yes dysfunctional, i want some updates!!

 

Update!

 

We need an update so I can archive this!

 

Hey guys,

My apologies for falling off the face of the planet! School came first but now that my senior design project is complete, I'm going to try and finish this 4 year car project. I plan on sealing the fenders and fastening them with some black rivets on Sunday. I promise to post more as soon as I can :-)

-Chad

 

school is more important than ANY car. good choice. i have to put school before everything also. it sucks sometimes, but itll be WELL worth it in the end.

i cant wait to see these things finished.

 

thought I'd post this up, picture of a jdm car
with a ZG Fender swap. Been watching this
thread close, thought I'd tease you a bit.

 

see how the front and rears are two different designs and the rears are longer.....mmmm

thats why i love the ZG flares

 

GAWD Pocket flares are the most beautiful things in the FB world. I'd throw them on my car if it wasn't against the class rules for what I race in.

 

Thanks for posting that - it reminds me to mount my Erebuni front end ;-).

 

No news guys . I promised I would post though. I ran into some issues with my DD this weekend so I had to address those first! I'm also missing one side panel for my front bumper...time to dig through some boxes.

 

The flares and front bumper (along with side panels) are on their way to the painter. I'm going to flat black the flares and the front bumper -- I think it will look nice.

Today, my dad and I dug through all of my parts bins to find the side panels for the front bumper. I was worried that it would interfere with the front flares and require us to modify a few things.

We first bolted up the front bumper:





and then the side panels:







As you can see, there's a bit of a problem with how that side panel fits on the quarter panel so I was worried that we would have to cut it to make it fit. Here is what the gap looked like:





But once we got it bolted all together, it really looked pretty good IMHO:

 

Here are some more shots:





After taking everything off, we cut the excess metal with snips (much cleaner and easier than using a cutting wheel) and simploy bent the remaining metal to keep from slitting our wrists:



I did some work on the existing trim pieces to make them fit as well. This is the rear passenger side:



As it turns out, the front flares look fine on top of the front bumper side panels. At least, I think they do!

I still have a little bit of work to do in figuring out how to address the fender liners. I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to make that work...

 

definitely post pics when you get all of the parts back. cant wait!

 

Got the parts back from the painter today. $305 for the fenders, bumper pieces, and front bumper. The color is exactly what I was looking for but I don't know if my photography skills (or lack thereof) convey it very well.

The bumper is just hanging out at the moment but here's a front/side shot of it. The second is pretty accurate, in terms of color, on my current monitor:





Hopefully I'll have these mounted in the next week. I'll try not to get too distracted by my new acquisition...(apologies for the massive amount of reflection):

 

^^^ the ZG flare project just lost priority.


And after realizing that the last posting was September '08, I guess I was right!

 

No, no, no, school takes priority!

Without any replies since my last post, I figured the community lost interest . I haven't forgotten -- I have the appropriate tape just not the right fasteners. I'm trying to source these locally but I can't seem to find them online or locally.

 

Wow, those ZG flares are uber hot!! Cant wait to see the end result!! Also that yellow fb is hot!! Gotta love the FB's especially now since the japanese nostalgic scence is booming back in. By any chance, who did you go through to get those ZG fender flares?? Im shopping around but wanna know how your experience went with the vendor that provided you the ZG flares. Thanks in Advance!!

 

I got them from the Z Store (http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/CTGY/7BSA02) and would recommend them to anyone!

 

Thanks Dysfnctnl85!! That was the first site i had in mine and seen a cheap set selling on zccjdm.com. Thanks, Now I gotta check to see if I still got cut-off wheels for my dremmel. Thanks again. BTW is that a mazdatrix front fascia?

 

The flares look great!

 

It's actually the IMSA body kit that came as an option (I think?). There's a wing component to it too.

 

I've also heard it referred to as the "Erebuni" style kit. I do believe it's OEM though.

 

I have a write up in the archives on trimming fenders that you may want to read before you start.

 

A little late for that now, unfortunately, but thanks!

 

I really should pay more attention to posting dates.