Taurus side skirts - modification and installation

[delphini]

Well the price was right and if i don't like them no harm done
although delphin is a color that is a bit difficult to match up with paint from advance (this isnt worth factory delphin grey) although i'll try to get it pretty close a repaint is somewhere out there in the future.

[E30 Reaktionär]

Well boys i think i'll give my FREE (YES FREE!!) TAURUS sideskirts a go on the cabby. I know i know, you say they're too
short.....however i think that as low as the car is i'm kinda thinking that unless you are at ground level you might not even notice. AND considering they cost...nothing i guess its just a matter of getting trimmed up and put on . If you live near here on the east coast you know it has been a real hot mother frucker lately so i may wait until it cools down a bit. My reading in the car today 104!!!!
Installed pics will be posted as soon as i get around to installing them , hell i guess somebody has to try this out on a cabby!!!

All convertable owners will love you for doing this.

[delphini]

Well boys i think i'll give my FREE (YES FREE!!) TAURUS sideskirts a go on the cabby. I know i know, you say they're too
short.....however i think that as low as the car is i'm kinda thinking that unless you are at ground level you might not even notice. AND considering they cost...nothing i guess its just a matter of getting trimmed up and put on . If you live near here on the east coast you know it has been a real hot mother frucker lately so i may wait until it cools down a bit. My reading in the car today 104!!!!
Installed pics will be posted as soon as i get around to installing them , hell i guess somebody has to try this out on a cabby!!!

[Spec]

One of mine had a gash about an inch long. I used some plastic epoxy from wal-mart (it is called plastic welder). I filled in the gash and put some extra on just to be safe. Once it dried (about 15 minutes) It was a pain in the ass to sand! I finally used some 60 grit sandpaper to get the excess of then went over it with 220. It is smooth now! Time to primer some more...

I almost did that but thought (as you said) it would be a pain in the ass to sand, especially because I thought the epoxy would be harder then the plastic itself. Melting the plastic into it and filling with thicker primer did an alright job. You can somewhat tell if you get close and look at it, but from 5 ft it's completely unnoticeable.

Make sure to use a few coats of primer and sand (lightly) between coats and it will look great! Best of luck!

Oh, and I drilled holes in the thin metal strip on the e30. That way I just ziptied through the holes and stock mounting points of the skirts. Worked great.

[jex]

One of the skirts had a large gash in it, do I melted down some of the trimmed plastic to fitinto the gash.

One of mine had a gash about an inch long. I used some plastic epoxy from wal-mart (it is called plastic welder). I filled in the gash and put some extra on just to be safe. Once it dried (about 15 minutes) It was a pain in the ass to sand! I finally used some 60 grit sandpaper to get the excess of then went over it with 220. It is smooth now! Time to primer some more...

[Spec]

I was curious to see what the car would look like with Josh's suggestions, so I did a little photoshop mockup, hope you don't mind Spec.




So what do you think?

Don't mind at all. Yes it looks much better with a front valance and drop. I posted a thread in members ride section. I wrecked this car in 12/05 and have taken my sweet time in repairing it, but besides the front valance and a ring for the 2nd highbeam, I've repaired it all myself. A Mtechnik II front valance will most likely be coming next month. My shocks are starting to wear a tad so those and springs wont be too long to follow. I think, as your photo has shown, that the car will look great once completed again.

[Jand3rson]

That does look a lot better, the front lip helps it the most, and the drop helps too.

[td325ic]

First car I've seen that I don't like them on. Could be a number of things, not low enough to pull them off, no front lip to flow with them, and they're the wrong color.

I was curious to see what the car would look like with Josh's suggestions, so I did a little photoshop mockup, hope you don't mind Spec.




So what do you think?

[fwappy]

First car I've seen that I don't like them on. Could be a number of things, not low enough to pull them off, no front lip to flow with them, and they're the wrong color.

I kinda agree. I'll have to wait and see them when you are resprayed. Of course the front lip and drop would help.

My car is black, and pretty damn low, so I'm gonna do the LX ones with the slight twist at the front. I gotta go back to Asia for a couple weeks, but be lookin' out for them in a month. :)

[Jand3rson]

If you like them, rock on with your bad self. No offense intended, just making an observation.

[Spec]

First car I've seen that I don't like them on. Could be a number of things, not low enough to pull them off, no front lip to flow with them, and they're the wrong color.

Sorry for you. I think they look great considering what it is. I know the whole car isnt rebuilt yet but it's getting close, which is why I posted this. :)

[Jand3rson]

First car I've seen that I don't like them on. Could be a number of things, not low enough to pull them off, no front lip to flow with them, and they're the wrong color.

[E30 Reaktionär]

Just curious as to what paint you used and primer?

I used a high build primer and a single stage enamel on my black 87.

[Spec]

Just curious as to what paint you used and primer?

Good ol' Krylon. Top quality stuff at $3.29 a can, haha. I did a good amount of sanding/prep work, and I used three coats of Krylon primer on each. One of the skirts had a large gash in it, do I melted down some of the trimmed plastic to fitinto the gash. We smoothed it out the best we could and used a thicker primer. for that small section.

I painted two coats of white paint on each and used one layer of crystal clear enamel on each (Though I may sand once more and apply a 2nd coat of enamel). I'm not too concerned with the slight difference in color as once I put a new front valence, I'm going to be fully respraying the car.

[e30prideTN]

I got my skirts trimmed, painted, and mounted today on my 4 dr. They look great! I'll try and borrow a digi came so I can upload some pics. You'd never know these weren't stock.

Just curious as to what paint you used and primer?