Ok so short little story. Last night went to a town festival and I come back and my sideskirt cracked were I molded it in so short story im just gonna repaint the whole car, and I was looking for some ideas

how did you mold it

I screwed it in ( The ground effects kit ), put fiberglass over it ( sideskirts ), sanded down, re fiberglassed and so on till it was smooth and even. I really rushed it probley applied to much fiberglass but i wanted to repaint it anyways and this gives me the chance.

If it were me, since you're gonna repaint anyway, I would take the time to re-mold and do it right so you don't crack it again. Pick up some urethane panel bond (SpeedGrip panel bond, 3M Automix, Lord Fuzor), and use that to bond the skirts to the fender and quarter (screws are gonna put stress on the fiberglass and cause cracking), and you can also use the panel bond make the initial seam where the skirt meets the car. Overfill it it just a bit, sand it down, then you should only need a few skim coats of filler to blend it, and no fiberglass at all. The panel bond is pretty tough stuff, rated as strong as a weld and has a bit of flex to it so it doesn't crack from day to day vibration and bumps in the road like fiberglass would. We use this stuff for putting on quarter panels and roofs now.

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Paint it gloss black. Or semi-gloss black with pink or lime green or red or purple accents.


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Thanks for the advice evil im thinking about going back to the stock look with maybe some.lips and.just lowering it. Then paint it pearl blue with a metallic black hood im not completly sure what do y'all think?

it would look like you just bought a new hood for your car but havnt painted it yet.

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I would definately go back and mold it in the right way.....if you plan to stick with molded that is.

fiberglass + metal is a bad move. they expand at different rates and will crack

What about a pearl orange and carbon hood?? Just putting sumthing out there for ya.. Good luck with what ever you choose buddy sure it will be nice!!

I was thinking carbon fiber hood and some weird color no one sees like purple lol

blurple, just saying.



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