Fender Flare Installation
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Drifting
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From: Hopewell Junction NY
Fender Flare Installation
I was just quoted $1800 for installation of fender flares which includes the body work and paint. Seems a little pricey to me, what do you guys think?
Melting Slicks
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I paid 450.00 for painting and putting them on with all the body work was very little with the L5 rear fenders. Guy I did forget here I also had my paint from the painter doing a tiger shark front bumper and the same rear bumper work on my car.... Robert
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I'm not going to waste my time replying to certain people but yea shop around. I think just being in NY makes it a bit more difficult as I'm sure they'll charge more. CA is usually pretty pricey too depending on the shop, but to give you an idea another customer that just installed his paid $1400 and that included blending the doors. As for the L5's I know a guy that spent $2500 to install and paint his, they are far from perfect. Also just had another customer return his L5's to get my carbon fenders, I seen his fenders personally and they were horrible (maybe not the norm) but they were bad
Melting Slicks
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I have the L5 on my car and didnt need that much per say at all. Tell us which one,s you have on your car are have bought.. I did know the body shop that did my work I pulled my factoy fenders off but he painted and put on the L5 and rear bumper for 450.00... Robert
I have the carbon fiber front lip, rear spoiler and side skirts from QuikZ06 and all my parts fit just fine!
here are a couple of pics of my L5's when they arrived
see the seams on the front edge and the top...i am not bashing the L5 fenders but they where a little rough and do need some real attention before they are ready for paint.
side note (i would have bought the QuikZ06 fender flairs but they where not available for the C5 convertibles at that time)
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From: LAND OF OZ Kansas
Cool, I got the same, and you will need at least a 3/4" for your wheels to be like the factory wheels on the fender and a 1" to be flushed with the fenders. QuikZ06 are about 1/4" wider than L5's and TPE.
They do require some work, and I am not a body work man so don't follow my advice too much on them, but I have done all of the prep-work on mine. I will post a thread with the "build" on mine hopefully by next week.
They do require some work, and I am not a body work man so don't follow my advice too much on them, but I have done all of the prep-work on mine. I will post a thread with the "build" on mine hopefully by next week.
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Drifting
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From: Hopewell Junction NY
I'm not going to waste my time replying to certain people but yea shop around. I think just being in NY makes it a bit more difficult as I'm sure they'll charge more. CA is usually pretty pricey too depending on the shop, but to give you an idea another customer that just installed his paid $1400 and that included blending the doors. As for the L5's I know a guy that spent $2500 to install and paint his, they are far from perfect. Also just had another customer return his L5's to get my carbon fenders, I seen his fenders personally and they were horrible (maybe not the norm) but they were bad
Cool, I got the same, and you will need at least a 3/4" for your wheels to be like the factory wheels on the fender and a 1" to be flushed with the fenders. QuikZ06 are about 1/4" wider than L5's and TPE. They do require some work, and I am not a body work man so don't follow my advice too much on them, but I have done all of the prep-work on mine. I will post a thread with the "build" on mine hopefully by next week.
They do require some work, and I am not a body work man so don't follow my advice too much on them, but I have done all of the prep-work on mine. I will post a thread with the "build" on mine hopefully by next week.Thank you for the input. I figured I would be paying around this or possibly a little more.
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Melting Slicks
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Cost me $900 for L5's to be fitted, sanded, prep, and paint. If a regular body shop uses the insurance book guidelines for repair and paint they show too much RR and too much on paint and I was quoted like you around $1800 from two shops that did very little custom work.
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I have the carbon fiber front lip, rear spoiler and side skirts from QuikZ06 and all my parts fit just fine!
here are a couple of pics of my L5's when they arrived
see the seams on the front edge and the top...i am not bashing the L5 fenders but they where a little rough and do need some real attention before they are ready for paint.
side note (i would have bought the QuikZ06 fender flairs but they where not available for the C5 convertibles at that time)
here are a couple of pics of my L5's when they arrived
see the seams on the front edge and the top...i am not bashing the L5 fenders but they where a little rough and do need some real attention before they are ready for paint.
side note (i would have bought the QuikZ06 fender flairs but they where not available for the C5 convertibles at that time)
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From: cookeville tennessee
here on the book crap. But the guy that did mine did a 57 chev for me and a few other auto,s from the ground up. Plus for the 450.00 I took my rear fenders off and I did have my paint from a job he did on my car befor... Robert
Melting Slicks
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Man sorry about the crap you got from them. I have never say anything that bad from a vendor. I got mine from them and were very nice not much work at all. But did think was pricey and also a little thin on the glass but from what I have seen from other two places it the same. I did just put on the car L5 splash guards and one of them was bad and susan mailed me out a new one and also a set of screws to bolt them on. She was very nice and did ever thing she said. I can believe she didnt take them back and give $$ back are replace them for you..Again I am only talking from my dealings from both places here are really all three places...Robert
I never contacted L5 about them because I expected them to be a little ruff based on all the threads posted about them, and I have a good body man that knocked them out like it was nothing so it turned out all good for me...oh yeah, I had my whole car painted so i really cant tell you what it would have cost me, but i do know I would have paid less then $1000...
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Just an FYI, I got a PM from another customer of mine with these and he said he's looking at about $950 for prep, paint and blending. Just figured I would let you know so you at least have something to go off up besides what everyone else has mentioned.