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Old 05-24-2010, 04:29 PM
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Damn i thought i was one of the only silverstone's with Rezax rims, well soon you will going with the Enkeis.

Nice job btw looking good.
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i have a sebring...so maybe you are lol the passenger side fender is silverstone thou
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oh lol eeeeeexcellent
Old 05-26-2010, 01:29 AM
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great work but heres a tip. don't use sand paper alone it'll contour to all the low spots or high spots and not knock them down. always use it with a block. haha i went to school for this and hit my fender on my wheel and im still sketched out about doing this to my s2k
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good work.
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Nice job man but i would have started with a fender roller and a heat gun you would never have to worry about your paint or deforming the metal... I specialize in fender rolling and ive done an s2000 before very easy to get the same result with my technique. I cant wait to flare my fenders for my 17x10 +18 wheels all around.
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Looking good. I just got my car back from paint about two weeks ago after doing this myself. The results are worth it for sure. I think I would have taken more time to hammer out the dip instead of just filling it with so much filler. I'd just be afraid that if you had a wheel make contact that it'd crack the filler just b/c it's so thick. Can't wait to see the results.
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I kno there is more than one way to accomplish this. Hopefully I don't have any problems in the future with rubbing/cracking. The Zgrip stuff is pretty good as far as cracking goes, I've used it on bumper covers before and those flex like crazy with no cracking.

Also, I'd love to see a fender flared this much without any paint work needed, idk if I believe that.

thanks for the tips guys!
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I did the exact same thing about 2 years ago... I just used one of the Easton Fender Rollers and rolled the fenders out to about where yours are now. Body filler + sand + paint = sick wide fenders!

Technically, the "right" way to do it would be to cut / section / extend the fenders before the factory bend... But that would require a lot more work / welding and would not be "DIY." This way just uses more bondo / filler.

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Well I have a TIG, just didn't want to take that route.


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