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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 12:38 PM
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Looking to buy some of the L5 rear fender flares with some "Christmas money" I scored.
There were some threads going back and forth a little while back on the fit and finish of the two primary designs.
My question;
Have most of the "fitment issues" been worked out with the L5s, or do they still require a good bit of work before they can be painted and installed?
They're for a coupe
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Old Jan 4, 2011 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Blow Torch
Looking to buy some of the L5 rear fender flares with some "Christmas money" I scored.
There were some threads going back and forth a little while back on the fit and finish of the two primary designs.
My question;
Have most of the "fitment issues" been worked out with the L5s, or do they still require a good bit of work before they can be painted and installed?
They're for a coupe
I have a set of Lewis Five rear quarters out to paint right now. The fitment was excellent on mine. It took all of about 30 minutes to make a small adjustment to a rubber thingy on the top front. They do need a little block sanding for a seam along the top and front but that's another 30 minutes. My painter is very impressed with the overall quality and finish of these aftermarket panels. I should have them back in a week or so.

Running them with new CCW SP500's...18x10 and 19x13 with 275x35 and 345x30 PS2's.




Got rid of the side light.

LOWCASH helping out with the sanding.






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Old Jan 4, 2011 | 12:55 PM
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Kevin

Thanks for the info and photos. Those are really going to look good on your car.
Glad to hear the fitment was close.
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