A few weeks ago somebody posted about selfmade fender flares - does anybody have photos ??

I'd like to install the flares on the rear fender, however the ACI flares are too wide for my wheels/tires.

I guess it's not that difficult to cut the fender and move the lip one or two inches further out to give it a wider look...

Who has done this and how did it turn out ?

 

Don't have self-made flares, but check out Eckler's "ZL-1" flares. They're significantly narrower than the ACI flares, and the way the flares are shaped they probably protect against stone chips better.

 

I would like to know who it was also. I have home made ones (not ready yet) but they're wider than the aci ones so of no use...

 

How wide are the zr1 flares? I want some 2 inch rear flares, and 1-2 inch fronts.

 

I always though that the C3 would look a little better with another inch or so of flare. I'd be interested if someone supplied these minor flares.

 

I think it was killervette or something like that.

 

It was Killervette I will let him know there is a thread started about it since he doesnt check the forum that often.

 

Hello everyone, sorry i havent been on here in over 6 months but school has left me NO TIME for the forum, and our corvettes in winter storage (we live in chicago). But crossedflags reached me over aim because i did make my own fender flares with my bro. Its fairly easy to make your own fender flares, and theres no cutting needed. All you need is to sand down the exterior of the lip and make sure its free of ALL DIRT so that you can build the flare unto it. Then go to your local pepboys and buy a can of Bondo Hair, this stuff is amazing, its like bondo, except it has fiberglass strands in it which makes it a lot stronger so when it dries you can litteraly sit on your flare and it wont break off, also there is a product called tigers hair, which works on the same principle excpet it dries faster and is even stronger (this we had to order from a local distributor). Then after you sand the outside of the lip and clean it with a solvent of some kind, find a large piece of perferably sheet metal, bend it to the shape of the wheel well and tuck it right up under the lip and over the wheel so it sticks out a good few inches off of the lip (you will build your fender flare on top of this), you may need to shove some paper or folded up cardboard under the piece of sheet metal to make sure it fully contours to the arc of the well, make sure it points straight out horizontally. Then mix up the bondo hair (cardboard worked pretty well to mix it on) and start applying it to the outer edge of the lip and just keep on buidling it up, and sculpting till you get the size and shape you want. Now you may notice that its real chunky due to the fiberglass fibers in it, so dont be worried if it coems out rough and bumpy. After you have your main shape sculpted out and dried remove the piece of sheet metal (for us it slid out pretty easily), then start sanding until you get exactly the lines you want, fill in any bumps/rough spots with regular bondo. Sorry i cant be more help with how to exactly sculpt them out, this might take a few tries before you get the shape you want, but overall its not very hard to do. i have some pictures of how my left and right fender flare came out (left one isnt finished, but the right one we finsihed and primered in black). Feel free to email me at killervette666@yahoo.com for more info. ill be checking up on this thread.