count me in for a set

 

I got a call from the shipping company. The fenders are in Denver. They will be delivered tomorrow! And with any luck, I'll be posting pics on here tomorrow night! I have to warn you now, my camera isn't the greatest, but it should get the job done.

 

Alright guys, here is what you've been waiting for. I test fit the passenger side fender. I haven't put the driver's side on yet, but you should get the idea.

Once again, Shine has made a bananas product for our FDs. The fit (from what I've seen on the passenger side) is impeccable. Keep in mind, the wheels and tires I'm using right now are pretty wide for the front. 18x10+38 wearing a 285/35. My stock fenders were within a fingertip of the tire.

One thing about these fenders that I think I'll change is cutting the lip off the inside, do you think there will be a problem with structural rigidity or anything like that if I do this Ken? Would there be a problem with it holding up if the tire contacts the fender?

I tried to jack up the wheel so it would mimic what it would look like when the car is down, but it didn't get very high before lifting the car itself.

Don't mind the dirty car and messy garage lol. It was funny though, when I got home today and met the delivery guy, his jaw dropped when I opened the garage and he got a look at mine and my roommate's FDs lol.














I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I personally would like them to be a little wider so I can move the front wheels out more, but for widebody fenders these are DAMN NICE and they fit perfectly! Not to mention they will allow my front wheels to not rub as they are now, so these will definitely serve the purpose. Ken, you think you could make some 30mm+ fenders? LOL

 

Is it wrong to say these are not "Sanai Type" fenders but rather original ShineAutoProject Fenders. The Sanai fenders do not look like that. If thats the case congrats to shine on the original fenders.

 

The thread was originally for Sanai replicas. These are a Shineautoproject custom design though, wider stock fenders that are similar to FEED in shape, but keeping the original fender vent.

 

I figured but just wasn't sure if Sanai had another set I hadn't seen yet. Its great to see Shine make their own bespoke product.

 

VERY nice.

FINALLY, somebody offers wider fenders with out trying to restyle a perfect design. Just the same, only wider. Some burnout-like steel rears that likewise don't restyle with extra creases, etc. would complete the package.

 

Thank you for the pictures, they help a lot.

A question, it looks like the fenders have "lips" on the inside? Can this lip be removed? If removed would it make the fender flex?

 

Would be easy enough to fill it during the prep work before paint.

 

I think it would be cool and good for his business if he made his own whole body kit and other stuff like that. I'd be interested to see what he could come up with, and if I liked it, I'd definitely buy it. The quality of Shine's products is simply amazing, and I have no doubt that if he made a kit, it would sell like crazy.

I would love some rear fender flares to match, except I don't want to attach pieces to fenders, I'd rather swap the whole thing like the front. I just have concerns about drilling holes and using rivets, and/or molding it to the body. That's why I just flared the hell out of my stock rear fenders.

They do have a lip. I was planning on cutting it off too in order to make even more room for the tires, and my roommate (who does body work) said we could just add a few layers of fiberglass to the underside of the fender to make it stronger.

What are you talking about filling? Just adding FG to the fender like I'm talking about?

 

Hey Eric,

You can definitely trim the inner lip and you "should" trim it. Leave about 1/4 of inch for structural integrit. Otherwise the area will flex, which might be or might not be a good thing.

 

if you trim it... you should be able to pull it out 5mm more ... just as I calculated

I discussed with my team before we started the project about whether we should provide a 20mm wide front fender or a 25mm.. 25mm wouldve been a much easier project because the feed fenders are already 25mm. However, we wanted to create something that would work well for those who wished to flare their rears and for those who didn't. I think 30mm wide front is too aggressive for the general market.

We do have plans on producing our own front bumper/front lip combination some day as well as a rear diffuser. I think we have a strong understanding of what the FD market is looking for.

Ken

 

Feel free to use my 2nd FD as your demo car!

These fenders look pretty awesome imo!

Please reply to my PM when you get a chance, no rush

Cheers

 

I saw these being made when I was picking up my diffuser

These are going to be huge. Congrats to Shine in advance.

 

I think they mean these lips. If you trim these you'll have a huge gap between the panels won't you?

Unless those aren't actually lips and are white residue left over from a paper covering or something?

 

Ok good, I'll trim all but 1/4". I was wondering about leaving a little.

Oh OK, I gotcha. Yeah 30mm is probably too much for everyone in general, and you have to please the masses lol. 30mm would DEFINITELY be too wide for someone that didn't flare the rears.

That's great news on the body kit! Can't wait to see it!

Those aren't really lips, they're just little ridges that need to be sanded off.

I meant to ask you about that Ken, I should just sand those down right? That's what it seems like to me. And just out of curiosity, what is that from?

 

Those "ridges" look like the run around the entire fender. Getting them level with the rest of the fender surface will take hours then the fender will have to be primered, blocked and primered again then wet sanded before painting. Those ridges could turn a easy job into a tough one.

 

It wouldn't be too bad, the whole fender will require a decent amount of prep work before they see any primer

 

I'd hope those aren't indents. They'd look retarded if so.

 

I'm curious about those edges as well.

thewird

 

They could be just where the moulds separate, leaving a ridge to be sanded off. Its hard to tell in the pics.

 

complicated parts are usually made from multi-piece molds. Multi-piece molds are necessary because the mold needs to be dissambeled in order to pull the manufactured part out of the mold. The lines or ridges across the perimeter of the part represent the section where the molds are split. Keep in mind... usually the molds are split. The fenders are still made as one piece. split lines are often left behind on urethane parts as well

the ridges can be sanded down with 100 grit sand paper in 10-15min max per fender and since you will be needing to sand down the whole fender anyways before your first coat of primer the ridges won't make a significant difference in terms of added labor. Every complicated FRP part made from multi-piece molds have split lines. Some manufacturers sand them down, some don't. Since our parts are black, sanding down the split lines will leave patch of grayish sand marks roughly 3-4 inches wide and it will pretty much look like a mess. JDM parts usually have a white gel coat surface so they can get away with sanding the split lines as the sand marks are white and the whole part is white, so the sand marks blend in well and the finished product looks ok. But if you look closely, you will see sand marks in areas where there was a split line. But it doesn't matter as you have to sand down the whole part anyways.

 

Ok cool, I didn't think it was a big deal. Thanks for the explanation Ken! My roommate does body work and he said we can sand those down in no time.

 

shine just wondering since you havent replyed back to my pm yet about going about ordering these with that package shipment whats going on please get back to me i would love to get these

 

hello i really would like to get a set before my car rolls into the paint booth