Putting Tii skirts on a na or vert

[vrracing]

I know this is pretty common but I had a couple of "best practices" questions. The vert doesnt have the in-fender holes, the holes on the side of the car under the door for the plastic clips, or the holes under the car for the screws.

Is it typical for folks to use double-sided tape for everything except the side mouldings and inside the fender wells?

I'm guessing people use the screws in the fender wells so there is a real mechanical fastening somewhere, but do you do anything to protect the drilled holes so they dont become rust beachheads?

Thanks,

[JustJeff]

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I'm getting ready to prep and paint a few body parts for my vert...OEM skirts are some of those parts.

[Pete_89T2]

To prevent rust from forming around drilled holes, I'd recommend a dabbing some POR-15 rust proof coating on the bare metal edges/local drilled hole area. You can get it online at www.por15.com

I've used this stuff before to restore a few rusty parts, such as some rust spots on my rear subframe, and to protect and put a hard coating on some critical wear areas on my car's underside - frame rails and hardpoints for jacks & jack stand were getting beat up by usage. The stuff is a bit expensive, but it works exceptionally well and you get what you pay for. For a small job like your holes, they have a starter kit for about $20 that has everything you'll need to clean/prep/coat a small area.

[vrracing]

That's a nice little kit. Ordered it. Thx

[classicauto]

I drill as few holes as possible.

I use the clips @ the wheel wells, but for the face of the fender, rocker and quarter I use panel bond adhesive. Expensive - but its what holds most cars together any more. Spot welding? Thing of the past (to an extent) after this stuff came around.

First of all - unless you have every single clip for the skirts, (and the clips on the skirts @ the face of the fender and quarter are glued on the skirts with rusty ass steel brackets anyway) then you're going to need to either source some, or use glue/two face anyway. Second, if you don't have the holes, you're just introducing more spots to rust. Sure, you can dab some paint in there, but when the clip has bounced around in the hole and wore the paint off the ege after 6 months - you're starting down the road to rust. I mean, the clips work yes, but its much more ideal when the car was new. The holes were already there with OEM paint and epoxy inside and out. The clips were brand new and the skirts were new and fit like gloves.

Which brings me to: if they don't fit absolutely flawlessly - and you clip them on - you're going to see gaps or have a clip failure where there's tension against it.

Properly done panel bond from 3M or lord fusor (even pro form.....) will be stronger, with no holes, and less hassle.