Slooooooooow.

 

Damn man, I hope you have some You Tube vids of that monster.

 

[QUOTE=speedjunkie;9980060]Partially correct. I got mine a bit further than he did with just the Eastwood roller. We didn't pull it with anything. We DID however do some extra body work, but that was just to smooth it out, not extend the fenders.




Yo man i love this look i want to get it done so bad

 

My car is currently in ATL.. I'm heading over there today to do some other stuff to it and take some pics. I'll post few more tonight

 

professor_speed ,

Have you visited us at v8rx7forum.com? We'd love a build thread over there if you wanna do one.

 

love the wheel fitment

 

That "junk" is going to fly. keep up posted with your progress....

 

I think there is a misconception going on about the difference in "rolling" and "pulling." You aren't physically pulling on the fenders with something. You are still using a roller to pull the fenders. "Pulling" is another word for flaring the fender. "Rolling" is simply compressing the lip under the fender flat. If you continue flaring the fender it is "pulling" the fender.

Here is a good how-to write-up.

http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/131382...esistance.html

 

Yeah I'm on there too as well as well as ls1tech with same screen name. Thanks for the compliments guys I might do a build thread once I get a little further along.

Just in case anyone is wondering they are twin TC72's, the limiting factor right now will be the injectors (8x1600cc) or the block lol. i should hit 4 digits right around 20psi and should max out at around 25psi.

The rims are long gone the offsets are too for my liking, hopefully my rear flares will look like Speedjunkie's.

This started as a 240sx project but I decided that if im going to build my dream engine it should go in my favorite car.

 

Here's a pic my little (12 year old) brother took of my car when I was home last weekend with his point-and-shoot. I need to get more pictures taken with a proper camera, lol

What do you guys think?



I still need to install the FEED side skirts and RE-A PRO diffuser =\ been lazy/distracted/out of town, lol

btw, the wing only stays on for transportation, or when I plan on doing (possibly) dumb things at high speeds (or when, in the future, I take it to the track).

 

Not a fan of that bumper :-\

I like the brakes i see hiding in there, and it looks like you got some good rubber out back

 

To be perfectly honest, neither was I the first time I saw it. However it has definitely grown on me. It also doesn't hurt my conscience knowing that it's legitimate MazdaSpeed, and (possibly) the only one like it in the country ;-)

Surprisingly the rear rubber is only 255, and all season performance, lol! I def plan on picking up some dry performance tires, I just need to figure out whick ones I want! Lol

 

I really like the look of your front bumper and the integrated driving lights, very unique!

 

ms aspec front bumper looking REAL good.

 

Thanks man :-) if you want I can send you some better pics for your site.

Do you know, by chance, if anybody else has one yet?

 

I know 2 people that have it. Both in california though.

 

The ones I have on now are 305/35 but they still rub a bit, I'm guessing under throttle but I'm not sure. They only rub on the edge of the tire right where it starts curving down into the sidewall. I'd like to get something that isn't so tall, maybe a 30 but they don't make a 305/30 (not that I've found anyway) so maybe I'll go back to a 295/30 or maybe up to a 315/30 as long as it's not quite as tall as it is now. If I need more room I will flare the fender more. I want to make them different anyway, I'm not as crazy about the lip as I would be more of a bubble shape.

Anyway, yes filler will probably be required afterwards. What we did was used the fender roller until it got to the clearance it is now, then smoothed it a little with a hammer and dolly, then used filler, sanded and painted.

What I'd like to do is go back and cut out a bit of the inner fender well so we can go higher on the fender and flare it out higher to give more of a bubble shape. Due to where the inner fender meets the outer, we couldn't get the roller up any higher and it ended up like this.

Thanks!

I didn't think it was possible to split hairs, but you went and did it LOL.

Technically though, I still don't agree. But I'm going to split hairs even more and say that this is EXACTLY flaring and not quite as much like pulling since we didn't technically pull anything...hell, we pushed if anything. But hey, it doesn't really matter. Whatever you choose call it, it's done the way it's done. And to be more specific, what we did first was rolled the fenders (because that was what I did when I first got the wheels a couple years before, although I used a bat at the time because I didn't have the roller yet lol). So the lip is still actually there, just pressed against the inner part. I kinda wish I'd gone back and cut that part out first because it made it harder to flare the fender, AND before we smoothed it with filler you could see where the lip was pressing through the outer layer of metal.

HOLY HELL

 

Gotcha, thanks

I don't mind being 1 of 3 in the country, and/or 1 of 1 on the right coast =P

Are the other guys on the forum?

 

I know of 3 in the UK that are genuine. Originally I didn't like the design, now I think its pretty cool (Especially in white).

 

In the US I know about 10 people with it, much more popular in Japan due to the initial-d fanboys.

 

fendamonky looks awesome dude, also diggin the hood you got there

 

I actually got mine in the UK from FEED Rocket before I moved back to the US

 

Washed, waxed, and wingless now.

 

 

Either way, your car's rear fenders look pretty good. When I did my old Z's fenders, I just had them cut. It freed up a lot more room than just rolling.

Please, please, please take the time to smooth them and finish them like speedjunkie and Sephiroth. I'm tired of seeing beautiful cars with really crappy looking fenders.