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> Check out my new flares!, Fine Mexican craftsmanship
Dr Evil
post Aug 16 2004, 09:29 PM
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Well it has been a wierd wild ride so far with my project. I left my car in TJ for the flares on a Sunday. By the time I got home I had a call asking me to come back down the following Monday to make sure the vision their welder had and the vision that I had were the same......they were not. The welder cut my rear fender about two inches around the wheel well and put a straight four inch piece of metal coming out perpendicular with the 2' piece attached on to that. It looked like a shelf around my wheel....really F-ing ugly. I didnt freak, though. I just remembered that I know where to get a free set of good fenders to fix this mistake. I brought them a picture of my wants and then explained how to do it. They asked me to come back the next day to inspect. I was nervous, but when I returned I found what I wanted. It cost me $990 ($90 was tax) for the flares, and for them to weld in my engine mount for the six. It prolly would have been cheaper if some dirty tail dragger with cash haddent given them the idea that we "all" have money (James)(IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) The price was still good though. The only thing that needs to be attended to now is evening up the contours. I will be buying a contour gauge to show them how to allign everything> this will not cost anything extra...just time.


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Dr Evil   Check out my new flares!   Aug 16 2004, 09:29 PM
Dr Evil   More   Aug 16 2004, 09:30 PM
Dr Evil   More still   Aug 16 2004, 09:31 PM
Dr Evil   Fronts are slightly flared and you can barely noti...   Aug 16 2004, 09:33 PM
jgiroux67   So did you take off your 1/4 panels and replace th...   Aug 16 2004, 09:35 PM
Dr Evil   Nope, it turns out that the best way I could see t...   Aug 16 2004, 09:37 PM
Lou W   Looks Great!! Do you have any pictures sho...   Aug 16 2004, 09:57 PM
red914   that is a sweet understated look. nicely envision...   Aug 16 2004, 10:20 PM
Dr Evil   Lou, all of the work was done in Mexico. I just h...   Aug 16 2004, 10:22 PM
Lou W   I definitley like the almost stock look to the fla...   Aug 16 2004, 10:31 PM
Dr Evil   Just like this. I love this look :drooley: Same wh...   Aug 16 2004, 10:35 PM
Lou W   That looks great. You're heading in the right ...   Aug 16 2004, 10:48 PM
seanery   :wub: :drooley:   Aug 16 2004, 11:10 PM
Curvie Roadlover   <...   Aug 17 2004, 04:05 AM
Qarl   It looks like my Drooling smiley is getting some g...   Aug 17 2004, 06:45 AM
tat2dphreak   looking good man! yea, that is the sweetest ...   Aug 17 2004, 08:58 AM
mikester   Man mike, that's pretty classy looking. It...   Aug 17 2004, 09:13 AM
andys   Was the process something like this? Andy   Aug 17 2004, 10:04 AM
andys   Hmmm, file problem. Try this one:   Aug 17 2004, 10:20 AM
nynone4   Excellent!! This is the sort of flare I...   Aug 17 2004, 10:41 AM
John Kelly   DR Evil, You got a great deal on your flares, and ...   Aug 17 2004, 11:08 AM
flyloki   Great pics on that site.... How do you do the fina...   Aug 17 2004, 12:14 PM
Dr Evil   There is only a small amount of filler if any just...   Aug 17 2004, 12:32 PM
Dr Evil   Oh ya, no doubt that John Kelly is THE MAN! I ...   Aug 17 2004, 12:37 PM
mikester   :boing:   Aug 17 2004, 12:38 PM
andys   Here's another fabricated steel reaer flare An...   Aug 17 2004, 03:31 PM
andys   <...   Aug 17 2004, 03:36 PM
914gem   Andys, That cut up fender looks like Richard Fishe...   Aug 17 2004, 03:43 PM
Dr Evil  
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Verruckt   Now, if only this could be done in metal... http:...   Aug 17 2004, 04:34 PM
GTeener   My car came with SC flares - bodywork done by Beac...   Aug 17 2004, 05:01 PM
GTeener   wider is better ;)   Aug 17 2004, 05:03 PM
markb   I do like the SC flares the best. :)   Aug 17 2004, 06:39 PM
SpecialK   Looks just like mine (SC flares), and I like the l...   Aug 17 2004, 07:07 PM
rey   I also like the SC flares. Where other than an sc ...   Aug 17 2004, 07:25 PM
Mueller  
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Dr Evil   Mike, I left them with the shop for propper fit. T...   Aug 17 2004, 07:43 PM
Gary   <...   Aug 17 2004, 09:31 PM
John Kelly   ...   Aug 18 2004, 09:26 AM
neo914-6   John, You should be on "Rides"! What's t...   Aug 18 2004, 09:45 AM
John Kelly   Hi Felix, I don't know the time it takes to d...   Aug 18 2004, 05:00 PM
Andyrew   Felix.. just keep in mind that I have at least 40 ...   Aug 18 2004, 05:26 PM
Mueller   thought I'd share these photos...... here is ...   Aug 18 2004, 06:30 PM
Mueller   primed   Aug 18 2004, 06:38 PM
neo914-6  
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Mueller   Thanks Felix...I welded in new material to fill up...   Aug 18 2004, 08:07 PM
airsix   <...   Aug 18 2004, 10:22 PM
nynone4   <...   Aug 19 2004, 09:47 AM
Dr Evil   nynone4, The sizes are front 7.5x17 ET23 (23mm off...   Aug 20 2004, 12:39 AM
GTeener     Aug 20 2004, 12:31 PM
Scott Schroeder   Hey Mr Mueller - What happened to that car? I rea...   Aug 20 2004, 03:11 PM
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