How To: Guard Flaring Options

[Robo_001]

hhaha mate you wouldnt know shit from clay ay.

been drifting it since this was done, qr plenty of times, guards still take a hit with a hammer, so yer u better take ur shithouse bent ass integra and get fucked hahaha vtec @#$!

[modify_guy]

haha there are sum fuckin idiots gettin around in these forums... lol good job guys this is great for those of us that love gettin our hands dirty and actually doing modifications to our cars ourselves i'm actually half considering hacking into the subie lol don't worry about them other lads givin u shit, they've probs never changed a tyre lol good write-up!
Cheers, Tom

[tatus]

How to: guard flaring, jesus wept! if you're happy with that mate that's all that counts but please don't tell people this is how we panelbeaters would do it cause that mate, is a fuggin lie!!!

haven't got a step by step set of instructions sorry but this is the LR flare on my SS hatch which I planished (think that's what you call "stretching the fuck out of") once the inner panel is hit out to meet the outer. A standard hatchback flare is almost straight down, I've planished mine out an inch and a half then reformed the original outer lip to keep the "standard" look. I can take the springs out and sit it on the bump stops and push the car back and forth and have about 3mm clearance from the tyre all the way up the sidewall (those hotwires are 14 x 9 1/4). and no cuts were made, or welds, or fibreglass and if the small amount of filler exceeds about 3mm anywhere, I'll stand rooting. and as far as how long it will last, this photo is fairly recent and I flared those guards about 18 years ago when I was just out of my panelbeating apprenticeship. Go you for havin a crack mate but just don't think your post belongs in the Boostcruising.com > Technical > Technical Articles / How-To / FAQ > How To: section.



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[70XIN]

tatus: let's start by saying, the bible is actually the 'three wise men's' joke book, i don't believe in jesus or anything similar.

i never ever said this is the way panelbeaters do it....

by planished, you mean you used various dolly's and a hammer? whoopie. welcome to the first week of a basic course on panelbeating...

a few of my "bogan" friends own an LX hatch, which i helped work on over the last few years (which your pic looks very much like one, forgive me if i'm wrong). we ended up with a result very similar to yours, using a heat gun when necessary, and using a range of dolly's and interestingly shaped hammers from a closing down hotrod panelbeaters

the wheels on THIS particular car were very very far out of the guards, were going to get bashed up drifting anyway, so we saw no reason to spend a week on them. in fact, we had two days prior to the drift day to start, finish, and semi-paint them. that included drying time for fibreglass, body filler, multiple coats of primer, and topcoat...

you're probably a panel-beater yourself, hence why you feel the need to "have a go" at a few teenagers to make yourself seem .. better?

i think this guide belongs here, as a pov way for drifters and the like to fit ridiculous wheels, and until you can make a guide shitload better to replace it, get fisted your attitude sucks more dick than paris hilton

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[Driftlab]

you're probably a panel-beater yourself, hence why you feel the need to "have a go" at a few teenagers to make yourself seem .. better?

i think this guide belongs here, as a pov way for drifters and the like to fit ridiculous wheels, and until you can make a guide shitload better to replace it, get fisted your attitude sucks more dick than paris hilton

toxin that turned out clean as me and a mate used some bolt on fibreglass flares but were werent happy with the bolts so we glassed over them they came out a treat

[70XIN]

actually its one of those "good from afar, but far from good" things haha

ended up replacing them with origin fibreglass ones

but now that he's sick of those, we are welding on some sheetmetal and doing it the "proper" way

[tatus]

tatus: let's start by saying, the bible is actually the 'three wise men's' joke book, i don't believe in jesus or anything similar.

i never ever said this is the way panelbeaters do it....

by planished, you mean you used various dolly's and a hammer? whoopie. welcome to the first week of a basic course on panelbeating...

a few of my "bogan" friends own an LX hatch, which i helped work on over the last few years (which your pic looks very much like one, forgive me if i'm wrong). we ended up with a result very similar to yours, using a heat gun when necessary, and using a range of dolly's and interestingly shaped hammers from a closing down hotrod panelbeaters

the wheels on THIS particular car were very very far out of the guards, were going to get bashed up drifting anyway, so we saw no reason to spend a week on them. in fact, we had two days prior to the drift day to start, finish, and semi-paint them. that included drying time for fibreglass, body filler, multiple coats of primer, and topcoat...

you're probably a panel-beater yourself, hence why you feel the need to "have a go" at a few teenagers to make yourself seem .. better?

i think this guide belongs here, as a pov way for drifters and the like to fit ridiculous wheels, and until you can make a guide shitload better to replace it, get fisted your attitude sucks more dick than paris hilton

Yes mate I am a bogan panelbeater with an LX hatch and when it comes to panelbeating I'm not making myself seem better, I just am better. With a ticket and 25years experience to prove it. Sorry if my reply pissed you off mate but I just didn't want other boys with no idea to see this and think this was the only way to do it. And I actually have a pretty fucken good attitude towards improving cars, just not big on fuckin em.

[pipster11]

thats not as bas as the clip on youtube of the asian drifter who gets a sign post pole and rolls it about in the guard by driving back and forth with it ontop of the wheel

[jared_pulse]

id fuk up real bad doin that myself

[Timmyp34]

thats an awsome way to do it. well on a drift pig.


did u guys weld/tac all the gaps up before boging it?

[fulloc]

the easiest way to get a good inch or more from the standard guards is to heat them with a blowtorch then roll with a pipe or beat out with a mallet. that way you can remove the 10mm+ of lip and turn it into extra flare. i did mine with a mallet and only needed a very thin skim of bog to smooth. obviously not the proper way but easily finished in a day.

"until you can make a guide shitload better to replace it, get fisted your attitude sucks" X 2

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[nizpro]

interesting?





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[r32jet]

sht that turned out pretty good
nice work bro iz ur car rwd?
enjoy ur new flares

[YOGI-CHILLN]

thats not the best way to do that, buy a welder !

[Driftlab]

thats not as bas as the clip on youtube of the asian drifter who gets a sign post pole and rolls it about in the guard by driving back and forth with it ontop of the wheel

Are you fucking serious?

That crazy jap happens to know his shit.

[35NIK]

I worked out how to make fiberglass dry really quick, Just add too much catalyst to the mix & watch it dry before you get it on the bodykit... hehehe it dried my paintbrush in the can I was mixing it in... & started smoking chemical out of the can too.