Hi guys, im new to the forum. Thought id start off by posting this diy guide on how to take off your skirts and repair them. The same method would apply to any plastic or fibreglass parts of the car.
Everything I used (except the tigerseal) can be bought from halfords. Telford halfords mix paint in the pots as well as rattle cans, and the colour match is very good.
You will need:
Range of different grade grit wet n dry.
Body filler,
Fibreglass repair kit,
Razor blade,
Tigerseal,
Primer,
Basecoat,
Clearcoat / Lacquer,
Masking tape,
Hot air gun.
First thing to do is to put masking tape just above the sideskirt, so you know where the correct position is when you come to re-fit it. It also stops getting tigerseal all over your car!
As you can see, my sideskirt has quite a nasty crack just above the jacking point.
To remove it, simply unscrew the front and rear sideskirt screws (torx and cross head).
Once they are removed i simply removed the jacking covers by pulling them off and gave the side skirt a bit of a press with my foot and gently began pulling it off.
Take a look at the damage
Now, what a lot of people don’t do! You MUST drill a hole at either end of the crack to prevent the crack from ever spreading.
If you have a dremel or grinder (or similar), make a groove all the way down the crack, not too deep, but deep enough so the filler you will be using will bond both sides of the crack together.
Now, on the inside of the skirts, you want to make a few grooves into the back of the crack for the fibreglass resin to bond to. You also want to make the area free from dirt and also sand the paintwork on both sides where the crack is (enough to take the shine off the clear coat).
Fill the inside area with a thick dose of the fibreglass resin
Add the thin strips of fibreglass
Everything I used (except the tigerseal) can be bought from halfords. Telford halfords mix paint in the pots as well as rattle cans, and the colour match is very good.
You will need:
Range of different grade grit wet n dry.
Body filler,
Fibreglass repair kit,
Razor blade,
Tigerseal,
Primer,
Basecoat,
Clearcoat / Lacquer,
Masking tape,
Hot air gun.
First thing to do is to put masking tape just above the sideskirt, so you know where the correct position is when you come to re-fit it. It also stops getting tigerseal all over your car!
As you can see, my sideskirt has quite a nasty crack just above the jacking point.
To remove it, simply unscrew the front and rear sideskirt screws (torx and cross head).
Once they are removed i simply removed the jacking covers by pulling them off and gave the side skirt a bit of a press with my foot and gently began pulling it off.
Take a look at the damage
Now, what a lot of people don’t do! You MUST drill a hole at either end of the crack to prevent the crack from ever spreading.
If you have a dremel or grinder (or similar), make a groove all the way down the crack, not too deep, but deep enough so the filler you will be using will bond both sides of the crack together.
Now, on the inside of the skirts, you want to make a few grooves into the back of the crack for the fibreglass resin to bond to. You also want to make the area free from dirt and also sand the paintwork on both sides where the crack is (enough to take the shine off the clear coat).
Fill the inside area with a thick dose of the fibreglass resin
Add the thin strips of fibreglass
