Fiberglass fender flares

[drddan]

Yea, the guys a jerkwad!

[Aaronbrook37]

I'm bailing... this isn't worth waiting around for. I have better ways to spend my money.

[chickee]

Those are awesome! Thought I was done with the exterior of TrkTva, but I guess I'm not!

[getnpsi]

I should try and mold a whole fender on top of a junk fender plus JY flares so the end result could be a mass produced smooth one pieced flared item. If there were more than 5 festivas in a state 500 miles tall Id try and get something going, but not happening.

[Nerd Racing]

angle grinder would have taken wayyyyy to long. i wasnt shaving off, i was cutting out

I don't shave either, I cut with the really thin cutting disks... doesn't distort either.

[DriverOne]

It wouldn't be necessary, nor would it be best to remove them from the car. Make a female pattern out of clay or even fiberglass, and those would custom fit the Festiva.

[Ghost]

angle grinder would have taken wayyyyy to long. i wasnt shaving off, i was cutting out

[Nerd Racing]

yikes... sawzall? I would have gone angle grinder! Its been far too long since I've had a good old hack fest with my angle grinder... hmm... what to cut...

[Ghost]

that wouldnt work too well as my body underneath is all haggard up from the sawzall

[Nerd Racing]

yeah they would probably have to come off. I'm looking at these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180718643168&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

probably gonna wait and get them in fiberglass though... more than I paid for the festy in CF.

[Ghost]

Ghost, you willing to let someone copy your flares some time?

explain to me how this would work? do you need them off the car?

[Nerd Racing]

Ghost, you willing to let someone copy your flares some time?

[Safety Guy]

No. I never got a response from the UK guy, so I assume he isn't interested.

Right now I'm working on a water heater replacement for my house, so I'm a bit busy. I'm sure there are fiberglass folks here in the US who could fab this design up without too much trouble. How do we find and choose one?

Karl

[festivafeva]

has any progress been made on this topic?

[drddan]

I used to see the "industrial" look flares on jeeps, and other 4x4"s. The ones with the bolt look. There should be some around in JY's to copy the look.
Maybe use a smoothie from Cabrio to get the size, and the bolt type industrial from a 4x4 for the (fake) bolt pattern?
The male side of the mold would do both types, the female side would require 2. One for the smoothie, one for the bolt look.