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GT rockers to GT flare, Reshaping rockers, what looks best, need photos. |
ruby914 |
Jul 4 2012, 03:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 26-April 09 From: Hawthorne, Ca Member No.: 10,305 Region Association: None |
I got some budget rockers that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif) needed lots of work.
First cut about 1" off the top and had to add 3/4" to the bottom. Cut about 1/4 off the front but I still don't like how it flares out different than the body lines. On the bottom of the door there is a bevel in the body that the rocker follows until it flares out. At that point the rocker flares as much as the body, not staying set in as much as the bevel. I am thinking it would look better If the rocker didn't flare out so much. Is that clear? I would like to see how others have handled this trasition. Attached image(s) |
ruby914 |
Jul 5 2012, 12:12 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 26-April 09 From: Hawthorne, Ca Member No.: 10,305 Region Association: None |
Here is another photo of what I am up against. Ron, It looks like you did a lot of nice work to your lower flares to remove the bevel at the yellow lines.
Seems this is they way the flares should have been stamped. It also looks like you did some work to give the flares a constant radius at the bottom. Where my AA flares have a ramp (red line in the photo) before the radius into the flare. Before seeing yours, I was thinking of building up the rocker to fill between the yellow lines, keeping a constant gap and or trimming it at the green line. Is this much rework a common practice on the flares? Any other approaches out there? Attached image(s) |
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