anyone know how to make fender flares?

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 9:18 pm

werd, i wanna make some fender flares for my car...note the word MAKE...so i'ma tryin to figure out ways, the only way i can think of is sheet metal, but thats not a route i wanna take...what other materials are used? and has anybody here made, or fabricated your own? if so how?

slidewaysgolf · Post by **slidewaysgolf** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 10:05 pm

i have used a english wheel to make fenders for ARCA cars, but i have tried to use fiber glass and i found it much harder than sheet metal. lol it took me like 10 hours to make kick pannles for an old car of mine with fiberglass. I would sugest making your stock fenders wider, go to the junk yard and buy some fender for as cheep as you can i think there prety cheep at pulapart, then get you some body tools and just go at it, if any of this sounds like somthing you want to do i can give you like a list of tools and things you might need, hell if anything els with some creative welding and body work on a fender from a car like yours you may be able to get one slick enough to at least make a good mold for you to lay fiberglass on.

CREXGO · Post by **CREXGO** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 10:33 pm

FOERST thing that popped in my head.

I think you should gets some fenders off another car, maybe a similar car or exactly, then trim and bend them until you get what your looking for. Mock them up and weld in or rivet if you like that look.

Post by **andysapp** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:15 pm

I don't know much about body work... but logistically getting an extra set of existing body panels from a junkyard seems like a good start. Maybe you could double up the body panels in a sense?

charlie · Post by **charlie** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 11:53 pm

Nopi. Z3. Done.