Taurus side skirts - modification and installation

[redhatpat]

Still cheap.
Can you find e30 skirts for $60?

No, but you should be able to find Taurus skirts for cheap. Ford made a billion of those turds.

[E30 Reaktionär]

I had to pay $30 for the both of mine.

[Funkmasta]

Just got a quote on the phone from the local pic-your-part yard... $30 EACH for these. That's with me having to pull them and everything!
Time to keep looking.

because they have been bombarded with R3v calls! haha... they will catch on soon.

[NOMAD]

Not cheap when everyone else is getting a pair for $20. They had 14 taurus there. I may stop in and yank them and see what they quote me at the door. I can always just leave.

[kencopperwheat]

Just got a quote on the phone from the local pic-your-part yard... $30 EACH for these. That's with me having to pull them and everything!
Time to keep looking.

Still cheap.
Can you find e30 skirts for $60?

[NOMAD]

Just got a quote on the phone from the local pic-your-part yard... $30 EACH for these. That's with me having to pull them and everything!
Time to keep looking.

[AL GReeNeRy]

looks nice. cant wait to see em painted and mounted. i cant wait to get a set for myself!

[Jand3rson]

More work done today, one of the skirts is sanded, I waited on doing the other so I could get a comparison pic. And I thought these things were filthy before I washed them!





I used 180 grit paper for sanding the skirts. Since there are nicks and scratches in the skirts that go through the paint into the urethane, I sanded them down as close as I could get them, but not completely flat. For the rest of the smoothing, I'll use high-build filler primer and sand between each coat to even out the surface.



Here is a shot of the ends that were cut off, sanded down and the edges sanded and rounded off:



Then, Andrew and I attached the endcaps to the insides of the skirts. We used Loctite 2-part plastic epoxy to attach the ends. Before we epoxied them, we used the edge of a flathead screwdriver and tore up the surface of the 2 parts being epoxied, getting them good and rough. Yu can use something else, but this worked in a pinch.

We applied epoxy to the inside of the skirt and sandwiched the endcap down against it. We also made sure to get plenty of epoxy around any seam, and create a good seal.





This stuff dried solid in 7 minutes, so be sure you get the endcaps exactly where you want them quickly, because you won't have much time to move them around.

[NOMAD]

Mercury Sable of the same year is the same car.
I hope to find some soon

[BDSax]

they are going to look sick on your car.

[Jand3rson]

Minor update today, sanded down the cutoff ends of the skirts with 180 grit, giving them a nice finished end, and rounding off any sharp edges from the cut. A piece of sandpaper wrapped around a wood block will give a good straight edge, taking down any irregularities in the cut surface. 100 grit would probably work a little faster, but 180 was all I had. Next step is getting them sanded and ready to paint.

[jerkstore]

I'll be adding more tonight, if I get time. I just realized that when installing these, you lose the stock jack point on the rockers. I may look into cutting out a section to leave a provision for the stock jack. I don't know about some of the rest of you guys, but my car is low enough to the point that I have to jack up the side with the stock jack first to get under the front, especially with the Reiger.

How tall is your jack at its lowest position? Most jacks are 5.5", but if you look around you can find jacks that are 3.3". Mine was about $70 at Wall-mart. It is definitely worth the money. So much better than my old 5.5", raises the car higher too.

[Majikal]

Josh, I just realized how iLL these are going to look with the reiger lip. Get those on asap.

[Simon S]

dude - i'm in the boat where using the OE jack is just too nerve-wracking. Fwiw, my skirts also prevent use of OE jack.

Instead of the OE jack, i use scissor-jacks sourced from jap cars in bone yards. They’re cheap, small, and simple. Some are better than others.

[Jand3rson]

I just got a set for my 4-door. Going to start the cutting and all today. Though admittedly, I'm still not really sure how to mount them. I know you said screws on the bottom... what are you screwing them into?

Ummm.. the underside of the body.