Bolt on Fender Flares

Why not just roll/flare the fenders? There was a member on 3si from France that did it to his black 1g stealth, and it looked pretty sick. Found the pics and the thread!
http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t...04modifno6.jpg
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/8...56modifdd6.jpg
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/8...63modiffg5.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/501...55modifay4.jpg
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/464...64modifhr5.jpg

Thread: http://www.3si.org/forum/f60/french-...tealth-358334/

Those where cut and rewelded with new/more metal to get that flare. That's not something your going to get with a little fender roller.

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Originally Posted by Nationalmilkman

Those where cut and rewelded with new/more metal to get that flare. That's not something your going to get with a little fender roller.

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I didn't think you could get that from a fender roll. I like it a lot though.

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Originally Posted by Nationalmilkman

Those where cut and rewelded with new/more metal to get that flare. That's not something your going to get with a little fender roller.

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My bad its an old ass thread and I was going off memory. Thanks for the correction. And it does look pretty sweet.

Hell it does look like he rolled them out and bent them.


http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/7281/1000367jk4.jpg

Better pic


http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/2883/1000362pa3.jpg

those were rolled. the problem is...rolling them won't fix the gap; especially not on the sides.

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Originally Posted by IPD

those were rolled. the problem is...rolling them won't fix the gap; especially not on the sides.

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:confused2: The wheel gap? I'm assuming the gap on the sides you're talking about is the with of the wheel wells? This would actually raise the top of the well and make it more symmetrical/round instead of the long/wide look we get when the car is lowered a lot.

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Originally Posted by green-lantern

:confused2: The wheel gap? I'm assuming the gap on the sides you're talking about is the with of the wheel wells? This would actually raise the top of the well and make it more symmetrical/round instead of the long/wide look we get when the car is lowered a lot.

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yes, a fender flare can do that. simply rolling the fenders won't; and that's what i dislike about rolling them. it looks decent from certain angles, but i don't see any straight-on profile shots of those rolled fenders. at stock height, even though everyone hates the gap between tire and fender, you have to admit that the wheel wells are generally symmetrical. lowering it, as you noted, distorts this so you end up with an oval-shaped look.

i would prefer to keep it stock height (for NUMEROUS reasons) and mask the gap by using flares to "bring in" the gap on all sides, and not just the top.

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Originally Posted by IPD

yes, a fender flare can do that. simply rolling the fenders won't; and that's what i dislike about rolling them. it looks decent from certain angles, but i don't see any straight-on profile shots of those rolled fenders. at stock height, even though everyone hates the gap between tire and fender, you have to admit that the wheel wells are generally symmetrical. lowering it, as you noted, distorts this so you end up with an oval-shaped look.

i would prefer to keep it stock height (for NUMEROUS reasons) and mask the gap by using flares to "bring in" the gap on all sides, and not just the top.

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If you roll them out like this then it will raise the top though. Not a lot but I'm guessing an inch.