Rear Fender Flaring

[Alky V6]

Has anyone played with the rear fender flare? Not as much as a GNX flare, but something in between. If anyone has pics, please post them.

 

[charlief1]

Don, there's a thread in the for sale section to rent an Eastwood fender flairing tool. Go take a look and see if there're any pics. Neat tool but this guy bought it so he could dohis and decided to rent it out for the rest of us. It does a nice job too.

 

[Alky V6]

Don, there's a thread in the for sale section to rent an Eastwood fender flairing tool. Go take a look and see if there're any pics. Neat tool but this guy bought it so he could dohis and decided to rent it out for the rest of us. It does a nice job too.

I've been checking that thread out. Neat tool.
I'm looking for something more on the lines of a fender pull. Not just rolling the inner lip up. Will this tool do more than just a minor flare? I've been studying some accounts of the tool on the internet and haven't seen anything much more than a small fender flare. I'm wanting to pull the lip out about 1".

 

[BlackMetal]

Yeah that eastwood roller isn't going to actually flare the sheet metal. Not sure how you would go about that.

 

[charlief1]

The only way I could see you doing this is to cut the lip off and making/welding a new lip in it's place. Or you could cut into the lip at certain intervals and weld v shaped pieces in to get the look you want. I concidered this on an old road car I used to race. Never did it though

 

[BlackMetal]

Or fab up your own fiberglass pieces, which I'm sure wouldn't be cheap.

 

[Alky V6]

If you look carefully at the Len/Freeman car, the rear fenders are pulled. I just wonder how it was done.

 

[BlackMetal]

Well here's a riceburner actually succeeding at using the eastwood tool to push the fender itself, guess it can be done.

DIY: S13 Rear Fender Rolling/Flaring Tutorial w/ Eastwood Fender Roller: 240SX Forum / 180SX Forum / Silvia Forum: Nissan Forums / Infiniti Forums - NICOclub

 

[8UWITH6]

Sure it can............ when you drive a pop can, LOL

 

[Alky V6]

Buckling. Oh great.

 

[Alky V6]

The only way I could see you doing this is to cut the lip off and making/welding a new lip in it's place. Or you could cut into the lip at certain intervals and weld v shaped pieces in to get the look you want. I concidered this on an old road car I used to race. Never did it though

I think this would be the best way to do it. Maybe more than one V.