I just spent a day flaring my front fenders and wondering if anyone else has done this? The paint cracked considering how much I had to pull/flare it and I ended up just repainting both front fenders. I used paint matched and canned in a aerosol and a urethane clear. It turned out pretty good and matches perfectly.

For those wondering, I used both the bat method then a eastwood fender roller to get a even, smooth flare. It took about 1-2 hours each fender just to flare it and another 3-4 hours(including dry time) to paint them to match the rest of the car.

It cost me $25 for the fender roller rental, and $50 in canned paint including a high quality clear.

Just thought it might be an alternative to buying aftermarket fenders. Enjoy! Feedback of any sort appreciated.


Just realized I may have posted this in the wrong section. Mods please move if need be. Sorry!

 

Not bad at all.. have you taken any measurements to see how much more clearance it gave you? How does it look on the inside, and do you now have the issue of how to attach the fender liner?

 

Looks great... pulling and flaring can give up to 15mm from what ive seen and wheel specs ive tried...(i could be wrong on measurements, but you can deff get some more aggressive offsets and sizes)

 

I will get some detailed measurements tomorrow afternoon.

The fender liner tabs on the fender are still intact, but they're bent all the way back leaving only enough space to use a zip tie to attach the liner. The center of the fender liner does sag a bit and sadly there isn't a 3rd tab TDC. The only thing I can foresee doing at this point is cutting a small section out of the liner on the outside facing edge so it's not visible when the car is sitting under it's own weight.

The inner surface of the fender is what you'd expect after having the fender lips rolled flat then pulled up and out slightly.

 

How about some shots of the full car from the side. I want to see those fat nt-03's.

 

+1 Please show us some pictures of the whole car from the front and side.

 

You know... its possible (and I hope) he is doing this so he can fit more rubber under the car, not so he can get wheels with a terrible fitment


OP, thats a really good looking job. Most of the time when I see people who have done that it turns out uneven and terrible looking. It almost looks good enough to think you used filler and sanding paper to smooth it back out and everything. VERY uniform looking. Good job!

 

I personally don't like the look but its not my car so...

 

Here are some pics of the car from the front/side.

There is one small section on the passenger and driver side fenders where I needed to use a bit of filler from a previous dent I couldn't get to come out.(It was already filled before by someone and noticed only after the filler started to crack) Also after doing this, I've learned to spend a little extra money next time when I get the car painted. Some of the stuff I found was not very pleasing.....

As far as deciding to this from the start, I didn't. I inspected the fenders before rolling them and noticed some cracks, unpainted and filled areas around and inside the fender arches. I decided if rolling them made it worse I would try my best to make these fenders use able in someway so it doesn't justify replacing fenders just yet. Eventually I will get the front Feed fenders and may or may not do a rear flare. Anyway, that's when it hit me that flaring the front may look cool and unique so I committed myself and started to do it. In the end, I'm not 100% pleased with the way it turned out but it will do for the time being. I'm starting to build up my suspension so the less money I spend elsewhere, the better.

Ok. Pics!

 

A rough estimate is that the flare allowed approximately 10-12mm more space from just a rolled fender alone. Not sure if it's entirely worth it but I did this an experiment originally so...

 

Stock rolled fenders fit 285/30/18s...... what size tires are you running up front now?

What are the size rims/offset you have?

18x10 or 18x10.5 +50mm are the perfect max offset for the fronts.... and rear if you want the same tire size.

 

Running 18x9.5 +40 with 255/35/18 tires on all 4 corners. This was more of an experiment rather than a solution to clearing more aggressive wheel set ups.