Up front: This is pie-in-the-sky thinking in advance, I can't afford a body kit right now but I like to plan ahead. I have an '88 so I have late panels and parts for the most part, and while I know it's quite popular to swap to plastic bumpers I actually like my boards because 1. they work and have saved me a bunch of money from a parking lot bump without any damage, and 2. I grew up around cars that had them so they're nostalgic and charming to me. Dated and funky, sure, but I have a soft spot for them. So the problem is this: Kits that fit diving boards, e.g. for '86, '87 cars likely won't fit the late '88 panels, but kits designed for late panels '88 to end of production won't fit the boards. I know cabrios/verts had boards longer and some late changes if I'm not mistaken, but I'm also under the impression that convertible and cabrio body kits aren't necessarily compatible. I also know early rear fenders have a higher arch than late ones, so I'm unsure how I'd adapt a flare there.
Does anybody have input on what sort of shaping, cutting, etc would be required? Has anybody attempted this or similar? I'll probably get replicas if I end up being able to financially justify doing some cosmetics but I'd still rather not butcher anything more than necessary. My pie-in-the-sky frankenkit idea is the late ACS front valance combined with the Zender early flares and skirts, and maybe their early spoiler. Not sure what I'd go with for rear valance.
Here's some photos of bits I was speaking of, click the thumbs to see the full rezzes.
Zender skirts and spoiler:
Zender spoiler, but I think those skirts are Pfeba (I'm also down with those):
ACS:
Open to thoughts.
Does anybody have input on what sort of shaping, cutting, etc would be required? Has anybody attempted this or similar? I'll probably get replicas if I end up being able to financially justify doing some cosmetics but I'd still rather not butcher anything more than necessary. My pie-in-the-sky frankenkit idea is the late ACS front valance combined with the Zender early flares and skirts, and maybe their early spoiler. Not sure what I'd go with for rear valance.
Here's some photos of bits I was speaking of, click the thumbs to see the full rezzes.
Zender skirts and spoiler:
Zender spoiler, but I think those skirts are Pfeba (I'm also down with those):
ACS:
Open to thoughts.
