Shaving off the fender lips and installed flares..

[DemonNeno]

Hey all

So I was talking to some Grand National guys the other night and they mentioned something rather interesting to me. Fender Flares. No, nothing obsurd or enormous, but a nice, thin, lipped fender flare that extends a bit more then a stock Taurii's fender would allow. Quite a few of the GN boys do this for their pro-tour GNs so that they can fit wider tires/rims w/o sacrificing the looks or handling of their cars. What do you guys say? I dunno, I'd like to see how a 1.5" fender lip would look on a Gen I.. definitely give it an auto-xing crazed look... Just a thought... Perhaps an insane one...

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Neno & The '91 Dark SHO
SHOCAGO Enthusiasts Club - http://www.shocago.com
137K Mi., Black on Black/Mocha Interior, '94 Mark VIII Rims, 225/50VR16 Comp TA VR, Rod Shifter Converted (Broken stabilizer bolt, still sitting in my trans housing!), SHO Nut Reinforced Motor mounts, Coneless, 3.2L larger crossover tube for intake installed (sure did make the intake LOUDER!), Delrin SFBs, Semi-loud exhaust system...

Ready To Install: Subframe Connectors and Intrax springs instead of Eibachs?

Coming Soon?Konis/Poly setup

 

[DfwSho]

Neno I've thought about the same thing. A Gen II with 245/45/17's and some tasteful fender flares would look killer IMO.

Are you going to try this on your black one?

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Laurence

94 mtx, 17x7 SVT Thunderbird, 225/50/17 Michelin Pilot XGT-Z4's, Eibachs/Tokicos, '96 brake upgrade, Perf. Plus y-pipe, UDP's, dynomax, K&N, PIAA 1500XT, Gen3 badge, TX plate "MTX SHO", Alpine CD, "Yamaha" badges
Gtech Pro 0-60mph 6.36, 1/4-mile [email protected]
98 Suzuki GSXR600

 

[ChitownA34DR]

You es loco in da cabasa Neno!

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Yes Its Fast and No You Can't Ride It!

Dan

White 93' ATX

A Few Mods

 

[NJshofear]

Originally posted by SmOkE93SHO:
You es loco in da cabasa Neno!

well if u think hes crazy wait till u hear my idea. Take all 4 fenders off the a SHO (not urs) then form them into a wide body kit, my adding metal and forming the new peices. Works better than fender flairs, but its more work.



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-Jeremy
Red 89 SHO
MODS:
-Upgraded brakes,
-17x7.5 Alesso Turbo(hyper black) wheels W/falken GRb fk451 tires (225/45/17)
-Custom bent single exhaust exiting under SHO on the back bumper
-Coilovers from IPT (when they come in)
-Pioneer head unit, with 2 Rockford Fosgate 12inch subs, and RF amp
-coming soon: SFC, forced induction (twin-turbo or a S/C)

 

[Blast7]

Originally posted by NJshofear:

well if u think hes crazy wait till u hear my idea. Take all 4 fenders off the a SHO (not urs) then form them into a wide body kit, my adding metal and forming the new peices. Works better than fender flairs, but its more work.

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Now you're talking. I would love to see that. The fender flares sounds a bit easier though.


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Car of the Week

1991 Black MTX
K&N Filtercharger
PP Motor Mounts
PP Y-pipe
Rod Shifter
Blazer Tech Fogs

 

[NJshofear]

Originally posted by Blast7:
Now you're talking. I would love to see that. The fender flares sounds a bit easier though.

fender flairs would be alot easier, if i had a welder i would try this. But alas no welder, but other than that im just stupid enough to try.

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-Jeremy
Red 89 SHO
MODS:
-Upgraded brakes,
-17x7.5 Alesso Turbo(hyper black) wheels W/falken GRb fk451 tires (225/45/17)
-Custom bent single exhaust exiting under SHO on the back bumper
-Coilovers from IPT (when they come in)
-Pioneer head unit, with 2 Rockford Fosgate 12inch subs, and RF amp
-coming soon: SFC, forced induction (twin-turbo or a S/C)

 

[DeaconBlue]

DfwSHO, you can run 245/45-17 on 17 x 8.0" rims on a Gen II without any trimming as long as the rim's offset is 40mm. I have them on my '95, no problems.

Now a set of 275/40-17 on 17 x 9.5" rims with fender flares would be really cool, heavy and hard to launch yes, but really cool.

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95 MTX
with a few mods

 

[DemonNeno]

Heavy and hard to launch on 275s? What ya got? a stock 220Hp'd SHO?! My mad mad powerful 221Hp'd SHO would burn 'em to a CRISP! heheh!

Seriously though.. Fenders would be pretty wicked. prehaps glass front fenders?! inserts for the rears.. Maybe Shawn P can try to find us something interesting? A wide body kit, although sounding rather extreme, would be pretty cool if it was extremely mild. VERY VERY VEEERRYY MILD! I can't imagine a SHO body w/ rear flares the size of a 911s... heh

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Neno & The '91 Dark SHO
SHOCAGO Enthusiasts Club - http://www.shocago.com
137K Mi., Black on Black/Mocha Interior, '94 Mark VIII Rims, 225/50VR16 Comp TA VR, Rod Shifter Converted (Broken stabilizer bolt, still sitting in my trans housing!), SHO Nut Reinforced Motor mounts, Coneless, 3.2L larger crossover tube for intake installed (sure did make the intake LOUDER!), Delrin SFBs, Semi-loud exhaust system...

