well i just got my rims back from my brother's car and they seem to be eating the crap out of my front fenders (when i go over the smallest dips, the tires will catch the fender lips pretty hard). I guess its time to make some fenders now so I was wondering what you guys though, should i make a widebody front fenders or should i go with just over fender lips like the panspeed type? I could always keep on rolling the lip but eventually its gonna just look weird or i could just let it get ripped to shreads. Lemmy know what you think.

 

I hear where you are coming from, bro! My front fenders are so bad that I tell people I have "custom-made front fender flares). The paint has chipped, my tires are shredding, etc. It's horrible, but unavoidable since I chose to have the car lowered and drive it everywhere...
If you only do the front flares, won't the back look kinda empty? What I think 'might' work better is to just make/buy a fender like the FEED fiberglass one. Since it doesn't have the part which holds the underliner, it shouldn't rub as much, if any.
*People in parking lots all stare at me when I rub the fender going into shopping centers

 

!. Get wheels w/ proper offset.

2. Roll fender lips

unless you have some REALLY large wheels, this should be fine.

 

^^ditto.

like this




check sig for wheel/tire info

 

Yeah, I did that to the fender, but it owuld eventually flip back out
I wish I had either bought them new so I could have picked the offset or not have lowered the car as much. I run Eibachs/tokico's. I'll post some pics of my custom flares later today

 

I had a body shop do it and then repaint the rolled lip with a chip guard that is similar to the area that goes 1/5 of the way up the door, then clear coat it. turned out really good and no chips or bend back.

 

yeah, i kinda want to try the rolling/repainting thing.... but with my offsets and everything, I think the only option for me is to completely shave it off.
Skunks, if you do make some fenders, be sure to post some pics. I might need some by then

 

Damn dude, thats terrible... what wheels are those, and what size/offset?

 

ditto after about 10 miles of driving on hawaii roads!!!

 

My Volk SE37A wheels are 18x8.5 in the front, running 235/40's. I was told that the offset was +40. I believe I read the 'proper' offset is ~ +37, but I also think that enough driving will eventually do this (sorta like scuffing the front lip).
I could easily keep this from happening again if only I could bring myself to raise the front just a bit, but haven't done so yet.

 

Just lowered my car with tein coilovers about 2.5 inches and was rubbing all 4 corners. 18x8.5 and 18x10. Was planning to roll the fenders, but had a friend that did it and started to crack the paint so, decided to cut the inner fenders about 1/4 inch and no rub at all and no crack paint. Took awhile to do but way worth it!

 

im a bit confused, any pics?

 

Big Red- Nice gram lights PROs

 

Roll em, least expensive!

 

thanks

 

have you guys seen the FEED fenders.. I think its nice..

 

I'm sleepy

 

Type F wide fenders.





The fender is 0.8" wider than stock.

Chuck Huang

 

Why the hell are you running 40 series on an 18x8.5 rim? That is too tall. If you ran 18/235/35 or to be even safer 30 series, you would not be rubbing like that, and your offset sounds fine, +3 would not make that much of a diffrence. It is your side wall that is too high. If you keep that up, one day your tire my blowout on you.

 

Absolutely
I plan on changing to that size when these tires wear out more, or the next rain season starts (whichever comes first). I WAS planning on doing all 4 at the same time, but just the backs were $468!
These were the tires that came with the car. I made the mistake of not asking for the specific offset when I bought them. That was my bad.
On the bright side.... no more rubbing

 

chuck,
do you make those fenders or are they a certain brand?

 

yeah, they are our Type F fenders.

http://www.rotaryextreme.com/typef.html

$700 a pair.

Chuck Huang