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i thought I had seen front patches too...

 

Maybe not... ^_^

Not that I know of. Seems easier to replace the front fender then cut and weld in the flare. Rear you have no choice. I got both fenders for $165 shipped cause ECS had a computer glitch..
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Not that I know of. Seems easier to replace the front fender then cut and weld in the flare. Rear you have no choice. I got both fenders for $165 shipped cause ECS had a computer glitch..

 

Are the rear Mk1 rabbit flares smaller than the front ones (if you know)?

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Are the rear Mk1 rabbit flares smaller than the front ones (if you know)?

I believe the rear has more flare towards the bottom then the front. You'd have to search some google images as I don't have any rears. I use only the fronts.

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Five hours of hard labor to strip all the layers off the trunk lid from my old purple 510. It's has some rust holes and not the best panel.. but I gotta save it. Got some gap issues also I'll fix up. When it's done it will be spot on  :ninja: 

 

 

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I'm telling you, with the quality metal work in this thing just clear it and show off that Fab work.

 

The fab work needs covered... I'm just a hack  :geek:

 

Starting work on the driver side. It looks like a good start. The front fender is gonna take some hammer work and it's got a little bow along the back edge that will require cutting slits in the inner support in order to push in. No biggie. One step at a time. Just keep telling myself if I don't stop eventually I'll run out of stuff to do and it will be done..

 

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This is the exact "flare" I plan to do on my car. It looks like the tires say 225/45/15. Is that right? What's the wheel offset and what kind of inner clearance do you have? (I'm sure it's stated somewhere in this thread) I'm already tired of my tiny 205 width tires, but I've got a lot to do before I can step up to a 225.

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Thanks guys!

 

This is the exact "flare" I plan to do on my car. It looks like the tires say 225/45/15. Is that right? What's the wheel offset and what kind of inner clearance do you have? (I'm sure it's stated somewhere in this thread) I'm already tired of my tiny 205 width tires, but I've got a lot to do before I can step up to a 225.

Correct on the tires. Wheels are 15x8 0 Offset. Front struts are 280zx with Ermish stage 2 coilovers. Clearance is tight. Wheels rubbed the tie rod end because I'm running a mammoth bump steer spacer. 1.25" I believe? I have a 0.125" wheel spacer to eliminate the tie rod interference.

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If you were so inclined, this would make a very beneficial how-to flares thread.

I could do that. A video would be better as most people wouldn't be comfortable re-hammering the flare lines. You just gotta start somewhere though  :rofl:

 

Finished tacking up the passenger side.

 

This side didn't turn out as nice as the driver side... Maybe this had something to do with it?

 

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I gotta slit and re-hammer the flare line where the red marker is. The flare kinda kicks in. It's hard to get the line right here cause the original shape is really odd.

 

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My goal was get the front flares welded on this weekend. Goal accomplished. Just need to do some finish hammer work/shrinking and the fenders are done. I want to get this thing in epoxy sealer this month..

 

Maybe I'll make it to Canby this year...  :rofl:  :rofl: 

 

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