Body kit gapping

[lepht93]

Hi,
Just ha y VP resprayed and gts kit fitted, and the front bar has severe gapping from the top panel/bonnet/headlights down (2cm?)

Any ideas of what to do? I have heaps of paint left over, I was thinking Clark rubber and getting some mould/seal cu to size to fit inside?

[zskinner]

yeah i had the same problem when trying to fit my vx front bar on to my vp, i ended up just adding a thick layer of putty where the gap was and re-painting it and it didnt come out too bad wasnt cheap though (cost me about 70 bucks on putty), im sure there would be some better ideas out there lol

[lepht93]

I'm just afraid of doing irreversible things to the panels, so that's why sikaflexing rubber sound good

[lepht93]

heres a photo of the gap, i dont want to upload a full photo yet until the car has been detailed and i get the door spats on :P

[soop]

Try adjusting the mounts.

Bogging it will just look bogan.

[zskinner]

a bit off topic lol but can i make a suggestion. if you paint your clear grille blue like the rest of your car it will make the car look soooo much better. it really does look a shit load better when its the same color as the rest of the car, trust me you wouldnt regret it

[88GreenVN]

Are the slider part on the gaurds mounted correctly to the gaurds? - They should have the bar at the correct level for the front bar to slide onto. From the side view - is the bar sitting level?

[lepht93]

The front threads fit into the reo bar, and the side clips sits over the original placements, the fool who made it has put those mounting points too high. Even if I screw the bar into the wheel well a little higher, it may sit evenly on the sides but the front will have a gap
Are the mounts that are on the car adjustable? and what can I do about raising the threads that go thru the reo bar?
on a side note, I'm getting the GTS grille this week, don't mess yourself.

[lepht93]

The front threads fit into the reo bar, and the side clips sits over the original placements, the fool who made it has put those mounting points too high. Even if I screw the bar into the wheel well a little higher, it may sit evenly on the sides but the front will have a gap
Are the mounts that are on the car adjustable? and what can I do about raising the threads that go thru the reo bar?
on a side note, I'm getting the GTS grille this week, don't mess yourself.

[soop]

Gotta be said, Why did you paint it, if it didn't fit?

[lepht93]

My mate goes to tafe once every 3/ 4 months and thats the only chance he had to spray it for another 3 or 4 months, so thats why, it was free.
I was guaranteed it would fit and when we dry fitted it, it sat right but the bit below the grill was obstructed by the reo, so it has to be cut.
I t can be raised easily at the sides, because it screws into the wheel well (the mounting points on the front part of the kit, on the sides, were just flaps of fibreglass, they needed to be cut because they were far too long), but the problem is the screws at the front that go into the reo, how am i supposed to raise that? I cant.

[lepht93]

Heres the kit front bar rundown so I don't have to explain using words. This is my crap drawing of the front bar looking down on it, the dashed lines are where i needed to cut because the brackets stuck out too far, and it shows all the mounting points the kit came with:



and heres actual photos of the gapping from all angles and showing where the points are, and the extra ones my friend added for more reinforcement in the wheel arch:

[soop]

Can you not just relocate the front ones the same?

[lepht93]

Can you not just relocate the front ones the same?

relocate the front whats?

[soop]

Bolts/studs what ever they are.

[lepht93]

theyre moulded into the kit, so no, and they are lining up and are in use through the reo right now, the point is the guy whos made the kit has put the mounting brackets AND the front bolts that go thru the reo higher than they need to be, so it leaves the gap. If i cut off those bolts/threads, then theres nothing holding the front of the bar on, and it will fall off.

[soop]

So drill them out, relocate and glass it back up. Not all that hard.

[Zeussy]

Can you not just drill new holes through the bumper reo and move it up?

[lepht93]

heres another crap picture, the reo is the brown thing, the dark blue is the new bumper and the black is the bolt. the bolt is fixed/moulded into the bumper and the reo already has holes from the old original bumper. hopefully this shows why its gapped.

[soop]

Yeah, drill the stud out of the fibreglass bar, and move to where you want them. Then glass them back into position.

[lepht93]

wait wait. drill holes into the reo or remove the threads from the bumper and make new ones?
and yes its hard when youre 16 and have no knowledge of fibreglassing.

[soop]

Only one way to learn, fibreglassing is actually pretty easy. Wipe resin on, smoosh fibreglass into place, add more resin.

[lepht93]

but the threads arent drilled into the bar
i would show you if i had a picture, but there are 2 points and hes moulded fibreglass crappily around 2 threads, they cant be removed, they can only be cut, and the moulds of fibreglass around these threads are about 4 to 5 cm mounds compared to the rest of the bar. its impossible to explain. point is, i cant take them out without damaging the bumper and they cant be moved.

[Zeussy]

wait wait. drill holes into the reo or remove the threads from the bumper and make new ones?
and yes its hard when youre 16 and have no knowledge of fibreglassing.

I ment to drill into the reo, so you don't have to touch the bar.

But you can fibreglass new bolts onto it with out needing to paint it if you're careful, and just cut the old ones off

[lepht93]

Can you not just drill new holes through the bumper reo and move it up?

how thick is the reo though?