Throwing this out for your guys thoughts. I'm running full fenders on my 34ford. I want to make them one piece from the rear fenders forward and do away with the seam where the 2 pieces meet. Have seen some cars with them done this way and looks nice and clean. My question is should I glue them together at the seam with vette adhesive or something like that and then bolt them together with maybe a metal plate on both sides to keep things from flexing and causing a crack where the seam is. Open to suggestions good or bad.
thanks,
Bob
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RE: 34 Running Board Question
by 34PHIL
Posted: 03/30/2003 06:18 EST
Why would you want it to look like a Street Beast?
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RE: 34 Running Board Question
by Deuce
Posted: 03/30/2003 11:02 EST
I had a car years ago with painted running boards. Looked good.......until some child stepped up on them and ruined the paint. Now everything I own with boards has rubber on them.
As a side note, I now think that rubber boards make the car look more real........less cartoonish or showcar only. A guy here in town had a StreetBeast and he had a hard time keeping the bad places off his boards. He finally sold and built a Deuce...with rubber boards.
This is the RED 32 sitting next to mine.
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RE: 34 Running Board Question
by Tbird65
Posted: 03/30/2003 19:06 EST
yeah, i gotta say that i dont go for painted running boards. But i kinda tend towards nostalga type cars rather than hi-tech stuff. No offense, but i think painted boards make the car look more 'plasticky'.
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RE: 34 Running Board Question
by digger
Posted: 03/30/2003 21:23 EST
Bob-I would glue and bolt them together on the car and when that is cured, take them off and glass the backside with several layers and several inches past the joints.
You might also think about adding a little more reenforcement from the frame under the joints. Limiting the flex will be very important. You will need to grind and glass the top too but just to hide the seam. I think it would be wise to do that when they are back on the car and lined up. Good Luck.
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RE: 34 Running Board Question
by digger
Posted: 03/30/2003 21:32 EST
One thing I forgot. Don't use metal for reenforcing any place that shows. Fiberglass and metal do not expand and contract at the same rate and you can get hairlin cracks.
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Digger
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I threw it away yesterday, now I have to go buy one
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