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[MikeDanger]

I will be painting the car when its ready...
will fill in the seams.
and I was thinking I would do the late 944 drip rails. But then I thought, well maybe id just fill them in this way I could make the area above the 1/4 windows blend in so there is no seam.

any reason not to to this?

and has anyone done this?
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[snakoil]

a friend of mine filed the rain gutters on his civic.
It looks very nice but he found out these rails actually do something.
When it rains it avoid rain from the roof to fall on your side windows helping visibility.
Seems for him the difference was big enough to say he will never do it again!

but that was a daily driver, if your porsche is just a week-end toy might not be as bad.
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1979 924 NA

[ideola]

Personally, I prefer mods that stay true to the make, so my vote would be for the late rain channel conversion.
How-to: http://www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=32390

I'm not a body man, but I think the amount of filler required in that area would be quite difficult to get the contours right; and when you're done, the flex in the chassis is quite likely to cause the filler to crack. We've seen similar evidence on cars where guys have tried to fill and blend in the sunroof panel.
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[fiat22turbo]

You'd probably have to fill it with metal, tacked into place and then blended with good filler.

I'd probably also work on replacing the windshield with a more smooth 944 piece, but combined with the late rain rails it would help the look of the car in very subtle ways.

Just wish 968-style mirrors and handles weren't worth a mint as the flags just hold the cars to a certain time frame. Though the stock handles and mirrors can be sanded and polished out quite nicely.

I might do something custom on my 924, since the power windows don't work on it anyway. The hard part is either filling the stock location or building an adapter plate for whatever you end up with.
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Stefan
1979 924 Carrera GTS (clone-ish)
1988 944 Turbo S (Silver Rose)

[MikeDanger]

well how ever I do it I would probably throw on 2 layers of fine woven fiberglass. As i definately dont want any cracking.
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[Joes924Racer]

Give it a go.mike danger
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1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo.