Flaring early-style fenders

Has anyone had experience adding turbo flares to the 69-73 style fenders? There appears to be a different structure to the fender up by the turn signal housing, with more area than the later style. If I purchase steel flares, will I need to add a bit of metal to bring the flare down to the right level? Or does someone already offer a solution for this. Gotta have steel, fiberglass is not for me. Thanks for any help.



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Dave
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The steel factory flares have enough meat on them that they go far enough into the stock area so you have no blend problems. If you want to put turbo flares on an old car the best way is to use RSR flares, they were made to work on the old body style. The new flares are short on the bottom and need fitting and piece work to be compleat. After getting the fenders rebuilt remember that the front and rear bumpers will not fit, you will need front bumpers that will fit the 9" front fenders and a rear bumper that is made for 11" rear fenders. You have three options, steel, glass, and carbon. Steel from the factory will coast as much as your car so think about glass for these parts and carbon is about as expensive as steel. Best of luck.

Randy Jones
1971 911

I'm actually building an RSR replica, which is why I asked. So does anyone make steel RSR flares for the front? I'm not even going to ask about factory RSR flares, as I'm sure they are out of sight. If not, how complex is the piece I'd have to fabricate from a late style turbo flare? Looks like the tough part would be the curve downward with the crease in it for the fender edge. No fun.

Restoration Design makes the "Early Turbo" style flares that have the torsion bar hole.
I also purchased a pair from MotorSports Road and Race in Cal.

David 73 RSR Replica (73 T)