http://www.racingrubberlip.com/lip1.html i found this site and wondered what is involved in the construction as they would look good on a gt i am wondering what esle i can use there is a Clarkes rubber store in my street at work might see what they sell too.
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Rolling Thunder Member
Posts: 1244 From: College Station, TX Registered: Aug 2008
There's no big secret to what they've done. There's a metal bracket in the shape of an ' L ' that is under that rubber. You can buy it at most any hardware or home improvement store and it's known as 'flex bar'. When it's in the shape of an ' L ' it's actually a lot more rigid than the name implies. All the work is probably in making that bracket, as it's probably heated up and bent to shape, then holes drilled for the rivets. As I can imagine that bracket is likely cheap, it's the rubber that costs. That's a pretty thick piece and long too. It's simply a matter of shaping the bracket, drilling the holes (probably have to drill small ones in the rubber too), and then riveting them together. If you had all the materials on hand you could probably make it in a handful of hours.
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Oct 26th, 2009
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Posts: 4701 From: Sydney Australia Registered: Sep 2004
I am going to use an aluminium angle and make it removable. I see on the web site www.clarkrubber.com.au that they sell it and are actually located next door at work i just didn't get a chance as it was raining quite hard today.
There's no big secret to what they've done. There's a metal bracket in the shape of an ' L ' that is under that rubber. You can buy it at most any hardware or home improvement store and it's known as 'flex bar'. When it's in the shape of an ' L ' it's actually a lot more rigid than the name implies. All the work is probably in making that bracket, as it's probably heated up and bent to shape, then holes drilled for the rivets. As I can imagine that bracket is likely cheap, it's the rubber that costs. That's a pretty thick piece and long too. It's simply a matter of shaping the bracket, drilling the holes (probably have to drill small ones in the rubber too), and then riveting them together. If you had all the materials on hand you could probably make it in a handful of hours.
There's a bit more to it than that... If you'll look closely at the photos you'll note that there are Dzus fasteners on every bracket. That thing is easily and quickly removable, but you'll have to install the mating part, (female) of the Dzus fasteners on the underside of the Fiero bodywork. I like the air dam, but all those huge rivets on the face of it really detract from the look of it.
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Posts: 175 From: Gainesville, GA Registered: Dec 2008
After getting the engine back in I started working on the bad paint. I talked to some body shop guys I decided to do a panels off paint job. I bought a new GT nose and rocker panels and had a puncture on the rear bumper professionally repaired. Here is what it looked like when I drove it to the body shop.
I had a hard decision to make. Do I keep the car stock or do I start modifying it? The decision was made by accident. The body shop had painted the rear bumper all red. They forgot there was black trim. We discussed it and decided to paint all the trim and if I did not like it then he would paint the trim black. I also saw a picture of a cool red GT with a chin spoiler. I loved the look of the spoiler so I got in contact with forum member Lawrence. Here were the pictures I had found while doing a search for Red 88 GT
I learned he made it out of an old GT nose. So I made one too except I added driving light pockets by bonding rear reflector pockets off an old GT rear bumper.
