Are there any fender flares for the FD other then mazdaspeed ones? Pics would be great to.

 

I have a similar question: Does the 3-rotor RX-7 on the cover of the new turbo mag have custom flares?

 

What month? (Gonna guy out and buy it now if it has a 3 totor FD in it!)

 

it's pettit 3-rotor..and pettit flares

 

yeah, you can get those rear flares from pettit. The only thing I dont' like about those flares is that one fo thme covers half of the gas lid. If they were molded into the body adn they covered up those rivets, then it would look pretty badass.

Would anyone happen to know how far the mazdaspeed flares come out?

I'm looking for huge flares. The biggest I can get. Becasue fender flares can never be too big

 

ill provide da pics

 

 

 

now those are insane

 

TpCpLaYa is always the hookup for any FD pics you could possibly want. You're pic collection is truely amazing man!

 

why thank you....i like it too! eye candy ALL day long

 

I've got tons of Pettit fender flare pics, here's a couple good ones.....

 

And blended in......

 

another......

 

Thanks for the pics guys.

Are there any other besides the pettit and the mazdaspeed?

 

LOL, man the Pettit limo looks sooo photoshopped. I bet if I saw that in real life I'd still think it was photoshopped.

 

believe those are the only fender flares but there are a bunch of wide body kits from japan you could try if you really want the wide fender look

 

I heard that if you have the flares molded in they will crack eventually.

 

if you blend fiberglass to metal it will crack eventually. If a body shop tells you it won't they are lieing. Somebody should take the fenders and have them made out of sheet metal and welded to the car.

 

Wow, nice shot of Dewain's car. He's is, or was, a Florida RX7 club member. Raced the car at Daytona, was closing in on the leaders, and got bumped by a slower car into the infield where the car suffered some damage to the Pettit GTC front copy. I "heard" that he sold the car not too long ago, which was a shame as it was set up quite nicely.

There are a number of over fenders, front and rear, from Japanese RX7 tuners. I know PanSpeed has a set for the front and I think for the rear too. Many however, just do the entire front 1/4 panel, like the later PanSpeed stuff or the RE Amemiya AD-GT kit.
Michel

 

Anybody know exactly as to why they crack?

 

2 reasons. First the bond beteen fiberglass and metal is weak. The metal panels on your car can flex with the frame, fiberglass doesn't flex so well. It's the fact the metal is flexing and the fiberglass is not, it puts all the stress on the joint. Or the epoxy is stronger than the fiberglass so when flexing occurs the crack happens above the seem.

If people are going to make them out of fiberglass they need to make them fit perfectly and have the mounting brakets underneath, so you can't see them. If I remember correctly didn't peter ferral have metal fender flares on his boosted miata. I though I heard a shop in va made them. Although I don't know how to work with sheet metal I wouldn't think a fender flare would be a hard project for someone in that line of work.

 

banzai2.jpg looks best IMO

 

Bad FD.

 

What kit is this Directfreak ?