Yesterday I cut back the the sheet metal to approx 1" overlap & bonded the inner supports to the original sheet metal. I made a shield for the exposed center section of the fibreglass fender, to protect against stone chips, etc. I also cleaned, prepped & primed the inner sheet metal in the forward area.
After that I worked on the air intake duct. After some deliberation I decided to keep the plastic duct & add extensions that will tie in to the fiberglass duct. The passenger side is a much more closely aligned fit, so less finagling to do on that side.
After that I worked on the tie plate needed to join the fiberglass rear bottom junction to the sheet metal & fill that opening. That was then bonded in place.
After that, I ground back the sheet metal of the fender to bare metal in the junction strip, and primed all surfaces with the epoxy, then applied the bead of epoxy to the sheet metal and wheel arch supports, and fixed it in place. Tha whole process took about an hour, so it's a good thing the epoxy has a 80 minute work time!
Once the panel was in place, I added the thinner splash shield center section
Inner rear section needs seaming & cleanup
Now I just need to repeat the process for the pass side...