Wide Body or Fendor Pull?
04-26-12, 01:03 PM
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Wide Body or Fendor Pull?
I am wondering which would be the best method to get more fitment on an old FB, widebody or fendor pull? I am quite scared to try pulling the fendors due to my 7 being previously painted with cheap paint that has began to chip and peel along the rust holes at the bottom of my fendors. Also I have been unable to find any wide body kits, I was thinking about one with hardware showing.
10-23-12, 06:59 AM
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I think it would be a matter of money, don't you think? Wide body seems like it would be a lot more money rather than the cost of getting your fenders pulled.
10-23-12, 02:29 PM
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Sounds like you talked yourself out of widening the fenders. There are cheap widebody kits, and then there are poorly executed fender pulls/rolls. It really depends on your budget. And how much you're willing to deal with a rusty fender. Don't worry about the current paint since you need to paint again regardless.
10-23-12, 11:48 PM
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Or you can just add fender flares like on my car, they gave me am extra inch and a half of space.
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10-26-12, 09:22 PM
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It all depends on what you are doing with the car... Do you need that extra 1/2", are you wanting to run 8" 9" 12" wide wheels? Its a big difference between fender pull, flares, and wide body. What works best should be more important than just looks. Imho.
10-30-12, 09:28 PM
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Personally, I like this wide body kit -> RX-7 FD3S Specialty Parts Online Shop - Auto-Style USA - Japan Car Parts JDM Parts
11-05-12, 02:22 PM
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For a little extra room I guess a pull and a roll are good but once you get to a point it will look hacked. Wide body is the correct way to do it IMO if you need more than an inch or so.
11-06-12, 12:43 PM
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Really depends on your taste. Fender pull will maintain the body's original body lines while providing a much more aggressive stance. Wide body almost makes the eye forget what the stock body looked like and just view it as a wide car. I prefer fender pull IMO.
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Old 240z flares can be made to fit the fb fairly easily. Here is a link to a few of them.
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11-12-12, 01:16 PM
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Find someone with a fender puller and roll and pull the fenders 
body kits look ew in my opinion most of the time. It juust gnarly in a good way haha plus, like someone posted, if it's budget, pull them. Daily =pulled fenders.
body kits look ew in my opinion most of the time. It juust gnarly in a good way haha plus, like someone posted, if it's budget, pull them. Daily =pulled fenders.
11-13-12, 06:42 PM
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I've also been asking myself the same question. I have a wide body kit and although I have the kit I believe that to accent the natural attributes of the FB I think that fender flares are the way to go. Fender flares add that aggressive stance without compromising the functionality that a widebody kit I feel would. My widebody kit is fiberglass and it has its advantages such as it is repairable where as a kit of duraflex isn't so unless you like using zip-ties.
