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Postby 16bit » Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:45 pm

i spose you are right. if you end up dumping it in the weeds then it might be a problem but if not then no problem.
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Postby sliq » Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:52 pm

JSE wrote:how much does it generally cost to get guards rolled?


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Postby sliq » Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:54 pm

crikey, cf! let's hope they never somehow crack and shred ur car and tyres to pieces :shock:
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Postby 16bit » Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:55 pm

its a carbon top layer so still has the impact resistance of fibre glass which is a bit better then cf.
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Postby Adam_NAclubman » Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:00 pm

Did you take any photos while fitting the flares? How much of the guard did you have to cut out, did you have to do anything about a gap between inner and outer guards etc?

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Postby 16bit » Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:16 pm

no pics of the cutting. on the front you just cut the outer guards and a bit of the plastic inners. on the rear you have to cut both inner and outer metal guards. you basically leave trace down about 1.5 inches from the outside of the flares and cut around that.
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Postby Adam_NAclubman » Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:22 pm

So you didnt have to join the metal outer and inner guards?

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Postby 16bit » Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:28 pm

not yet. I am going to work on a sollution for that one. being as the car will be off the road for the next 5 months it should give me some time.
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Postby Adam_NAclubman » Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:04 pm

Cool, keep us updated :)

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Postby RG.net » Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:00 pm

looking good :) i was tossing up the idea of flares, but i dont really like the look on the nb's for some reason. i prefer the massive camber look, each to their own though.
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Postby Muzdaman » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:13 pm

They look nice 16bit. What tyres are you running? I'll be looking for something a bit wider for my 8's when my azenis are dead.

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Postby 16bit » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:42 am

toyo r1r in 205/50/15.
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