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by rockstar93 » Sat Sep 30, 2017 10:09 pm
Very easy fit, took a bit over 2 hours and was taking my time.
1) Jacked the car up, one side at a time and put a ramp under the front wheel, so I had full access on the sides
2) Thoroughly cleaned the underside of the skirt with isopropyl alcohol (and the CF skirt as well)
3) Ran 3M automotive mounting tape along the edge of the skirt on the car (full length)
4) Using tape I marked where I planned to drill for the self-tapping screws (8 per side as recommended)
5) With the help of another pair of hands, attach the CF skirts via the 3M tape. Be careful as there's quite a bit of flex in the CF so if not supported I'd be afraid of it cracking
- After test fitting, I decided against rounding the back edge off as I liked how it looked ending with the skirt, and it's how my APR splitter ends
- I squared up the back corner of the CF with the corner of the skirt on the car, and the inside edge of the front of the CF with a character line in the fender liner (difficult to explain, but you should notice it when you look at the fender liner)
6) Now that the CF skirt is mounted, I drilled the holes through the CF and side skirt at the locations I marked in step 4.
7) Self-tapping screws in each of the drilled holes
Overall happy with the look. Install was simple and resulted in a sturdy mount - I have no qualms about taking these on track or on our pothole-filled roads. I have them mounted pretty aggressively, so if one isn't paying attention getting out it is possible to catch your foot on it - but I really don't imagine this to be a huge issue (and I rarely have passengers, if I do they're extremely careful around my car because they know how anal I am).
As mentioned, I don't feel like the rear edge needs to be re-shaped or rounded, but I'm thinking of doing this to the front to make it a more gradual curve, still undecided though. I also chose to cut off the rubber flaps in front of the rear wheels thinking I'd rather remove those than cut away the CF, but now I'm regretting this as I've realized I should (and will) be trimming the CF there anyway as it's visible through the wheel well and kind of unsightly IMHO. This is all to your individual tastes though and not a big deal.
What is a bigger deal and slightly disappointing, is that it seems my driver's side CF skirt is shorter than the passenger's, and both are slightly too short for the vehicle to go edge-to-edge. I chose to make it short at the front edge because of the radius, hoping it will be less noticeable, but it is definitely not ideal. Along with the flaws in the carbon itself, it's a bit disappointing but as I mentioned before I'm probably the only one who will notice them.
Excuse the poor picture quality and lighting, the car is still in the garage and unclean ahead of my show. I should have some much nicer, outdoor shots in the next couple days.
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