How would you do it? - Steel Fender Flares

Ok.. so I'm starting to think through what I actually have to do on the car this winter..

One of the big things, is installing fabulously huge steel flares.

A) I've never done this
I've certainly never done it on a structural fendered car.

I will attach some photos...

My thinking has always been.. cut back the original wheel well to the flat horizontal part, cut the fender out to accept the flare... trim the backside of the flare to match the contour of the fender.. tack weld.. make sure the fit is right, lay a couple stitches.. then extend the inner wheel well to the flare.

To recap.. wheel well is attached to flare which is attached the fender..

I suppose the other ways to do this would be to cut the wheel wells and make perfectly horizontal to the fender (no roll in). Cur the flare to match the contour of the fender weld on to the fender. *** will look like crap up close?

With a slight variation of close the void after by extending the wheel well to the flare after you have done the above. *** likely strongest.. if I drill some big massive holes in the fender after then that cavity can vent....

Any thoughts?

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Andrew M
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In the Ford esort rally Preparation book right here somewhere, there is detailed description and drawings on how they did flares onto Escorts.
Or, as they say on Turbobricks "SEARCH, Noob!!

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john vanlandingham Wrote:
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> In the Ford esort rally Preparation book right
> here somewhere, there is detailed description and
> drawings on how they did flares onto Escorts.
> Or, as they say on Turbobricks "SEARCH, Noob!!
>
> John Vanlandingham
> Sleezattle, WA, USA
>
> Vive le Prole-le-ralliat
>
> www.jvab.f4.ca

I looked.. will have to look some more.. I found some scans.

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Andrew M
Onterrible
30ish

hudson Wrote:
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>
>
> I looked.. will have to look some more.. I found
> some scans.
>
> Andrew McNally
> Hamilton, ON
> 29

Give them books, send them to school and whadda they do?

Never send a boy to do a man's job....
Oh my knees are grey my eyes are bent...

[www.rallyanarchy.com] ..slash.. EscortRallyPrep
(obfuscated to prevent web crawlers from finding it)
There's an HTML version in the html/ directory there.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

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CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
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Allright... I'll bite.

~~~nooB WARNING!~~~

Where the fuck are these scans?

I have searched - twice. I have yet to find anything more than a link to another link to a folder hosting 20 pages of said Ford perparation manual. Since then I have heard two references made to this manual that refer to topics and details I did not see int the 20 pages I was able to find.

Where are they?

Thanks

http://www.nocoastmotorsports.net/tech.html

Check there. They've been there for over a year now as well. So is the Mazda RX7 one.

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Grant Hughes

Cheers

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Andrew M
Onterrible
30ish

Daniel Buehler Wrote:
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> Allright... I'll bite.
>
> ~~~nooB WARNING!~~~
>
> Where the fuck are these scans?
>
> I have searched - twice. I have yet to find
> anything more than a link to another link to a
> folder hosting 20 pages of said Ford perparation
> manual. Since then I have heard two references
> made to this manual that refer to topics and
> details I did not see int the 20 pages I was able
> to find.
>

Daniel, I have them saved on my hard drive, if you can't find them.

DC
> Where are they?
>
> Thanks

where did you find the flares themselves?

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Gravity Fed Wrote:
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> where did you find the flares themselves?
>
> -------------
> "The beatings will continue until moral improves"

Hand made in switzerland is the story, I do konw they're definitely hand made.

If it were at all financially feasable, I would get a bunch punched.

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Andrew M
Onterrible
30ish

hudson Wrote:
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> If it were at all financially feasable, I would
> get a bunch punched.
>

You could make a mold to do fiberglass copies pretty inexpensively -- though I don't imagine the market for NSU TT parts is strong enough to support much demand in North America...

t

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hudson Wrote:
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> If it were at all financially feasable, I would
> get a bunch punched.

They look like they came from spun blanks. I have spun parts made all the time and I can set you up with one for the companies that does it if you want. It's still going to be $1000 for a hardwood tool but miles less than a $15K stamping die.

-Tim

Thanks Grant and Dave!

Grant, the download worked.

That is WAY better than what I found before...

Grant:

I've got the Vauxhall Sportpart Manual (Chevette) and VW Group A (A2) 16V GTI build manuals if you want to host them.

Wilson


NoCoast Wrote:
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> >
> Check there. They've been there for over a year
> now as well. So is the Mazda RX7 one.
>
> Grant Hughes
> www.nocoastmotorsports.net
> Denver, CO

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