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 Jan 18 2008, 12:42 AM
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 TOXIN TOXIN  Group: Users Posts: 10,785 Off Topic Posts: 7,592 Joined: 24-May 04 From: Brisbane :) Member No.: 9,849  |
Got some big offset wheels? Guard roller can't get it done? Don't want ridiculous looking riveted-on guards? This is one of the few ways to get around it
I will start by saying, this isn't the hardest mod to do at all, but it takes time and is awfully brutal to do something that's nice. Since this wasn't my own car, and rob wanted to model his car around his wheels, then this was the go. Brand new Work Equip 03's. 8.5" wide, with -22 offset. These are possibly one of the best wheels there is that could grace an 86.  Obviously, they will never ever ever fit under standard guards, even with the slightly stretched tyres as seen below.  So, guard flare time. First, get one of your minions to jack up the car  We're going to be cutting slits in the guard, allowing us to pull out significantly more metal than with a guard roller. It won't warp the area above the guard either!  Yours truly cutting the shit out the guard. Would be a nightmare to any car owner seeing this happen .. but it only gets worse.  Now, you can pull out the outer lip by itself, or if you are requiring even more clearance, you can pull out the inner lip. You can vaguely see what i mean.  More of above  Now you can see where the outer lip finishes (white), and the inner lip has been pulled out (silvery-brown area). Looking terrible isn't it?  Now you can start to see how much the guard is coming out over stock. Where the masking tape is, the guard went straight down, now instead has come out on an angle well over an inch.  Test fitting the wheel, you can see that we're getting pretty close to the size we need to clear the wheel/tyre combo.  On the second furthest right cut, and the furthest left cut, you can see that the lip has been ground down a bit on an angle by the grinder to keep the shape of the guard a little.  Next step can be done by silicon, or by welding. I'd suggest the latter, but we didn't have the time, nor care for it. See below for more info.  We didn't show it, but the inner guard and outer guard were tack welded together, and were stopping additional flaring. We had to cut these tacks, and remove the offending pieces of inner guard. This now left a gap between the inner and outer. Unprotected metal + moisture = rust, which most ae86's will have enough of this to start with. So we sealed it up with silicon! Simple!  On with the fibreglass! Remember, wear gloves, and dont rub your eyes when you're handling the stuff. It hurts, trust jesus!  With the fibreglass on, and now sanded back, we started with the body filler. Sure, we put heaps on, and 90% of it is going to be sanded off anyway, but we didnt have time on our hands.  After a couple of layers of filler and sanding, we were getting fairly happy with the shape. Dremel with a cut-off blade was then used to neatly cut (lol) a better shape to the guard.  A few coats of primer-filler (primer, thats slightly thicker, so can fill in little scratches and dimples), a few dabs of nitro-cellulose(?) putty (to fill in bigger imperfections), now all we had to do was wait for the paint and such to dry overnight.  Next morning, sanded it back and put some more filler in places we werent happy with, and applied more primer filler.  Loads of little imperfections, scratches, or humps. Very very minor so they were just filled with putty.  One can of export's finest, and things were looking bettereerrerrer.  Not bad for a can job, at night, with the weather against us.  And the finished product. Sexy time.  Yum  We rushed this somewhat, as rob is an impatient kent, and it still took 2 'full' days. The main time burner is the drying of fibreglass, body filler, and paint .. There will be problems with the spulling and,grammers,,,of this article. But leave that be, i'm tired. Thanks, Seamus --------------------  70XIN AE86 - BUILT 4AGE + TD06 + 20psi = who stole my diff? |
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Jan 18 2008, 12:46 AM
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 shift_z Group: Users Posts: 1,889 Off Topic Posts: 508 Joined: 27-August 06 From: teh interwebnets Member No.: 51,552 |
Wow.
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Jan 18 2008, 01:08 AM
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 ^ ^ ^ Group: Users Posts: 885 Off Topic Posts: 557 Joined: 28-December 05 From: Bris, North Member No.: 38,998 |
thats mad. nice work
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Jan 18 2008, 01:08 AM
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 人馬一体 Group: Users Posts: 276 Off Topic Posts: 2,115 Joined: 29-November 05 From: Woodend, Queensland Member No.: 37,326 |
I got halfway through reading the process and I was like "oh my god this guy just killed a Hachi" skipped to the bottom photo and said to myself "that looks damn fine".
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Jan 18 2008, 01:17 AM
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TOXIN TOXIN Group: Users Posts: 10,785 Off Topic Posts: 7,592 Joined: 24-May 04 From: Brisbane :) Member No.: 9,849 |
"Fluked another one" i think is the correct term.
But thanks anyway  thought it might give some people some pointers if they're out of luck trying to fit their wheels 
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Jan 18 2008, 02:09 AM
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 PedoBear's behind the door  Group: Users Posts: 2,808 Off Topic Posts: 2,051 Joined: 6-February 04 From: Brisvegas Member No.: 7,696 |
Thats some nice work. good thinking of taking pictures with step by step.
