Spoiler Alert!

Lots of news this week. First, we finally got enough of a bend into the top exhaust pipe on the driver's side for the pipes to slide onto the exhaust headers. We celebrated, then quickly put the exhaust back into the box. We won't install these until the paint is done.


We've been building up the fender in front of the driver's door to make up for an ill-fitting door skin. This is a common problem with the kits, supposedly addressed with a recent revision to the molding process.


We spent some time on the rear of the car, trimming, fitting, then attaching the rear spoiler. We used a High Strength Resin Filler (HSRF) from 3M to attach the spoiler. Since the HSRF doesn't stick to gel coat, we had to sand all of the gel coat off of the mounting area. The bond is permanent and is VERY strong.


We will be fairing in the edge of the spoiler to the body in all directions to help it blend into the body lines. This is one of the more "artistic" steps we'll have to take with the body work, so wish us luck!

We are fairing in the back of the car, covering up an ugly joint with something a little more pleasing. This will take a couple of rounds of filling and sanding to get it just right.


The lighter color Rage product shows off the low spots in the body. Once filled and sanded, the contour feels just perfect. You can tell that the area around the fuel filler opening was very uneven.


Once we get the spoiler and the back of the care faired in, we will need to re-attach the doors so that we can contour the fender-to-door and door-to-window frame lines. We're also adding some Rage to the inside of the wheel wells. Once we do that, we can sand the edge round. This replaces the thin edge of fiberglass with something more eye-pleasing when you look into the wheel arches.

Stay tuned as we complete these tasks over the next several weeks. We're hoping for a break in the hot weather, as it has been at least 95 degrees for a high for weeks.