Bolt on fender flares?
01-07-12, 07:17 PM
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You call any shops yet to get price qutoes? Don't think many guys on here are rocking them... Can only think one guy with bolt on flares on here (HKS350). Get ahold of him and sure he can maybe answer your question.
01-08-12, 07:31 AM
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I just have pulled fenders, but it still wasn't enough. Fender lip got pulled down again. I'm considering either bolt on flares or just custom fabrication to make the fenders wider. And no paint needed. Just need a shop that'll make them for a good price since I have a painter.
01-08-12, 08:20 AM
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Bolt on flare will cost more than just flaring your stock fenders.
The reason is no one makes a kit yet. You have to start with and idea and turn it into a foam flare that matches what you want.
Then cast it in a mold, you then lay fiberglass in your mold for the ruff product.
Reshaping will be a must once you have you fiberglass flare.
Then you have to hack the car, cutting the factory fenders away and bolting up the flares.
Fit finish then paint and your good to go. The R&D to find what you like is what cost all the $$$$$.
My flares were made by me and took @ 3 weekends for me to get right. I then made my own mold and took the ruff product to the bodyshop to have them finished.
Even bringing them a useable product, the flare job cost me @ $$2250.00 at the body shop.
The same shop propoased to just flare the factory fenders for @ $2000
The reason is no one makes a kit yet. You have to start with and idea and turn it into a foam flare that matches what you want.
Then cast it in a mold, you then lay fiberglass in your mold for the ruff product.
Reshaping will be a must once you have you fiberglass flare.
Then you have to hack the car, cutting the factory fenders away and bolting up the flares.
Fit finish then paint and your good to go. The R&D to find what you like is what cost all the $$$$$.
My flares were made by me and took @ 3 weekends for me to get right. I then made my own mold and took the ruff product to the bodyshop to have them finished.
Even bringing them a useable product, the flare job cost me @ $$2250.00 at the body shop.
The same shop propoased to just flare the factory fenders for @ $2000
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01-08-12, 04:19 PM
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Yeah, I talked to a body shop yesterday, and they quoted me $1600 to flare all four of my fenders - cutting it up, and placing sheet metal, and then rewelding everything back together + paint.
Meh. My fender lip, even tho it was rolled flat, got pulled down since I went too low, and now is cutting up my tires. I think I'm just gonna shave off the fender lip area, and just slap on a JDM bandaid sticker and call it a day. LOL, :P
Meh. My fender lip, even tho it was rolled flat, got pulled down since I went too low, and now is cutting up my tires. I think I'm just gonna shave off the fender lip area, and just slap on a JDM bandaid sticker and call it a day. LOL, :P
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Haha, I raised the car today. 19x9.5/10.5 +22 225/35-19 and 245/35-19. Tucking until one finger gap in from fender to rim in the rear, and two finger gaps from fender to rim in the fronts. It's only the front left that has that problem. There's no rubbing on normal driving and all. It's just going up my driveway made everything go wrong for me. :3