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Problems thickening mesh parts for 3d printing

Hello all! I am quite new to Zbrush and have hit a bit of a wall. I imported an .stl of a car and split it into parts to work with the components to add a driver and passenger I did in Zbrush. I tried to 3d print it but the components are just too thin. I was able to thicken the car body by doing a negative extract of the panels, doors, etc. but if I try to go any greater than -.01 it distorts horribly. Is there another way to increase the thickness of the parts (they are all individual subtools)? Much thanks for any help or tips.