Holy Rear Apron Batman!

[super vw]

:d Right on!
Ya gotta try, thats for sure! For you its great you can easily and cheaply with a spair apron, so why not...

Let us know how it turns out.

Later,
Jonathan

[boygenius]

You don't have to do holes, what about some elongated oval slits in the rear apron. You could use some metal mesh so you can't see the header through the slots. Either paint the mesh black to make the slots stand out or paint the mesh body color to make the slots dissapear for the stealth look.

The only cars I have seen this type of apron on are type 4 powered beetles. And from what I have seen the headers are really close to the rear apron so the holes are probably there to keep the rear apron from melting off the car.

[NO_H2O]

If you lay out your pattern and drill small pilot holes then chase them with a good sharp hole saw and cutting fluid, it should come out nice. You could put down a layer of painters tape to minimize chipping and lay out the lines to get it nice and strait/even.

[Uber Affe]

I'm looking for something like this in stainless steel or aluminium?
Any suggestions would be helpful.

See attched composite graphic...

[SuperRSi]

Go take a look at Mittlerbros.com and look at "sheetmetal tools" for the punches and flares. They come in all sizes. These tools use a drilled pilot hole and then punch a large hole and flare the edges. As you will see they are not cheap, but I have seen the hole they make and it is very nice. There also is a set of hole punches (no flare) from Greenlee that you can find at some plumbing or electrical supply houses. Good luck.

Thanks,

Randy

[bugsoup]

Originally Posted by boygenius

You don't have to do holes, what about some elongated oval slits in the rear apron.

I agree that the holes are an option, but some slits would look really cool. If you modeled them after the front vents that late Supers have, it would even look stock. Maybe even use the vents from under a rear window.

In my opinion, the bezels my look ok, but they might make the rear apron look "heavy" with unnesessary accesories. I do think that a simple round over treatment would not only maintain structural integrity, it would also look like you are trying to drop some weight off the car (a racer look).

[Uber Affe]

What if I chrome (eeew!) the rear apron or just leave it bare metal with a protective coat (better) and make a bunch of realy little holes?

See pic...

[zen]

i like it. but that's just my opinion. don't care for the exhaust exit, but like the apron. i have been battling what i want to do with mine since it has some minor issues anyway.

[Uber Affe]

Yeah...I just took another picture from Luft Boxer and photo shopped it. I'm not crazy about where they put the
exhaust either. I'm going with a dual tip exhaust that comes put the stock humps in the apron.
What can I doo to the stock Apron to make it look like that?
I mean metallic and with lots of tiny holes?
I know how to drill holes, but how do I keep it at least mildly functional? Do I just chrome it? Do I need to "make"
a piece? Can I just sand alll the paint off and clear coat it?\
Nee answers.
Here's the original pic so you can see how I changed it.

[Rob]

Funny how opinions can differ

I actually like the exhaust coming through the fender

The Apron looks cool, but I think there are too many holes in it, it looks
a bit 'disorganized'...

Just my 2 cts...

Rob.

[coffinator]

Chrome the bezels and leave the rear apron boby color. I like the oval slit idea also.

[coffinator]

Even better give the bezels a brushed aluminum look.