C5 corvette wide fenders only pics!!
12-18-2015, 01:59 PM
#661
Le Mans Master
12-18-2015, 02:01 PM
#662
Safety Car
Ah, gotcha. The ol' Coke bottle look! I am guessing the lack of those on the market is due to the fact you would need the matching front fenders to match, and not many people would go that route. They just want rears to run wider than an 11"/305mm combo. I hear ya, though.
12-18-2015, 04:57 PM
#663
Le Mans Master
12-18-2015, 08:22 PM
#665
Drifting
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01-01-2016, 10:34 PM
#669
Tpe FRONT fenders
So after going through his whole thread (eye candy for days) it seems that the TPE rear fenders are secretly available via PM still. My question is: are the FRONT TPE fenders available?????? Thanks in advance.
01-01-2016, 11:08 PM
#670
Drifting
Mine are completely shaved off, that " inner lip " is unnecessary. Based on my experience with fiberglass work it used to pull/hold the molds during fiberglass work. Leaving a big amount of that could result crack fender if you rub tires/fender hard enough
corvette creation fenders has bigger wheel arc than factory, about 1.5 inches allowing you to fit over all taller tire/wheel combo
corvette creations CF sideskirt
corvette creation fenders has bigger wheel arc than factory, about 1.5 inches allowing you to fit over all taller tire/wheel combo
corvette creations CF sideskirt
01-01-2016, 11:16 PM
#671
Drifting
thanks
just for reference CC, L5, and TPE are " 2 inches " wide fender flare, with that said all 3 can pretty much fit the same width tires
but the difference are the wheel arc, L5 has the same factory fender arc size, CC has the about 1.5 bigger wheel arc and from the looks of TPE i believe they also have bigger wheel arc than the factory fenders
heres a example: smaller to bigger wheel arc
with correct "wheel" width a square set up
335/30/18 over all tire height would be 25.9 inches
345/30/18 over all tire height would be 26.1 inches
if the tire is mounted on wider wheel thats recommended for specific tire size, it will stretch and decrease its over all tire height, for example your set up is 18x13 with 335/30/18 street tire, that is not a might give a slight stretch, so overall your tire/wheel height will be less than 25.9 inches
my set up for example, 345/35/18 drag radials which is 27.5 inches over all tire height, 1.5 inches taller tire than yours due to bigger profile and drag radials also tends to be taller than street tires
my car with stock fenders on 345/35/18 drag radials
my car on corvette creationz fenders 345/35/18 drag radial
if you look close enough noticed that both setup stock fender vs CC flares has very similar gap/space between fender to tire
but the difference is that with corvette creation fender flare, i had to lower the rear nearly 1.5 inches to lessen the gap/space to achieve the same look with my old stock fender set up
during test fitment of the flares without changing the setting on my ride height, there was a huge gap lol
people with fender flares / widebody overlook this part of the fitment
hopefully this explains it,
just for reference CC, L5, and TPE are " 2 inches " wide fender flare, with that said all 3 can pretty much fit the same width tires
but the difference are the wheel arc, L5 has the same factory fender arc size, CC has the about 1.5 bigger wheel arc and from the looks of TPE i believe they also have bigger wheel arc than the factory fenders
heres a example: smaller to bigger wheel arc
with correct "wheel" width a square set up
335/30/18 over all tire height would be 25.9 inches
345/30/18 over all tire height would be 26.1 inches
if the tire is mounted on wider wheel thats recommended for specific tire size, it will stretch and decrease its over all tire height, for example your set up is 18x13 with 335/30/18 street tire, that is not a might give a slight stretch, so overall your tire/wheel height will be less than 25.9 inches
my set up for example, 345/35/18 drag radials which is 27.5 inches over all tire height, 1.5 inches taller tire than yours due to bigger profile and drag radials also tends to be taller than street tires
my car with stock fenders on 345/35/18 drag radials
my car on corvette creationz fenders 345/35/18 drag radial
if you look close enough noticed that both setup stock fender vs CC flares has very similar gap/space between fender to tire
but the difference is that with corvette creation fender flare, i had to lower the rear nearly 1.5 inches to lessen the gap/space to achieve the same look with my old stock fender set up
during test fitment of the flares without changing the setting on my ride height, there was a huge gap lol
people with fender flares / widebody overlook this part of the fitment
hopefully this explains it,
01-03-2016, 01:10 PM
#672
Racer
[QUOTE=meflyfrc;1591193133]Thanks....TPE T2s[/Q
I am trying to determine if that is what Double D mods is selling, they appear to be from the same molds. Also are the fronts flared and what size rims & tires are those?
I am trying to determine if that is what Double D mods is selling, they appear to be from the same molds. Also are the fronts flared and what size rims & tires are those?
01-03-2016, 01:16 PM
#673
Racer
I believe that Double D Mods are selling both F&R from the TPE molds with a third party doing the mfg.
01-03-2016, 03:07 PM
#674
thanks man, much appreciated,
as for L5 i wouldnt go as far as say consistent, i have seen my self bad apples too, i respect your opinion but L5 shape or form looks nothing like any C5 body lines, TPE for sure is the closes to being really blended
take a look at this mustang for example
wider body panel and still using factory size wheel arc
it just doesn't look proportional
Last edited by Revolver ZSTi; 01-03-2016 at 03:11 PM.
01-03-2016, 03:24 PM
#675
Different strokes for different folks... This mustang has massive wheels but opted to "tuck" them inside the fenders... Most likely that mustang is also running air-ride system, to achieve "slammed" look
01-03-2016, 06:20 PM
#676
Racer
I am curious about what others have paid to have their L5 quarters installed. My body shop just finished my car it looks amazing but I think the cost was a little crazy. What have you guys paid for install and paint?
01-03-2016, 11:56 PM
#680
Racer