Fiberglass flare installation- Rivet on! Options

[Trekkor]

Wanting more tire, the time finally came to go wider body.

Here, you can see how easy and fast you can produce a good looking flare install.
I started with professionally painted flares and plastic edge molding.

Measure and mark the car carefully before cutting:


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After holding/clamping the flares in their finished position, trace a light pencil line along the outside edge of the flare onto the car.
Apply 2" masking tape to the line.
The inside edge of the tape becomes your cut line: (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif)

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KT

[Trekkor]

Run the molding over the flare edges, leaving them long.
Hold/clamp the flare to the car and drill through both the flare and the steel to accommodate a large head rivet. A helper may be useful.

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Start at each end and carefully fit the flare to the contour of you car.
You can decide how many rivet to use and the spacing you like.

Drill the holes about 1" from the molding.
Remember, there is 2" of surface to mount your flares.


KT

[Dasnowman]

Run the molding over the flare edges, leaving them long.
Hold/clamp the flare to the car and drill through both the flare and the steel to accommodate a large head rivet. A helper may be useful.

Start at each end and carefully fit the flare to the contour of you car.
You can decide how many rivet to use and the spacing you like.

Drill the holes about 1" from the molding.
Remember, there is 2" of surface to mount your flares.


KT

Love this write up what flares are these where they from link? So do they come with a template or you just outline the outside of the flare then measure 2" in?

I was thinking about doing this but this write up it's a forsure now! thanks

What prepwork did you do to the cars cut fenders to prevent rust?

Also have you ever thought of using plusnuts or rivnuts on the body then use SS button nose screws and washers to hold them on? I think thats the root I will go.

[Woody]

Run the molding over the flare edges, leaving them long.
Hold/clamp the flare to the car and drill through both the flare and the steel to accommodate a large head rivet. A helper may be useful.

Start at each end and carefully fit the flare to the contour of you car.
You can decide how many rivet to use and the spacing you like.

Drill the holes about 1" from the molding.
Remember, there is 2" of surface to mount your flares.


KT

Love this write up what flares are these where they from link? So do they come with a template or you just outline the outside of the flare then measure 2" in?

I was thinking about doing this but this write up it's a forsure now! thanks

What prepwork did you do to the cars cut fenders to prevent rust?

Also have you ever thought of using plusnuts or rivnuts on the body then use SS button nose screws and washers to hold them on? I think thats the root I will go.

I taped the fenders up till I got the position I liked, then outlined them with a sharpie, then used that line to lay my tape. I used 2" masking tape as my cut line. Then I used 1" tape on the fenders to plot where I was going to rivet. I painted all rough sheet metal edges with a stick of touch up paint. Looks like Trekkor and I used a very similar method.