Steel Flares installed, I have only had them a year now...ahead of schedule Options

[kfish914]

If I remember correctly this is a Patrick Motor sports built car. You might try contacting them to see. It would be my guess that they made it.

[kfish914]

I found a picture of the inside before we ran a weld bead along the seam you see in the picture. Which also shows a little of the bottom edge.


Here is the requested rear flare

[mepstein]

If I were to do it over I would butt weld. Only because of the amount of body work I am looking at this time. I think the butt weld would have given me a smoother starting point.
I went with what he suggested because of his experience, and it was his shop that we did the work in.
I know some are thinking it’s my car I should have done it the way I wanted. For me I like the idea of a strong joint and hind sight is always 20/20. The end result is I have the flares welded on with from what I can see a good seem on both the inside and outside of the car.
I will be modifying my current rockers to match up with the flares so I get a perfect match. I heard many stories of them not lining up (some times more than an inch and a half) and call me cheap but if I’m going to pay $150 plus for some strips of fiberglass I would expect them to line up better than what I have heard they do.
The flares are from the group buy from AA
This is what I hope it will look like when all is said and done.




I will get those photos once I charge up the camera again.

Awesome looking car.
Scott told me I could either modify stock rockers or buy fiberglass, either one would take work to look right.
Congrats on moving forward with your project!

[pdlightning]

Where can I get the front chrome bumper with the notch in it like the black car has?

I haven't seen the 914-6type bumper sold any where. Only front fiberglass units that replace the bumper.

I really like the way the rims look on the black 14 . (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cheer.gif)

What size are they?

[PRS914-6]

The flares and fiberglass parts need SIGNIFICANT work to look properly. Yes, you can just weld and bolt them on but they won't fit nicely and won't have even gaps at all. One problem is the AA flares are molded straight on the bottom. If you notice the bottom of the doors there is a 45 deg angle there. (see first photo) When you install the flares the transition won't look right the last few inches and the gap will suck. You need to reshape the flare so that it continues the 45 deg angle all the way to the end on both sides. I'll bet I spent a good 4-5 hours moving the flares and rockers around to lessen the overall cutting and hacking that was required......then the cutting and reshaping started. It would be a stroke of luck to install a fiberglass panel on without work. (unless you don't care about the gaps). A little extra time (actually a lot) will do wonders for the car when finished. I also made a rear valance extension to match the new flares

Here are some shots of what I am talking about. Note the rocker gaps on the final picture. On black it is especially important.

Big job, take your time.....well worth the effort

[sean_v8_914]

this area is the "GT" area that nobody talks about. GT= great taboo

[kfish914]

My car has 15 x 7 on the front and 15 x 8 on the rear.
The PMS I believe has 16s, same width 7 and 8.

I agree with the fitting of the flares. It took us a lot of moving the flares around, a little nip here and a tuck here and some tapping with a body hammer to make them look right and fit right.

Your car is one great looking car. I looked forward to every article wishing it was my car that was transforming.

Is your rear valance metal or fiberglass?
I have a fiberglass one that I can't decide to modify it to match up with the flares or to start from scratch and make my own out of metal.

[PRS914-6]

Is your rear valance metal or fiberglass?

If you look carefully at the 3rd picture you will see I cut off the stock valance at the corner and fabricated some new pieces to match the flares and then welded them on

[sean_v8_914]

super nice work.