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Somewhere in the Midwest
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the barn!
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Track Fenders and Street Fenders
Most of us have track wheels and street wheels, so how about fenders!?
I've been working on my car, and I've fallen in love with my steel early fenders. After repairing some rust spots and having them striped to bare metal, I'll paint them and Rhino coat the inside surface. Now, I'm afraid to bang them up on the track, so I'm entertaining the thought of buying a set of fiberglass fenders so I can swap the fenders..f-glass for the track and steel for the street. So anyone use foam or some other material for the fender to tub matting surface in lieu of the putty? |
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01-10-2005, 06:22 AM
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Friend of Warren
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Lincoln, NE
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How about 3M stip caulk? Fairly cheap and reusable.
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01-10-2005, 06:25 AM
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Somewhere in the Midwest
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I think that 3M stuff is what I will use if I go permanent steel, but what I'm thinking is a neoprene type of material that will stick to the tub, but not to the fender. Than I won't build up the crud on the fenders and have to clean them up now and then. The f-glass fenders will likely stay on the car during the track season, but I want to have the option of bolting the steel fenders on for early spring and late fall fun runs.
Besides, the F-glass fenders will have track numbers and stickers and crap on them...cop magnet! |
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01-10-2005, 06:29 AM
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sounds like too much work to me.
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01-10-2005, 06:37 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Geneva, IL
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McMaster-Carr has adhesive back polyurethane strips in different thickness and softness. A 1" wide 48" strip is $14 bucks.
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01-10-2005, 06:40 AM
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Somewhere in the Midwest
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: In the barn!
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During my backdate, I mounted the front bumper so that I could take it off (for a track bumper) in about 10 minutes. I can also take the fenders off (lights and all) in about 15 minutes each with a helper. I can actually mount and dismount my fenders by myself in less than an hour. If I go with the track and street fenders, I would leave the boot for the filler neck off, and I would make a latch release that has no connections to the inside of the car (that release wire). And that's only until I fit the fuel cell in the trunk. Then I won't need the fuel flap at all.
Sure it's work, but I'm putting a lot of time into the fenders, and the first incident on the track will likely lead to a fist fight  (JK)
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01-10-2005, 06:43 AM
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Somewhere in the Midwest
Join Date: Oct 2001
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That might work well, Mike.
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01-10-2005, 06:47 AM
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