Cheap Side skirts

[jeremy242]

Well i have decided to let you all know what i have found. I wanted side skirts but i am poor. I liked the look of the s14 oem skirts on the s13 hatchs but again i am poor. I went to the junkyard to see what i could find. I found that the 95 4 door ford explorer (and any other year in that style) has a very straight side molding so i took it off and sure enough it will work. I cut it to fit, drilled three holes in the seam that runs along the bottom of the car and then used three bolts per side and mounted them up using the existing holes in the molding. I used 3m molding tape to mount to the side of the car. The only problem with these is that they flare in the rear so a heat gun may help to mold it but the gap is quite small. I am picky about how my car looks and this really didn't bother me that much. Here are the pics any question feel free to ask. Just thought that i would help out the poorer people who want options.
This is the exact side molding
http://images02.olx.com/ui/1/42/57/6683557_1.jpg

My front fender is miss aligned that is why i have the gap in the front
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs068.snc3/13534_828836617662_5134028_47709138_7619099_n.jpg

http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs048.snc3/13534_828836612672_5134028_47709137_4775132_n.jpg

enjoy nice cheap side skirts

[airhead]

yeah theres alot of parts out there that will fit you just have to mod a lil to make them fit.

i was looking at older camaros or firebird the front fenders have a small lip rolled i feel like molding that on s13 front fenders that be neat

[blueshark123]

cool find...........

[soreballz]

[imaginary +rep]
Junkyard budget upgrades = win.

[Gjohnson7]

Nice! Looks clean.

[5t341tH]

looks good cuz its black. iono how it will look once painted

[dOMEmE]

im stilllost honestly...what side molding? the black on the door? or the green skirt?

[wh0aitznic0]

That doesn't look bad at all! Good job.

IMO, it would be better if you found a way to bring it up and over the rocker panel to cover that part instead of just hanging way low under it.

[94_240sx]

im stilllost honestly...what side molding? the black on the door? or the green skirt?

Green side skirt on Explorer.

[240XTC]

Thats pretty tight!.....it flows with the lip...keeping it black right?

[M11's]

why does the skirt look round on the ford but flat on the sx

[JRS90FASTBACK]

Nvm seen it.

[jeremy242]

The skirts on the expoler sticks out and when i installed it on the 240, the back lip of the skirt just fit nicely against the seam and it turned it down a little. It does have a little outward angle to it so it is not just straight up and down. I like the flat black look on the aero so it is going to stay flat. I am going to get it painted soon and i think that it is going to stay flat with a clear.

[hotlavaflow]

Looks good nice find. Def keep it black flows nice with the front lip.

[JAYTRON]

OP: Could you get close up pictures?

Just gave me something to do today lol.

[omgRWDgoodness!]

Now that sir, is some ingenuity! I like it.
I was honestly expecting to see something like this:
http://media.urbandictionary.com/image/large/ricer-17803.jpg
This could also qualify as "Plan B"

[Witness]

Looks good! might consider it my coupe came with some ricey skirts.

[dOMEmE]

OP: Could you get close up pictures?

Just gave me something to do today lol.

yea im with you, OP can you please....

[ILoveJDM]

i may have misunderstood, but you drilled 3 holes into your rocker panels?

[jeremy242]

I will get some more pics today when it stops hailing.
There is a seam the runs under the car before the frame rails and i just drilled through that. I believe that it is the bit with the factory jacking points.

[cxlo8331]

Fucking cool!

[jeremy242]

Here are some more pics of the skirts

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs426.snc3/24593_869855924642_5134028_49146995_755105_n.jpg

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs406.snc3/24593_869855919652_5134028_49146994_1695702_n.jpg

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs406.snc3/24593_869855929632_5134028_49146996_5620035_n.jpg

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs446.ash1/24593_869855934622_5134028_49146997_7768374_n.jpg

Hope this helps out.

[Silky_Johnson]

damn pretty straight forward... most def keeping this as an "upgrade" because huge sideskirts arent really my thang..

good find bro.

[jeremy242]

If anyone has done this post up some pics just to see what everyone else has come up with.

[dakid95]

thumbs up brudda! its not cheap, its clever!

[MadmikeX3]

Looks Really good. Think I may end up doing this as well but im going to try and heat that rear section and mold it flush. Good job.

[93nismo]

if you know how to use fiberglass you could make a template and get it to sit flush in the back. or cut it and adjust it accordingly and then repair it. looks nice:]

[dt-p88]

looks good for sure 2 thumbs up ha ha

[CJOHNS86]

good find man. I like when people get creative and things turn out looking good.

[singlecamcammed240]

my buddy and i went to the junkyard and got these after seeing your writeup on nicoclub, they were 16 bucks a set ,it looks good.

[jim1234664]

my buddy and i went to the junkyard and got these after seeing your writeup on nicoclub, they were 16 bucks a set ,it looks good.

Hahaha, im from buffalo too, what yard did you go to? any left?

[jeremy242]

I am glad people are getting use out of this. The junkyard by me has about 7 explorers in there with these on them. I don't think there will be a problem finding them as there are a boat load of explorers.

[jeremy242]

Anyone done this? Any pics

[CleanAndLegit]

this is pretty nice :]
any other cool finds would be nice should make it a thread :}

[jeremy242]

bump this up, been getting a few pm's about them.

[420sxwetdreams]

I have these but haven't tried yet I would prefer pic tutorial call me a visual learner but I will try this weekend and keep ya posted

[zerodameaon]

I have these but haven't tried yet I would prefer pic tutorial call me a visual learner but I will try this weekend and keep ya posted

I am going to pick some of these up tomorrow, if i can get it done I will post some pictures.

[CamberWear]

Anyone have the measurement of the length on these?

[Antihero_sx]

Dem Syde Skoits luk gweat..so much for spell check

[!Zar!]

Here's a novel concept.

Can't afford side skirts?

Don't buy any.

[BoostSlideWayz]

Wow i never would have thought of explorer side skirts, and they actually look pretty good.

My local yard has atleast 15 explorers that have perfectly fine side skirts. Maybe i need to look for some !

[jaysgottaredtop]

Here's a novel concept.

Can't afford side skirts?

Don't buy any.

Here's a novel concept.

Don't like DIY side skirts?

Deal with it. :cool:

[IROYLE1]

Here are some more pics of the skirts

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs426.snc3/24593_869855924642_5134028_49146995_755105_n.jpg

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs406.snc3/24593_869855919652_5134028_49146994_1695702_n.jpg

http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs406.snc3/24593_869855929632_5134028_49146996_5620035_n.jpg

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs446.ash1/24593_869855934622_5134028_49146997_7768374_n.jpg

Hope this helps out.



can we get more pics than this? I think im gonna go find a explorer this weekend lol


Here's a novel concept.

Don't like DIY side skirts?

Deal with it. :cool:

Right!?!

[7x13]

Wonder how these look with a Chuki Xenon lip...

[Antihero_sx]

:rawk: :coolugh: