Folks, in the spirit of saving yourselves a bunch of $, why buy the sets when you can purchase the bulk material? If you have sufficient dexterity to apply these, then you have the skill to make yourselves a pattern like others are doing, then use an XACTO blade or single edge razor blade and cut from the bulk material. There are plenty of vendors who will sell 14 mil clear 3M by the foot in various widths. You'll know what you need after cutting out your pattern. Buy enough for two sets while you're at it so you can replace them when they get ratty.
BTW, remember, when cutting out the pattern, you only need one since they're mirror images. Just label one side LEFT and the other RIGHT.
...and, oh, yeah, TYNUSKT, great avatar! Obviously, with a rear end like that, her name must be Portia!

 

That sounds like a plan. Good idea!

 

Flying Dog is good stuff. They have Tire Bite Ale which is really good, too.

 

Keith, if you want a set shoot me an email or PM...

OK, this feels a little weird since some RLers asked me for these and I am making sets for them...
but I gotta say, yes, it sounds simple. That is what I thought too when I made mine. I went through a few of sets of material to get it down.
It is not so easy to get a nice clean, continuous edge! All depends on how particular one is, I guess.
To each their own

mmm...

 

PM sent.


Has anyone ever put black stone guards on a non-black 993, ala the original 911 Turbos (~1976 to ~1989)? That look still blows me away every time I see it. Pic or PhotoShop magic anyone of a 993 with black stone guards? I'm curious to see if the effect is even near the same.

 

"OK, this feels a little weird since some RLers asked me for these and I am making sets for them...
but I gotta say, yes, it sounds simple. That is what I thought too when I made mine. I went through a few of sets of material to get it down.
It is not so easy to get a nice clean, continuous edge! All depends on how particular one is, I guess.
To each their own"

Apologies, MarkD, I'm a retired jeweler and stuff like that is a walk in the park to me. Cutting a continuous curve and getting it smooth the first time isn't easy and I shouldn't have made it sound as tho it was. Forgive me.

 

you can do this freehand? you should do these!!!

No offense taken at all... no apology necessary

 

I am glad you posted this because I tried this exact thing about a year ago. Needless to say I spent more money on the material than what a new set would have cost and the end result looked like a 1st grader did it. That continuous curve is definetly the trick and a hard one at that.


Mike

 

I had a guy come out to do the stone guards a couple years ago, and he just did it freehand..... It looked quick and easy since the guy's experienced and he knew what he was doing, but if I were to tackle it as a DIY, I would go with a pre-cut decal. Just my 2 cents.

 

Hey, I'm the king of DIY and a cheapskate to boot.

But, for what MarkD was charging, I wasn't about to tackle this one myself. I have a feeling I would have spent at least 4 hours getting material and cutting it right just to save $20-30 in the end.

I think I'd rather spend that time driving.

 

I would rather pay a professional (Mark) so I can be at the brewery sooner and less stressed out!

 

Got my new stone guards from MarkD yesterday in the mail! Super fast shipping and he even included an extra piece of material for "practice".

First class Mark, way to go.

thanks,
David

 

I R uh professional?

Cool, thanks David!
Trying to make it as easy as possible... let me know if you have any questions

 

Hey Mark, got your guards a couple of weeks ago. To keep the story short, I impressed myself. They went on perfect. I've never tried to install anything like these before, but I expected I'd have an impossible to remove bubble somewhere after I finished. Turns out, nope, absolute perfection.

I would like to say that I'm that good, but likely it's more the "follow the directions and you can't screw up". Car looks 1000% better.

And removing the old ones???? Uhhh, well, that was a killer. But after I got them off, and the new ones on, I'm glad I suffered through it. Night and day difference.

 

I just finished mine with the FDMotorsports stone guards. Great experience dealing with Mark. Good price, quick shipping, and a very complete kit.

Incidently, I was much more worried about getting the placement of the new guards right than about removing the old ones. As it turned out, in the 2 hours it took to do the whole job I spent much more time detailing the applique area, than I did applying the new guards. Very liberal application of the slip solution on the fender and both sides of the vinyl makes the application part almost fun. Didn't get placement exactly right on the first pass? With clean hands just slide her around a bit. Squeegie out the bubbles, and you are done. Once you get how the material works it is really easy.

By the way I used a 4 inch plastic bondo spreader from Autozone as a squeegie, and it worked like a charm.

Thanks Mark!

Ed