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GT Flares, eaiser to do flares or entire fenders?
Im not a great body guy but love the GT fenders on the 914. Ive seen both advertised, the flares only and the entire flares/fenders.
With little experience, which would be my best bet of getting them to look good? The care is in pretty good shape, not a lot of rust issues. Thanks, Guys! |
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10-29-2007, 07:42 AM
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Inquiring minds want to know.
What's your opinion? I'd say do the whole fender. Less weight. |
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11-02-2007, 11:10 AM
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Id say the entire fenders also. I would think it would be easier to blend the seams and make it look right. Not to mention the weight loss.
The only draw back is that the full fenders cost more. About $550 for the set of 4. |
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11-02-2007, 11:23 AM
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Until you have spent 3 days drilling out spot welds. You haven't really had the (non) pleasure of pulling four 914 fenders and all of the associated seam sealer and parts that need to be removed to acess the spot welds.
Then upon installation, you have to align your new flared fenders up and spot weld em back in. This assumes that the flare treatment hasn't tweaked the fenders and they no longer line up worth a Sheeit. Personally. Unless you REALLY like metal work and welding and enjoy this kind of work. Either glue on the glass flares or weld on the metal flares to your existing body. It just depends on how YOU are built. Thats just my opinion. Yours may be different... Cheers, Clayton
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11-02-2007, 11:49 AM
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I believe that Kursed56 was talking about the fenders and flares being a one piece fiberglass.
eBay has them. Drilling out the welds will definitely kill alot of time. |
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11-02-2007, 12:26 PM
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Awwww Kimosabi.... Thank YOU for the correction. My bad.
Dzus fasteners to the rescue. Clayton
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Are you building a track car or a street car.
On a track car I would fasten on fiberglass flairs or full fenders with Dzus fasteners. Much easier to replace. If it is going to be a "pretty street car" I would only use steel flairs and carefully weld them on and fill the seams, or have a very good body shop do the work for you. Properly installed steel flairs will always finish out better and hold up much longer that fiberglass, no matter who installs the fiberglass for you, AND then with steel a ding is a ding and repairable, whereas a ding on a fiberglass flair is not a ding, but a broken and loosened entire flair, requiring total rework.
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11-06-2007, 01:55 PM
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Okay, Ive decided to wait and get a set of metal flares. I like the idea of metal welded to metal instead of bonding the glass to metal.
Ive seen the flares for sale on Pelican for just over $1000, anyone see them for less anywhere else? Thanks |
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11-07-2007, 06:57 PM
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Automobile Atlanta has group buys. Ask for George Hussey. ONLY deal with George. He is ok, some of his employees are not. My 2c worth about AA.
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11-07-2007, 07:02 PM
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What do you guys think of these? The guy has both front and back sets/
Item number: 130170664513 |
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11-10-2007, 07:51 PM
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Positive feedback on parts.
I've emailed him a few times. He is quick to respond and helpful with my questions. What are the legalities of using fiberglass and how it's fastened/bonded? Last edited by speedemon666; 11-23-2007 at 01:32 PM.. |
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If you go the steel flare route, I really recommend that you have a pro do it unless you trust you abilities and know how to use a MIG. I installed a set on my 914. I used a pretty cool method described on the 911 BBS side and it worked out great...but you can get into trouble pretty quick if you get the metal too hot as the flares can easily warp on you.
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