 Replacement STEEL Fenders with flares?, ...or a pair in good shape |
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| tomeric914 |
 Aug 21 2009, 07:48 PM
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One Lap of America in a 914!  Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 25-May 08 From: Syracuse, NY Member No.: 9,101 Region Association: North East States 
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I know there are flared fiberglass front fender replacements. Just wondering if anyone knows if there are replacement front fenders with flares as an integral part of the stamping?
...or alternatively, does anyone have a pair of steel flared front fenders that have been removed? |
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| degreeoff |
Aug 21 2009, 08:14 PM
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I like big butts and I can not lie! Group: Members Posts: 1,622 Joined: 9-February 03 From: Booowieeee MD (near DC) Member No.: 275 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
only one issue I can see....$$ in versus $$ out
The former will never justify the later My $.02 that will buy aprox 1/100 lb of the steel required to make afore mentioned tooling. |
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| JazonJJordan |
 Aug 22 2009, 09:32 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 340 Joined: 6-June 09 From: Atlanta-Augusta, Georgia area Member No.: 10,446 Region Association: South East States |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Haha~ I hear ya! Tooling considered, I expect there would be one thousand instantly available buyers in the 914 clubs combined. It is a chief issue and delayed project due to difficulty and cost. But a cost of $500 to $1000 plus bonding or welding moves this cost to $1000-$2000 in materials, labor, errors and still is not consistant like formed fenders would be.
None (Very very few..)of these cars are precisely correct despite some of the greatest efforts that leave them beautiful none the less. I suspect, tooling distributed over 1000 would be affordable and produce consistant results. Sheet steel is cheap considering the thousands we are gladly forking over for the current conversions. The tooling is the question. This will test your $.02 for value; To make a master and to create the press- what is the cost distributed? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) QUOTE(degreeoff @ Aug 21 2009, 10:14 PM)  only one issue I can see....$$ in versus $$ out The former will never justify the later My $.02 that will buy aprox 1/100 lb of the steel required to make afore mentioned tooling. |
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| r_towle |
Aug 22 2009, 09:39 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,591 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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QUOTE(JazonJJordan @ Aug 22 2009, 11:32 AM) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Haha~ I hear ya! Tooling considered, I expect there would be one thousand instantly available buyers in the 914 clubs combined. It is a chief issue and delayed project due to difficulty and cost. But a cost of $500 to $1000 plus bonding or welding moves this cost to $1000-$2000 in materials, labor, errors and still is not consistant like formed fenders would be. None (Very very few..)of these cars are precisely correct despite some of the greatest efforts that leave them beautiful none the less. I suspect, tooling distributed over 1000 would be affordable and produce consistant results. Sheet steel is cheap considering the thousands we are gladly forking over for the current conversions. The tooling is the question. This will test your $.02 for value; To make a master and to create the press- what is the cost distributed? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) QUOTE(degreeoff @ Aug 21 2009, 10:14 PM) only one issue I can see....$$ in versus $$ out The former will never justify the later My $.02 that will buy aprox 1/100 lb of the steel required to make afore mentioned tooling. You wont find 1000 buyers for these...at least not for quite a few years. If it was a bolt on fender, than you would. Either way its done, whole fender or flare alone, you still need to weld. IMHO is is easier fit and weld a flare in place for the average person than it would be to fit a fender with all the gaps and variables. Rich |
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tomeric914 Replacement STEEL Fenders with flares? Aug 21 2009, 07:48 PM
JazonJJordan :idea: Evening Tom,
Interesting, I was looking up... Aug 21 2009, 08:08 PM
tomeric914
only one issue I can see....$$ in versu... Aug 21 2009, 08:21 PM dr914@autoatlanta.com and if they were going to be made the factory woul... Aug 22 2009, 09:10 AM JazonJJordan A fair point, however- in your extensive experienc... Aug 22 2009, 09:53 AM
dr914@autoatlanta.com Yes if the gts had been done in quantity 100,000 o... Aug 22 2009, 01:49 PM JazonJJordan :sick: Oh well, there- I just nearly doubled our n... Aug 22 2009, 03:12 PM davep
and if they were going to be made the factory wou... Aug 22 2009, 03:49 PM kwales It's gonna be really $$pendy for the... Aug 22 2009, 10:45 AM JazonJJordan Thank you for the insight in the issues that seems... Aug 22 2009, 03:04 PM PanelBilly You'd be taking away a big part of the fun. Aug 22 2009, 03:04 PM JazonJJordan :D Yeh, I know, just trying to seek a better end. ... Aug 22 2009, 03:06 PM |
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