Body modifications: SC flares or SC quarter panels?
 

In anyone's opinion, which is easier; adapting SC flares onto the rear of a narrow body 911, or replacing the rear quarter panels with quarter panels from an SC?

Thanks. SmileWavy

I wish I was more qualified, but as I am considering the exact same question, I'll throw my 2 cents (not a penny more!) in....

Having done repairs on 911 quarters, and 911 Quarter replacement, I will go with flares. As I recall, the quarter wraps around the door jamb, into the engine opening, joins on the c-pillar, and under the door. Very involving to get in and out. While flares will involve some "massaging" of surfaces, and doing it right will be a bit of work, it would be less invasive to other areas.

My guess here is that less is more.

Lets see what others think!

Hi Jake: well on that note, what type of flares would you go with? Steel or fiberglass? And why?

Thanks. :)

I would go with steel, but I haven't done too much blending of steel and f-glass. With steel you can weld and grind, and the expansion ratesa re the same. I know that plenty of folks can do the f-glass to steel thing well, but if I had the choice I'd go steel.

Not taking into account $ or availability, just which I would rather do. If I were doing seperate panels,such as an engine cover, I would have no problems with f-glass. Actually I'd prefer a good quality f-glass due to it's weight advantage.

When I put the flares on my '72 I used quarter panels. It was a lot of work.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1064099925.jpg

Came ou pretty good though
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1064100822.jpg

Very sweet, Bill. But how much work did it entail? More than steel flares? Also, what do you think of fiberglass rear quarters?

Definitely steel and definitely bond rather than weld. The '72 was much more dificult because of the oil filler issue. As you can see from the pic the whole car was torn apart.

Do a search, this past winter I posted a bunch from a friends build of a 2.7RS lightweight and the installation of the flares.