Ready To Install: Subframe Connectors and Intrax springs instead of Eibachs?

Coming Soon?Konis/Poly setup

 

[DeaconBlue]

Well a 3400 lbs FWD car is heavy unless your comparing it to a Seville STS.

No, I was talking about the weight of a 17 x 9.0" or 9.5" rim with a 275/40-17 tire. My 17 x 8.0" rims and 245/45-17 tire combo already out weighs the stock 215/60-16 tire and slicers by 4.3 lbs each, and the wheels are fairly light weight at only 21.5 lbs. And I have enough power to spin them plenty hard, even in the dry

As far as tasteful fender flares, check out the ones on the proposed road version of the BMW M3 GTR
http://www.km77.com/marcas/bmw/serie3_02/gtr/gra/1.asp

Something like that would be real cool.

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95 MTX
with a few mods

 

[DemonNeno]

NICE! I LOVE 'EM M3s! *drool* So how soon is someone willing to figure out some prices on flared fenders?!

I hear ya about the extra weight, I was purely kidding around about that extra Hp.. heheh..

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Neno & The '91 Dark SHO
SHOCAGO Enthusiasts Club - http://www.shocago.com
137K Mi., Black on Black/Mocha Interior, '94 Mark VIII Rims, 225/50VR16 Comp TA VR, Rod Shifter Converted (Broken stabilizer bolt, still sitting in my trans housing!), SHO Nut Reinforced Motor mounts, Coneless, 3.2L larger crossover tube for intake installed (sure did make the intake LOUDER!), Delrin SFBs, Semi-loud exhaust system...

Ready To Install: Subframe Connectors and Intrax springs instead of Eibachs?

Coming Soon?Konis/Poly setup

18x9 Slicer Replicas on 255/30ZR18s with Coilovers

 

[NJshofear]

Originally posted by DemonNeno:
NICE! I LOVE 'EM M3s! *drool* So how soon is someone willing to figure out some prices on flared fenders?!

I hear ya about the extra weight, I was purely kidding around about that extra Hp.. heheh..

id consider makem em or at least trying if someone can tell me where to get a welder that would work for cheap (i have a saws-all and acces to CHEAP metal) also if u can tellme if stock taurus fenders would work on a SHO. Front adn rear. Thanx

 

[DemonNeno]

I dunno about the welder, but I can tell ya that Taurus fenders (front & rear) work on SHOs. Gimme a set!

They'd nicely accompany my 18x9 Slicers.. heheh!

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Neno & The '91 Dark SHO
SHOCAGO Enthusiasts Club - http://www.shocago.com
137K Mi., Black on Black/Mocha Interior, '94 Mark VIII Rims, 225/50VR16 Comp TA VR, Rod Shifter Converted (Broken stabilizer bolt, still sitting in my trans housing!), SHO Nut Reinforced Motor mounts, Coneless, 3.2L larger crossover tube for intake installed (sure did make the intake LOUDER!), Delrin SFBs, Semi-loud exhaust system...

Ready To Install: Subframe Connectors and Intrax springs instead of Eibachs?

Coming Soon?Konis/Poly setup

18x9 Slicer Replicas on 255/30ZR18s with Coilovers

 

[NJshofear]

Originally posted by DemonNeno:
I dunno about the welder, but I can tell ya that Taurus fenders (front & rear) work on SHOs. Gimme a set!

They'd nicely accompany my 18x9 Slicers.. heheh!

thanx for the info. still need it on the welder tho..... and are those slicers real or a photoshop job??????????????

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Jeremy
Red 89 SHO
MODS:
-Upgraded brakes,
-17x7.5 Alesso Turbo(hyper black) wheels W/falken GRb fk451 tires (225/45/17)
-Custom bent single exhaust exiting under SHO on the back bumper
-Coilovers from IPT (when they come in)
-Pioneer head unit, with 2 Rockford Fosgate 12inch subs, and RF amp
-Two row copper radiator
Coming soon: SFC, LSD, forced induction (twin-turbo or a S/C)
AIM:Tiedie6683

 

[94shoboy]

ok, my question is, does anyone make those types of flairs out of fibreglass that you can have reveted and smothed over? i love that M3, i saw it before and almost creamed myself.

 

[DemonNeno]

You'd have to look around. Perhaps finding the actual ones from the bimmers in some sort of aftermarket package and reshaping them to fit around a Taurii's body curves...

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Neno & The '91 Dark SHO
SHOCAGO Enthusiasts Club - http://www.shocago.com
137K Mi., Black on Black/Mocha Interior, '94 Mark VIII Rims, 225/50VR16 Comp TA VR, Rod Shifter Converted (Broken stabilizer bolt, still sitting in my trans housing!), SHO Nut Reinforced Motor mounts, Coneless, 3.2L larger crossover tube for intake installed (sure did make the intake LOUDER!), Delrin SFBs, Semi-loud exhaust system...

Ready To Install: Subframe Connectors and Intrax springs instead of Eibachs?

Coming Soon?Konis/Poly setup

18x9 Slicer Replicas on 255/30ZR18s with Coilovers