[ghip]

I have began the removal of the old quarter and wheel housings. I have purchased my skin from Mustangs Unlimited... The skins fit is great but the contour lines are not sharp,,,they are kind of rounded were the skin wraps the trunk,door jamb, and top body line,,,does anyone know if this is normal and do you have to shape the skin to make them sharp lines...Following the removal and installation instructions from mustangs monthly how to forum and their skin looks sharp defined lines and not sort of rounded....

 

[GGregory]

Just about all the after market skins will vary in shape/lines and etc. I bought a quarter skin and wheel houses from CJ Pony for my 66 fastback and the skin had good lines and it lined up really good at all points. The problem I found was the skin's curve/wheel opening did not line up at all with the wheel opening/curve of the outer wheel house. CJ Pony told me that's normal and you have to cut the outer wheel house and bend it to fit the arc where the two get welded together.

I know your thinking about my car being a fastback and yours a coupe, but the skin part is the same. I did buy a full fastback quarter and had a different outer wheel house to use and now that wheel opening fits much better and I will not have to cut anything.

If you had 3 different skins, 3 different outer wheel houses from other suppliers, they will all look and fit differenty.

You need NOS or FORD TOOLING to really get the correct fit.

Greg

 

[oldmountainfarm]

I bought one side from Mustangs Unlimited and the other from CJ Ponyparts. There is a big difference between the two. The one from CJ Ponyparts has very nice lines. I ended up selling the one on eBay and getting another from CJ's.

 

[Lizer]

I bought one side from Mustangs Unlimited and the other from CJ Ponyparts. There is a big difference between the two. The one from CJ Ponyparts has very nice lines. I ended up selling the one on eBay and getting another from CJ's.

I know you probably won't believe this but almost all the skins are made by the same company in Taiwan and sold to different distributors. In other words, the liklihood of the skins you bought from the two different retailers being made by the same manufacturer is very high.