Good luck on the project man!
 
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