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> Best place to buy flares, availability, price
michel richard
post Nov 14 2004, 11:18 AM
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Have'nt spoken to Pelican, but they show sets of flares as being on inventory. Does anybody have a set kicking around in their garage that they've changed their mind about and want to sell ?

I would really prefer steel.

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post Nov 15 2004, 08:22 AM
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The ones that Pelican and AA sell are not the originals but a reproduction flare suppose to be pretty good. Just some funny wrinkles around the top where the flare is arched. Try a WTB add in the classified section. The other option is to get Sabin to help you with some custom flares.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Nov 15 2004, 08:27 AM
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Sabin's flares were not that bad (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) , they were not perfect but hey they worked. How about rabbit flares? I paid around 200 for the set of 4 and will get around to welding them up sooner or later...


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post Nov 15 2004, 08:45 AM
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Do you have a pic of the rabbit flares ? Would like to see some. Are they metal ?
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post Nov 15 2004, 08:51 AM
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Those wrinkles can probably be worked out easily. The metal has been gathered up as part of the forming process. If the wrinkles are not too pronounced, you can weld the flare in place, and then use many lite hits with a body hammer backed up by a dolly to shrink the ruffled metal down. A wood mallet would be a better choice than a body hammer for someone who has not done this before.

You can also make your own steel flares of virtually any design:

http://allshops.org/cgi-bin/community/comm...d=9980138836765

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post Nov 15 2004, 08:53 AM
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QUOTE(jim_hoyland @ Nov 15 2004, 06:45 AM)
Do you have a pic of the rabbit flares ? Would like to see some. Are they metal ?

Jim, The search feature turned up this:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act...te=rabbit+flare

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post Nov 15 2004, 08:56 AM
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post Nov 15 2004, 10:33 AM
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Aaron, are those rabbits? They don't look like they give ya much.
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post Nov 15 2004, 11:24 AM
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QUOTE(Aaron Cox @ Nov 15 2004, 06:56 AM)
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I like those!!!
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post Nov 15 2004, 12:22 PM
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QUOTE(michel richard @ Nov 14 2004, 11:18 AM)
Have'nt spoken to Pelican, but they show sets of flares as being on inventory. Does anybody have a set kicking around in their garage that they've changed their mind about and want to sell ?

The Pelican flares are AA flares.

Call the Doctor and see if he can give you a better price than Pelican is offering. If I had 700 or 800 dollars laying around, I'd really think about it.

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post Nov 15 2004, 12:30 PM
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in a previous thread Brad said they are not rabbit flairs

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post Nov 15 2004, 12:33 PM
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post Nov 15 2004, 12:46 PM
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I'm kind of partial to John Kelly's style flares, and they're a bargain compared to price of steel GT's.

These aren't John's, but they look very similar (wish it was mine car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) ).


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post Nov 15 2004, 02:42 PM
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Thanks all.

I'm really looking for factory or factory-like flares. My few experiences with AA have'nt been bad, so I'll give them a call to see what they can do.

Michel

p.s. Lawrence, my understanding is that we're not talking $700 or $800, or am I missing something here.
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post Nov 15 2004, 04:13 PM
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QUOTE(michel richard @ Nov 15 2004, 02:42 PM)
p.s. Lawrence, my understanding is that we're not talking $700 or $800, or am I missing something here.

I remember when they were 800, I think. Current price on the AA website is 950.

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post Nov 15 2004, 04:57 PM
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QUOTE(Special_K @ Nov 15 2004, 10:46 AM)
I'm kind of partial to John Kelly's style flares, and they're a bargain compared to price of steel GT's.

These aren't John's, but they look very similar (wish it was mine car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) ).

That is absolutely freakin' (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)

I personally think that's the best looking 914 I've ever seen. I wonder how it would look with the cooling vents like those on the black "roadster" posted in that other thread?
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post Nov 15 2004, 04:57 PM
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QUOTE(Lawrence @ Nov 15 2004, 02:13 PM)
QUOTE(michel richard @ Nov 15 2004, 02:42 PM)
p.s. Lawrence, my understanding is that we're not talking $700 or $800, or am I missing something here.

I remember when they were 800, I think. Current price on the AA website is 950.

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For a set of four ? I must've been misreading prices.
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post Nov 15 2004, 05:17 PM
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Had a look at the AA website, and yes, Lawrence, you are correct. $950 for reproduction steel flares.

Pelican has the following:

Original Steel Porsche Flares, Front Pair, 914 $1,255
Original Steel Porsche Flares, Rear Pair, 914 $1,360

That is why I was looking for an alternative !

Seems that one is a repro (AA), the othe an original (Pelican), which would explain the difference in price.

Quite a difference. So, has anyone had an actual look at the AA repros, and are they OK ?

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post Nov 15 2004, 06:16 PM
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Pelican also sells the AA repros, and last I checked it was for less than AA. I don't think they made it into the catalog, but if you call....

One or two people above have mentioned the quality. It is OK, but not stellar. The originals also aren't exactly stellar, but they are evidently a bit better than the repop'ed ones.

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post Nov 15 2004, 06:26 PM
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Thanks Dave,

I must say I would rather deal with Pelican.

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