http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...60381961217002

Chaadster and BigMac came over today to help me flare the fenders to fit the 18x11's. They would have fit almost perfectly with the 51mm offsets, but were rubbing on the fender liners just a bit. I opted for a 5mm spacer, but this forced me to flare the fenders.

I used a 1" diameter oak dowel, but it turned out to be just a bit narrow - so I'd recommend using at least a 1.5" dowel. Also, if you have rub strips, watch out as I popped one of my clips. Not a biggie, just letting you know.

Thanks again to Chaadster and BigMac.

 

Brave guy. Looking at what you had done though, it doesn't appear that you have actually fixed the issue. Have you taken it out and done some hard cornering or somehow accomplished some deep compression? I say this because it looks like you had only addressed the lip. If it worked, snap some digi pics so we could get a better look at the flaring.

Right on bro!

 

I am sure there must be ex-928 designers clutching their chests and keeling over after viewing this tape.

I do like the sound of the engine though when the tape speeds up very Ferrari like.

 

That was pretty scary for me to watch (the bat master). you need a baseball bat for several reasons, you actually rotate the bat as the car is being rolled forward or back. (using gloves for a solid grip too) the larger diameter of the bat gives much more control of the flaring. i could see that you were trying to keep up with the car being driven forward or back, but were always behind a little . plus, you came real close to getting a lip, but you did good!! nice job. I wish i would have done a video of doing mine and scots fenders. the baseball bat has the narrow neck at the grip area, and you can move up the bat for larger diameter.
the key thing is being able to keep the bat pointed down to reduce the risk of getting a "lip".

Looks like it worked, so nice job.
Mk

 

Thanks for the video - and the Ferrari noises!
Oh, and yes Chaad, you look OK in a GT

 

That was helpful, couple questions;

Is the goal to squeeze the lip on the inside of the wheel well to make extra room OR to force out the whole area of rear quarter body work aka home-made GTS like panel?

If you use a bat, do you cut off the **** of the handle, cause i assume the skinny handle part goes up inside the well while you hold the fat part?

 

Great Video Andrew!

 

Hey Mark, you are saying to point the bat down & use the narrow section up at the handle where you'd normally grip a bat yes??

 

WoW, Scarry But it looks so good.

 

Scary? No ****! I was sweating bullets.
Believe me, I was trying to keep it as vertical as possible to avoid getting a lip. I thought a baseball bat was too thick so I opted for the 1" dowel, but a little thicker would have been better. I did rotate the dowel as we went back and forth. I'll take some more pictures so all of you can better see what we accomplished.

 

For anyone else doing the job, it may be helpful to know that the paint was warmed a bit, using just a hairdryer, immediately prior to rolling. I don't know if it helped, but the paint didn't crack!

Andrew thought things through, and the flaring came out very nicely. I'm glad to have helped, although with my stock motor, I don't think I'll need to add those thick-as-a-man meats to my own car! Looks mean as heck.

 

The results look great, we were all sweating magnum rounds!

 

Great video, guys. Not for the faint of heart is right.

I have 11" rears wheels on mine and had 275s on them, with a pinky worth of clearance. So I went to 265s.

 

the angle is still such that the handle of the bat is not an issue. usually, you have that pretty far up in the fender well.

mk

 

yes, and then you have the 2.5" diameter part of the bat to grip from. you can use the fat part to roll most front fenders. this has to be done VERY carefully. (front is aluminum, rear is steel)

mk