156 skirts

Started by poohbah, August 31, 2013, 03:13:22 PM

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poohbah

Hi all. The side skirts on my 156 are starting to separate from the sills in a few places. Any suggestions what I should use to rebond?
Now:    2002 156 GTA
            1981 GTV
Before: 1999 156 V6 Q-auto
            2001 156 V6 (sadly cremated)

colcol

Mine did the same due to ridiculous speed humps that are appearing all over the place, i was going to glue mine back on, but i jacked the car up and got under it and loosened off the skirt retaining fasteners and repositioned it so the gaps closed up, without researching i would reckon you would have to take the skirts off and clean them up and the sill paintwork and use some silicone, you wouldn't want something like araldite as it would eat the paintwork.
The times i have hit speedhumps i have been crawling along with a four wheel drive,[with plenty of ground clearance], up my tail, the 156 isn't even lowered, you want a glue thats good, but not too good as you want a bit of give as opposed to broken skirts, Colin.
1974 VW Passat [ist car] 1984 Alfa 33TI [daily driver] 2002 Alfa 156 JTS [daily driver]

poohbah

Now:    2002 156 GTA
            1981 GTV
Before: 1999 156 V6 Q-auto
            2001 156 V6 (sadly cremated)