New sill plate (Page 1/3)
TXGOOD MAY 06, 08:41 PM
I know there are sill plates out there for the Fiero but I wanted something a little less flashy than mirror, so I came up with this textured ABS plastic one.
Monday when I get my pantograph I will play around with carving Fiero GT on it with some flutes that run parallel that I can lay some paint in the letters and flutes which match the color of the car.

NEVERDONE MAY 08, 02:20 AM
I like those!! Question though, for those of us that have cracked rocker sills, could it be extended a little to cover the cracks? And the matching lettering would be awesome!!
TXGOOD MAY 08, 07:44 AM
You mean extended out toward the outer edge?
Quad Raider MAY 08, 08:12 AM
I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product.
FieroMaster88 MAY 08, 01:02 PM
That looks good.

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IMSA GT MAY 08, 01:30 PM

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Originally posted by TXGOOD:

....................I will play around with carving Fiero GT on it with some flutes that run parallel that I can lay some paint in the letters and flutes which match the color of the car.




If the actual door sill is in good enough condition, you could have your machine completely remove the areas for the flutes and logo and let the original sill color show through. It would save you some headache because paint has a hard time adhering to ABS and if you sell these, the last thing you want are people complaining about the paint flaking off. If their existing door sill has scratched paint, they can simply use a spray can touch up paint in the areas of the cutouts and then apply your sill plate over the top.

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TXGOOD MAY 08, 01:36 PM

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Originally posted by IMSA GT:


If the actual door sill is in good enough condition, you could have your machine completely remove the areas for the flutes and logo and let the original sill color show through.




I tried that but it leaves the plastic too flimsy. I`m sure a lot of people`s rockers are like mine, they aren`t perfectly flat so with the flutes cut all the way through the middle kind of pushes up. I think the flute and the lettering cut very shallow, filled in with paint will almost be flush with the rest of the surface and look pretty good.
IMSA GT MAY 08, 01:39 PM
Make sure to use an etching primer on that plastic and clean it VERY good before painting.
TXGOOD MAY 08, 01:52 PM

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Originally posted by IMSA GT:

Make sure to use an etching primer on that plastic and clean it VERY good before painting.



Thanks, will do.
I think the place I get my paint from has a plastic primer in aerosol.

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TXGOOD MAY 08, 08:16 PM

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Originally posted by IMSA GT:


If the actual door sill is in good enough condition, you could have your machine completely remove the areas for the flutes and logo and let the original sill color show through. It would save you some headache because paint has a hard time adhering to ABS and if you sell these, the last thing you want are people complaining about the paint flaking off. If their existing door sill has scratched paint, they can simply use a spray can touch up paint in the areas of the cutouts and then apply your sill plate over the top.



I will probably just sell these and let people paint them whatever color they want.
I was playing around today and what I have found works the best is just tape the whole piece and then take a razor knife and carve out the letters and flutes.
Then just spray it.
When you remove the tape it looks really good.
I don`t think flaking will be much of a problem because since it`s recessed the paint seems to stay down in there pretty well.
My next big challenge is cutting out the patterns for using the pantograph so I don`t have to follow the pattern free-hand every time.
I may check into getting a few graphics cut with a CNC.

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