Hi Everyone
I have what might eb a series of obvious and silly questions but as I don't know I will ask anyway. I read Dean Lampe's thread and he was saying he was going to send his fantastic looking car back to the body shop to improve the gaps. It got me thinking and now I have a number of gap questions.
1. What constititutes a good gapping job? I would have thought that it was fairly even spacing across all the body panels but if there is more to it I would love to know
2. How hard is it to align the gaps? I know that some people spend ages on this makign them look as perfect as possible but surely it is just a case of lining up the panels then attaching them in place. Or maybe this is all there is to it but it is much easier said than done.
3. At what stage of the build would you normally attack this task? Do you build all the plumbing and wiring etc and then fit the body panles, or do you fit the body panels, get the gaps right, mark it all off, then remove them and do the other work, or is there some other order of sequence that this is done in.
Guys there is no rush to respond to this question because I am not at this point actually building a car but I would certainly love to know more about this topic. Obviously a well gapped car looks the business whilst a badly done job looks nasty.
Regards
Jack
I have what might eb a series of obvious and silly questions but as I don't know I will ask anyway. I read Dean Lampe's thread and he was saying he was going to send his fantastic looking car back to the body shop to improve the gaps. It got me thinking and now I have a number of gap questions.
1. What constititutes a good gapping job? I would have thought that it was fairly even spacing across all the body panels but if there is more to it I would love to know
2. How hard is it to align the gaps? I know that some people spend ages on this makign them look as perfect as possible but surely it is just a case of lining up the panels then attaching them in place. Or maybe this is all there is to it but it is much easier said than done.
3. At what stage of the build would you normally attack this task? Do you build all the plumbing and wiring etc and then fit the body panles, or do you fit the body panels, get the gaps right, mark it all off, then remove them and do the other work, or is there some other order of sequence that this is done in.
Guys there is no rush to respond to this question because I am not at this point actually building a car but I would certainly love to know more about this topic. Obviously a well gapped car looks the business whilst a badly done job looks nasty.
Regards
Jack