I would love flared guards, but I can't see me going at the R34 with a angle grinder just yet! -------------------- FOR SALE: MY R34 SKYLINE 4 DOOR, MANY MODS,
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Jan 18 2008, 06:38 AM
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 intriqued by my thumb are ya boy? Group: Users Posts: 3,251 Off Topic Posts: 529 Joined: 31-January 06 From: greenslops Member No.: 41,074 |
awesome job mate
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Jan 18 2008, 06:43 AM
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 SuperNova Group: Banned Posts: 4,961 Off Topic Posts: 2,926 Joined: 9-May 05 From: South Brisbane, QLD Member No.: 24,368 |
Awesome work, looks great.
The watanabe's looked awesome on it anyway tho
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Jan 18 2008, 06:56 AM
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 ^^ʇdnɹɹoɔ ɯɐǝʇ^^ Group: Moderators Posts: 7,964 Off Topic Posts: 16,283 Joined: 15-July 03 From: Brisneyland Member No.: 3,273 |
*looks at 180
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Jan 18 2008, 07:32 AM
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 Ol' Skool Turbo Group: Technical Members Posts: 440 Off Topic Posts: 598 Joined: 4-October 05 From: Mackay QLD Member No.: 33,097 |
WOW,,, Must be a bit nervous when you make the first cut.
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Jan 18 2008, 08:31 AM
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 Performance and Motorsport Parts & Fabrication  Group: Site Sponsor Posts: 3,535 Off Topic Posts: 3,751 Joined: 11-December 05 From: www.evadedmotorsport.com Member No.: 37,987 |
Very nice work.
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Jan 18 2008, 08:45 AM
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 Regular User Group: Users Posts: 1,828 Off Topic Posts: 816 Joined: 24-May 05 From: Australia Member No.: 25,117 |
nice job! i've seen people just take to their guards with vice grips and start bending :S a mates car was done by shoving a pipe wrench between the tyre & guard.
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Jan 18 2008, 08:56 AM
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Looks ok, sorry never been big on 60's style flares...
One thing you should of mentioned is that when using an angle grinder around a car you should COVER the rest of the car ... Each and every one of those pretty sparks is a piece of hot steel, which will melt it's way into your paint.. You will not even know you have done it till the next lot of rain, then they all go a nice rust colour.... My idiot brother did the hole in his bonnet with a grinder, he had rust specs from the Bonnett, all over the roof, and on the top edge of the tailgate a week later..... Be warned... -------------------- VR 5.0L STATESMAN CAPRICE FOR SALE. MINT CONDITION THROUGH OUT.
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Jan 18 2008, 08:57 AM
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 Budding User Group: Users Posts: 1,205 Off Topic Posts: 3 Joined: 15-January 07 Member No.: 59,754 |
thats awesome!!!
 i like how you done all the pics step by step to show some people how its done
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Jan 18 2008, 09:11 AM
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 GETAGRIP Group: Retired Moderators Posts: 468 Off Topic Posts: 3,704 Joined: 2-September 05 From: Perth Member No.: 31,132 |
That looks so damn hot! Well done and cheers for the guide!
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Jan 18 2008, 09:51 AM
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awesome work mate, looks pretty good
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Jan 18 2008, 10:49 AM
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 ITS FUN Group: Technical Members Posts: 2,703 Off Topic Posts: 3,090 Joined: 22-September 03 From: Brisbane Member No.: 4,938 |
hahaha... I was scrolling through the pic thinking it was gonna be a hacked backyard job. Then as I got towards the end I was really impressed.
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Jan 18 2008, 10:50 AM
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Looks good.
Thanks Seamus
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Jan 18 2008, 01:40 PM
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 Senior User Group: Users Posts: 6,141 Off Topic Posts: 3,555 Joined: 16-August 05 From: mexico....well, capalaba Member No.: 30,049 |
good result! i'd be extremely wary of doing it to my car though
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Jan 18 2008, 04:16 PM
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TOXIN TOXIN Group: Users Posts: 10,785 Off Topic Posts: 7,592 Joined: 24-May 04 From: Brisbane :) Member No.: 9,849 |
Yeah it was just touch-up paint spray cans
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Jan 18 2008, 04:17 PM
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 The Boxer grrrrrrrr Group: Users Posts: 13,452 Off Topic Posts: 6,396 Joined: 19-June 06 From: Victoria Member No.: 47,942 |
that looks tops, great work!
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Jan 18 2008, 04:37 PM
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 QLD Spammer  Group: Gold Members Posts: 4,110 Off Topic Posts: 4,779 Joined: 16-March 04 From: Tweed Coast/Brissy Member No.: 8,534 |
good work dude great little DIY article too people should do this type of thing more often 
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Jan 18 2008, 05:10 PM
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 Standard User Group: Users Posts: 232 Off Topic Posts: 1,089 Joined: 23-December 07 Member No.: 91,208 |
That car is just sex.
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Feb 9 2008, 10:43 PM
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 castillo Vs warney , bring it bitches!!! Group: Gold Members Posts: 5,550 Off Topic Posts: 7,905 Joined: 28-November 04 From: kenmore bitches ( fat skids at warneys and redrums) Member No.: 16,154 |
QUOTE(JD_Stazza_Brendan @ Jan 18 2008, 07:32 AM) [snapback]1281825581[/snapback] WOW,,, Must be a bit nervous when you make the first cut. Na not when its someone elses car it dont matter Looks good Tocko Shame Rob got a white car as white cars suck Enjoy your holiday and will chat once ya back
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Feb 10 2008, 11:11 AM
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WOW, thats rough.....
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