GT metal flares- how to install? Options

[rfuerst911sc]

Well I signed up for the group buy of GT metal flares so now I want to know how to install these. I have a mig welder and am a fair welder so my intention is to install these myself. Once you cut the fenders ( hopefully correctly ) you line the flares up and tack them in place right? Once tacked do you run a continous bead or do you do spaced welds? Once tacked/welded then you grind the welds flush? And then do your skim coats of bondo to finish? Any online forum how to's on this? I know that the least amount of heat is good to keep warping to a minimum but any tips are appreciated. Thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[dr914@autoatlanta.com]

Well I signed up for the group buy of GT metal flares so now I want to know how to install these. I have a mig welder and am a fair welder so my intention is to install these myself. Once you cut the fenders ( hopefully correctly ) you line the flares up and tack them in place right? Once tacked do you run a continous bead or do you do spaced welds? Once tacked/welded then you grind the welds flush? And then do your skim coats of bondo to finish? Any online forum how to's on this? I know that the least amount of heat is good to keep warping to a minimum but any tips are appreciated. Thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

I am not a welder and therefore no one to depend on for the blow by blow installation, but have seen it done by our men often enough to say the following:
The flares are thick enough that warping is more minimal than with thinner sheet metal panels. When installing though no one here has run a continuous bead as that will guarantee a warp!
The flares are easy to line up by matching the wheel well keeping the exact same front to rear opening as well as the same lip height. After welding they are ground flat and metal worked with a minimum of filler. Since the factory did it and designed the original flares, they are made to easily fit the 914.
The plus is that we when producing our replicas, borrowed an orginal old set from Jim Bailey at Brumos and had them scanned in Detroit with the guys there remarking that the flares were not mirror images of one another! Therefore we combined the two front scans and then spit out perfect mirrors, so left and right are now more identical than the originals ever were. We did the same with the rear as well. There is also plenty of material in the flare for the crunched fender set!