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'69 C3 and Flares
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Burning Brakes
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Burning Brakes
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Flares. You can see the size difference between stock and the new flares. Remember this is a '69 coupe with '72 flares added that are falling off.
Last edited by R. Seghi; Apr 17, 2014 at 11:40 PM.
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Burning Brakes
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The flares are kinda thin so I think that my body man is going to cut the flares off of the 1/4 panel and use just those as the stock 1/4's are way stronger.
If I had ordered just the flare instead of the whole 1/4 panels I would have saved a little money.
So the moral of the story is to order just the flares and save yourself some money.
If I had ordered just the flare instead of the whole 1/4 panels I would have saved a little money.
So the moral of the story is to order just the flares and save yourself some money.
Last edited by R. Seghi; Apr 17, 2014 at 11:42 PM.
Drifting
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I am wondering if it would be cheaper/easier in the long run to just lay some more glass on inside of the flares. I don't know what your shop rate is there, but there is a lot of labor in getting the complex curves blended in compared to doing it along a flatter edge.
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This is going to a fun project to watch coming together. Keep the updates coming.
$.02.
This is going to a fun project to watch coming together. Keep the updates coming.
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 948
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From: Simi Valley Ca.
I am wondering if it would be cheaper/easier in the long run to just lay some more glass on inside of the flares. I don't know what your shop rate is there, but there is a lot of labor in getting the complex curves blended in compared to doing it along a flatter edge.
$.02.
This is going to a fun project to watch coming together. Keep the updates coming.
$.02.
This is going to a fun project to watch coming together. Keep the updates coming.
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