Custom factory panels to cover mini tubs
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Custom factory panels to cover mini tubs
Has anyone stretched or customized interior plastics to cover mini tubs in the rear? Car is mini tubbed fixing to take this project on myself but looking for pictures if any exist.
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Re: Custom factory panels to cover mini tubs
It should be similar to how cars with bolt on fenders widen them.
Like cars from the '40's or VW bugs.
Most I have seen are on the bugs where they cut the fender near the flange that attaches the fender to the car from front to back.
Then they figure out how far they want to extend them and cut that much off the second fender that has also had the flange cut off.
That way the curves all still match.
Procure a second set of the plastics and then start cutting them up.
I guess that is how I would do it.
Just need a plastic welder to join them all up nice like.
A video of what I am saying...
Like cars from the '40's or VW bugs.
Most I have seen are on the bugs where they cut the fender near the flange that attaches the fender to the car from front to back.
Then they figure out how far they want to extend them and cut that much off the second fender that has also had the flange cut off.
That way the curves all still match.
Procure a second set of the plastics and then start cutting them up.
I guess that is how I would do it.
Just need a plastic welder to join them all up nice like.
A video of what I am saying...
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Re: Custom factory panels to cover mini tubs
I have this problem. Most of the panels fit except the front inside corner of the tubs. I recently bought another set of panels from a junk yard to experiment with. In the future, I may rework that portion of the tub since that area isn't needed as much as the rest of the tub.
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