Time for Some Body Upgrades by Purplxd

3 minute(s) of a 17 minute read

Everything is from Precision and is fibreglass. There weren't many poly options when I was in the market and the ones I did find didn't have many reviews -- while Precision was well reviewed.

The fit and finish are great. I mean, there is some sanding in the vent holes to be done, and that is expected with fibreglass parts. However, overall the body lines and gaps are great.

There is some cutting of the plastic supports behind near the mufflers that are required, but as my Dad always says... that's hot rodding.

4-14-2014

So I'm almost ready to spray this thing. I plan on doing that May 3 and it will be back on the road shortly after.

I wanted to show what I ended up doing with the ducts. First I used a tool I had to get from the UK for doing panel flanges on compound curves so I could produce a more "flush" look.

Then I took some time to mould the piece down and the body panel up a bit with some filler. After all that, I cut a body line in by hand to make it look like a factory Turbo -- which has this distinctive body line. The end result is a nice flush finish versus looking like something glued onto the car, which it would have ended up looking had I just cut a hole and stuck it on.

So this weekend I took it out to wash off all the crazy amount of dust that has built up and clean up the garage. I want to clean up a few minor things on the car to prep it for paint in a couple weeks.

You have to imagine it in a semi-gloss pearl white...

Some back pictures...