My rear wheelwell/fenderlip modification thread
03-04-2013, 04:56 PM
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DrNick....I see what you're saying but I would add that my car has a bit of oversize tires now and the top lip is rubbing. I have a damaged quarter so I'm going to attempt the project and if it doesn't work I will replace the quarter.
03-04-2013, 05:38 PM
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Hello Chris,
1. Please describe how you will make this cut, not the shape but the method.
What you're doing is a real old school hot-rodder thing.
Are you a a body work guy? The thing with cutting is once done that's it you cannot type ctrl z. Your car's value will drop big time.
I have always modified my Porsches but not ever like this so for me to say put the brakes on is saying a lot.
I like the 930 looking rear round fender arch approach best if you have to chop, at least it is a factory made aesthetic decision. It will still affect value but less imo.
I am impressed though with your determnation. cool thread.
BTW i deleted my rear wiper, antennae and wing so i am a bit of a hypocrite i know..
Matt
1. Please describe how you will make this cut, not the shape but the method.
What you're doing is a real old school hot-rodder thing.
Are you a a body work guy? The thing with cutting is once done that's it you cannot type ctrl z. Your car's value will drop big time.
I have always modified my Porsches but not ever like this so for me to say put the brakes on is saying a lot.
I like the 930 looking rear round fender arch approach best if you have to chop, at least it is a factory made aesthetic decision. It will still affect value but less imo.
I am impressed though with your determnation. cool thread.
BTW i deleted my rear wiper, antennae and wing so i am a bit of a hypocrite i know..
Matt
03-04-2013, 05:52 PM
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If you really want to try this - maybe you could buy a beaten up roller - gives you a means to practice with no real downside to perfect technique and a way to evaluate how it will look....'
Otherwise as others have said tough to go back... or do it over for better results...
Alan
Otherwise as others have said tough to go back... or do it over for better results...
Alan
03-04-2013, 06:08 PM
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I know exactly what you guys are saying but it's a $1200 car nobody wanted for 6 months it was for sale without so much as a single taker. Crying shame considering it is a running/driving '80 S 300 horse. It's been horribly taken care of I might add. I've already fixed things that should have been done to it years ago.
My thinking is not so much old school hot rodding as functionality. I actually want to preserve the original contours, not altar them. All I will be doing is removing a narrow band of flat quarter metal ABOVE the lip. Will it destroy the value? Sure but it could always be re-quartered. I have done enough paint/body to do this job I'm just REAL nervous about it. I can tell you I've done oodles of paintshop adjustments to those quarters and almost every car I change appears to be more in balance. The lines improve to my eyes. People in general think of the rear glass as PACER and ugly and part of that is, I believe, because the rear wheelwells are dropped out of balance with the front wells. Go back and look at the pics I posted and judge for yourself. One other point is that it seems many 928 owners are running shorter rear tires than on the front, no? Take a look at the blue 928 before and after pics I posted here. It's quite obvious what the difference is.
Oh and Matt...I like mods too but as long as they are tasteful. I can't tell you how ugly some of the rear spoilers and even front spoilers I've seen added to these cars are to me. Ugly as sin. A car that is balanced out a bit more is appealing to me. Not trying to hurt anyones feelings it's just MY opinion, that's all. If someone is happy with their mods and saving a car I'm pleased. Too many of these cars have been parted/junked IMO.
My thinking is not so much old school hot rodding as functionality. I actually want to preserve the original contours, not altar them. All I will be doing is removing a narrow band of flat quarter metal ABOVE the lip. Will it destroy the value? Sure but it could always be re-quartered. I have done enough paint/body to do this job I'm just REAL nervous about it. I can tell you I've done oodles of paintshop adjustments to those quarters and almost every car I change appears to be more in balance. The lines improve to my eyes. People in general think of the rear glass as PACER and ugly and part of that is, I believe, because the rear wheelwells are dropped out of balance with the front wells. Go back and look at the pics I posted and judge for yourself. One other point is that it seems many 928 owners are running shorter rear tires than on the front, no? Take a look at the blue 928 before and after pics I posted here. It's quite obvious what the difference is.
Oh and Matt...I like mods too but as long as they are tasteful. I can't tell you how ugly some of the rear spoilers and even front spoilers I've seen added to these cars are to me. Ugly as sin. A car that is balanced out a bit more is appealing to me. Not trying to hurt anyones feelings it's just MY opinion, that's all. If someone is happy with their mods and saving a car I'm pleased. Too many of these cars have been parted/junked IMO.
03-04-2013, 08:29 PM
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This is just my opinion, but i think you should just wait and think on it for a long while.
As you get more tuned in to 928s you will change your mind and not want to cut it. I say this because you sound like a smart guy.
Old Porsche design is subtle and it lasts for a reason. Porsche always considered function as much as styling,
true Engineers at heart get it.
The rear quarter glass serves a purpose, all the structure needed is there
that is the shape.
It grows on you rather than blow your mind from the get-go like a new Beemer, which usually look very bad in 10 years.
Think on it, read about the design and look at your new car from different angles, forget what nit-wits say about the pacer..
Matt
As you get more tuned in to 928s you will change your mind and not want to cut it. I say this because you sound like a smart guy.
Old Porsche design is subtle and it lasts for a reason. Porsche always considered function as much as styling,
true Engineers at heart get it.
The rear quarter glass serves a purpose, all the structure needed is there
that is the shape.
It grows on you rather than blow your mind from the get-go like a new Beemer, which usually look very bad in 10 years.
Think on it, read about the design and look at your new car from different angles, forget what nit-wits say about the pacer..
Matt
03-04-2013, 08:59 PM
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Matt....I hear you. I DO have reservations about cutting into it. Maybe I will chicken out. LOL. I know the design is unique and I am nervous about messing with it. I do, however, want to run taller/wider tires and rolling the wells just might not work. I'm on the fence over the whole thing. I probably need to just find a junked out non-repairable car to try it on. I wonder who's got one?????
03-04-2013, 09:05 PM
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PO installed them on turbo twists. (see my avatar). They run top center of the lip. I like the wider tire look but not the rubbing. Since I'm fairly new to the car perhaps there is a way to just lift the rear an inch or two????