Aero skirt request
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 1:47 pm
I’ll be using expanding foam to form it, then fibreglass over the top. Filler then paint.
Instead of filling and moulding your existing sills have you considered these sills from Mad motors?
My thoughts exactly.... but as I’m in Bangkok I have to wait till my next UK trip to try to figure this stuff out and I’m not sure when that will bedavros wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:42 pmInstead of filling and moulding your existing sills have you considered these sills from Mad motors?
https://www.madmotors.co.uk/body-kits/b ... kirts.html
They appear to have the same contours of the aero skirts and from the photos look like they just need the small air ducts to be filled in. It might be easier than trying to mould your existing sills.
Good find. I have googled body kits before without much success. My skirts are in poor condition anyway, so think I will butcher them while it’s sorned. If I fail, which may well happen, these will be next months purchase.davros wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:42 pmInstead of filling and moulding your existing sills have you considered these sills from Mad motors?
https://www.madmotors.co.uk/body-kits/b ... kirts.html
They appear to have the same contours of the aero skirts and from the photos look like they just need the small air ducts to be filled in. It might be easier than trying to mould your existing sills.
I got the same reply from that US company re the shipping. I wonder if we could line up enough people in a group buy would they find a way to ship to the UK?davros wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:55 pm Oh no, that’s bad news with the madmotor skirts. I was really hoping that may be a solution. I guess they must leave the original skirts in situ and just rivet them over the top, which wouldn’t look good.
There is a company in the USA who make FRP copies of the BMW Aero skirts and appear to have all the fitting tabs of the originals. Unfortunately they told me they don’t ship to the UK
Good luck with the search for some doner skirts. Hopefully some one on the forum may have some old ones taking up valuable space
Was ModeloDrive the company in the states?Coffee331 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:20 pmI got the same reply from that US company re the shipping. I wonder if we could line up enough people in a group buy would they find a way to ship to the UK?davros wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:55 pm Oh no, that’s bad news with the madmotor skirts. I was really hoping that may be a solution. I guess they must leave the original skirts in situ and just rivet them over the top, which wouldn’t look good.
There is a company in the USA who make FRP copies of the BMW Aero skirts and appear to have all the fitting tabs of the originals. Unfortunately they told me they don’t ship to the UK
Good luck with the search for some doner skirts. Hopefully some one on the forum may have some old ones taking up valuable space
The group buy is a great idea Coffee331Coffee331 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:20 pmI got the same reply from that US company re the shipping. I wonder if we could line up enough people in a group buy would they find a way to ship to the UK?davros wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2019 9:55 pm Oh no, that’s bad news with the madmotor skirts. I was really hoping that may be a solution. I guess they must leave the original skirts in situ and just rivet them over the top, which wouldn’t look good.
There is a company in the USA who make FRP copies of the BMW Aero skirts and appear to have all the fitting tabs of the originals. Unfortunately they told me they don’t ship to the UK
Good luck with the search for some doner skirts. Hopefully some one on the forum may have some old ones taking up valuable space