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Brad Roberts
post Oct 24 2003, 01:48 PM
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I recall the first phone call from Tony on your flares:

I said to him "let me guess, they dont fit worth a shit" Tony: "howd you guess".

The world would be a much better place if Roger Sheridan bought ALL the fiberglass companies and re-made the moulds.

Roger's history: I wanted Fiberglass parts that fit, so I built my own moulds and my own parts out of much better materials than any current supplier uses.

I personally dont understand why we put up with such CRAP pieces from these people.


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post Oct 24 2003, 02:03 PM
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I personally dont understand why we put up with such CRAP pieces from these people.


'cause it's for a race car !?!?!?
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post Oct 24 2003, 02:05 PM
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QUOTE(J P Stein @ Oct 24 2003, 02:14 PM)
Joe:
Are finally gonna put some tire under that thing?

I like that look also....but they'd look better in primer (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

JP

Yea I am getting the bug to do something.... not sure If I should take a BFH
and start banging away (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif)
or a more sublte approach... and screw on some glass. I like the look of both
Maybe not the preimer look but I do like the 2 tone look with the bolt on fenders.

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post Oct 24 2003, 02:06 PM
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So.. the words "race car" give business' the right to make shitty products that dont fit ?? How about we raise the bar a little and complain.


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post Oct 24 2003, 02:09 PM
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QUOTE(Brad Roberts @ Oct 24 2003, 04:06 PM)
So.. the words "race car" give business' the right to make shitty products that dont fit ?? How about we raise the bar a little and complain.


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Are there any Fiberglass parts that fit better than others or are they
all pretty bad...... do they all come from the same source.
Who would you get ur parts from ?
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post Oct 24 2003, 02:11 PM
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I buy from Roger Sheridan if we are doing a race car. He doesnt make GT flares however. He offers complete kits and some individual pieces.

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post Oct 24 2003, 02:12 PM
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QUOTE(joea9146 @ Oct 24 2003, 01:09 PM)
[Are there any Fiberglass parts that fit better than others or are they
all pretty bad...... do they all come from the same source.
Who would you get ur parts from ?

two words:

Roger Sheridan
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post Oct 24 2003, 02:13 PM
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"I personally dont understand why we put up with such CRAP pieces from these people."

Thanks to Brad I found Tony.

But I still think it would be great to have a vendor rating system, based upon member votes.

BTW where does someone find Roger (better late than never) - I might be going to f/g doors.
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post Oct 24 2003, 02:13 PM
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QUOTE(Brad Roberts @ Oct 24 2003, 01:11 PM)
He doesnt make GT flares however. He offers complete kits and some individual pieces.

i'm sure if there was enough demand one could convince him to get into flare-making as well (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

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post Oct 24 2003, 02:16 PM
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BTW where does someone find Roger (better late than never) - I might be going to f/g doors.

http://www.ultimate914.com
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post Oct 24 2003, 02:16 PM
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Here you go:

http://www.ultimate914.com/


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post Oct 24 2003, 02:55 PM
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I bought a set of fiberglass rear flairs from AIR.
There fiberglass does require fitting.
I am lazy and just riveted them on without any fitting.
You can see slight openings in some spots between the flair and the car.
The deluxe paint job is courtesy of pep boys spray cans.
I didn't bother flairing the front since I didn't want to run anything bigger than 205's anyway.
In the rear I'm now running 245-45-16" tires.
They do a good job of keeping my 3.2 motor to the ground.

regards,

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post Oct 24 2003, 03:51 PM
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the guys at air cooled racing have a few differnet widths, styles of flares. The rears actually extend to the lower edge of the rocker, covering the stock rocker area.

I don't know if they make these themselves or source them from someone else.

dr

http://www.aircooledracing.com/


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post Oct 24 2003, 03:58 PM
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those look similar to sheridan's "standard" body rears
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