Body kit update

[Dave Wilkinson]

I'm looking for some opinions and experiences to help me decide what to do with my car. For those who have not seen it as it is at present I've attached a recent shot. The problem is that the Pro-9 body kit currently fitted has not been fitted particularly well, the major problem being that the side skirts have been stuck on with Stikaflex. This makes some basic maintenance jobs on the oil thermostat and some oil pipes downright impossible without having the side skirts removed and re-fitted. The other aggravation from my viewpoint is that the design of the sideskirts makes it very difficult to apply any kind of stone chip protection and, as current owners will already know, the sideskirts of any turbo bodied car seem to attract stones like flies!!!

My dilemma is whether to just get the existing body kit fitted better (if that's possible) or get another body kit that fits better. I'm leaning towards the fibreglass kit produced by van Zweeden in Holland which copies the style of the original 964 Turbo although even their sideskirts are single piece rather than the seperate sill and sharkfin. Am I right in thinking the turbo has the seperate shark fin like the narrow bodied cars?? Has anyone any experience of the van Zweeden fibreglass products in terms of their quality of fit and finish??

If anybody has any opinions as to whether I should revert the car to a more traditional "look" or keep the existing "Strosek-style" kit I would be interested to hear.

If anyone has any negative opinions about the van Zweeden products and would prefer not to voice them on a general forum please feel free to e-mail me at davew@computamedic.co.uk.

Thanks

Regards


Dave

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

James,

Thanks for that. I'm always keen to find local places with some reputation. Personal recommendation is always good. I'll give them a call. Thanks.

Dave

 

[RichardLW]

Between Woburn Sands and Salford? - thats a bloody great big somewhere[]

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

ORIGINAL: RichardLW

Between Woburn Sands and Salford? - thats a bloody great big somewhere[]

Don't panic Richard - I know where he means. Salford is a liitle village/hamlet next to Woburn Sands on the way to Cranfield - as well as a suburb of Manchester!!!

Regards

Dave

 

[Melv]

Booger yer body kit Dave, what are those luvverly cars behind you??? []

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

ORIGINAL: Melv

Booger yer body kit Dave, what are those luvverly cars behind you??? []

Melv,

The pic was taken at the Britcar 24 hour race in September last year at Silverstone. Before the race there were a number of parade laps - one for Porsche cars (there were just 12 of us), one for Noble (there were 80 of them!!!) and one for the Historics, and it's those Historics (Nashes, Lagondas et al) which you can see behind.

Dave

 

[Dave Wilkinson]

James,

Haven't got around to it yet. I'm planning to sort it out sometime Feb/Mar to get the car ready for the summer activities. We're off to France for a weekend at the end of May (with R24) and I can't make up my mind whether to get the paintwork sorted before we go or after!!! I will definitely go see him though!!!

Regards

Dave