Reply to "#1959 In Spain"

Looking good man ! I love the look !

..... I think the issues I had ... stem from these factors you should keep in mind while mounting the flairs.

Depending on the offsets of the wheels you have the rears were 2 " out past the tire ... so I cut an inch off all the way around the mounting flange to bring it in to match the fronts.

The fronts were too close so I used the hammer and dolly to bring them away and roll the lip so when you turn the wheel the tire dosen't catch the sharp edge.

Next after I mounted all the suspension and wheels and squared up the car .... I found that you have to find a happy medium between the centerline of the radius of the flair and tire .... and lining up the side pieces ... my goal was to make side piece in the front match the bottom of the front valance and the rear die piece match the rear valance.

Also the height above the tire ...I wanted to keep it as close as possible ... so the radius looks the same all the way around but that was hard because the front and rear the look needs to be the same ... and the fronts need a elliptical look for the tire turning radius .. otherwise that tire will hit the flair when you turn it... so in some respect I think the rear should look similar ... still sorting that out to see if I like that look.

The fronts ..when you lower the car run out of height at the top of the fender. The rears were easier in this respect.

I replaced 2 rocker panels so the bottoms look nice and I dodnt have to deal with any rust.

I'm also thinking of installing 3/8 round bar all the way around the flair edge to add stength so if the tires rubs in the front it dont rip the flair off.

Just some simple factors I encountered.

Ron