Flares and wheel size Options

[ottox914]

1974914- looks good. On the basis of the prior posting mentioning aircooledracing I called and spoke with Steve this a.m. He seemed to be a real nice guy, willing to listen and solve problems, not just sell whatever he had on hand, if it was right or not. Like the idea of the full rear quarters and Dzus attachments. Did the fronts go on that way also? Did you do the install or hire it out? Were there any install instructions or templates on how to cut the existing quarters off? How was/is the quality? How easy do they come on/off? How about the front- did you do full fenders and Dzus fastners or just add the flares to your metal fenders?

Thanks for the photos, any close ups of the attachments to the car?

Lots of ?'s, thanks for your help with the research.

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The flares were of good quality, but like any fiberglass you have to work with it a little. Will try to get some close ups for you over the next few days. The installation was fairly straightforward though. Basically just cut the existing fenders back with either a cuting wheel (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) or plasma cutter (thats what we used (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) ). You will not be removing the entire fender. You must leave some of it there to provide mounting locations for the dzues and support for the fiberglass. I ended up cutting off the sail panel piece that comes with the rear as well.

Once you get to that point, it is a good time to clean up fender wells, check for rust, weld in reinforcement pieces (ala GT kit), and in general give that area some attention. I ended up doing a lot of detailing in there. Next fitment is done and you will need to decide exactly where you will be installing the fasteners. This part is the most time consuming, because you need to have patience with the fasteners. They come in different sizes depending on the thickness of the material you are going through. So, once you have the flares, you need to have an assortment (i got mine right through Steve) .

You should plan on creating some custom brackets for the lower front forward edge on the front flares as well. Once you mark and drill your holes (from the inside of the flare btw), you will pop rivet both sides of the fasteners to the car and the flares. in order to get a flusher fit, you should flatten the pop rivets as much as possible. You can also expect to play with the spring on the lower half of the fasteners.

Will get some close ups soon.

Happy T-Day

[ottox914]

Thanks for the reply and been there/done that real world comments. Looking foreward to those photos!

thank you-
David

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OK here are the pics i promised over thanksgiving! This is BEFORE i cleaned everything throughly, so cut me some slack on the filth (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Oh and those rocks and dirt if from only 4 track days! Keep that in mind when cleaning and thinkabout moisture collecting in those pockets (think rust).

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OMG!!!!! Those are some super hot awesome photos of that install. WOW!!! If you and that teener are anywhere near Wisconsin, let me know, I'd love to see the whole car up close and personal!!!

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Well the car in in NC covered in mothballs with no motor - long story. I got your message about more pics - the rest can be seen in the show us your car thread on page 77