E46 flare on e36 m3

[dallas02E39]

Boat trailer fenders?

No, I hand fabricated them. They are rough copies of the E46 M3 GTR

http://www.zercustoms.com/photos/Vid...rburgring.html

[jakermac]

That's really great fab work.

[dallas02E39]

That's really great fab work.

I wish I knew how to make molds of them for fiberglass/carbon versions. I'm heading to NASA GT3 next year so spares for any incidental contact would be great and remaking them is too many hours of work.

[Mas280]

The original version of the fender mod is documented here.

http://vorshlag.smugmug.com/Projects...62789787_xtf5T

The picture below shows the new version of the front fenders I made last winter. The 285's stick out so much it I wanted to aero cover them and blend them into the front end I made. They are all steel. I'm going to some similar aero mods the rear fenders. Sorry for the thread jack but not far off topic!

Dave-

No problem, I hope it helps make it easy for others to do the same. I used post like this to help me with my mods.

Mike

Ready for paint today and then put the car back together.



Not the best picture but under side of rear. The inner metal was stretched to clear the tire and meet the new fender.

[aussiebj]

I like it .....well done

[jakermac]

That looks awesome. I wish I had a buddy that was a bodyman. Otherwise this type of work can be rather expensive.

[sjpgoalie]

I really like this car.

[ClayMan]

Hey, how much camber are you running in that picture there, both front and back? I also run square, wide, wheels and I'm thinking of doing just the E46 fenders in the rear to maintain some visual balance. (It looks like with a "sport" alignment on square tires / wheels there's a lot more fender room in the front than back)

[badmonkey]

More LSx conversion info?

[jeremy5000]

Yes I will have them listed soon. They have 255/40/17 nt01 tires on them

I may be interested in them...

[Mas280]

Hey, how much camber are you running in that picture there, both front and back? I also run square, wide, wheels and I'm thinking of doing just the E46 fenders in the rear to maintain some visual balance. (It looks like with a "sport" alignment on square tires / wheels there's a lot more fender room in the front than back)

I am running 3* in this picture. It is close but still needs more room. I took out the camber when we fitted the fenders to the new tires to make sure it clears in street trim.

More LSx conversion info?

Take a look at the link below.

http://www.norotors.com/index.php?topic=3464.0

I may be interested in them...

I will have them listed in a few days. 17x9 with 255/40/17 NT01 tires $900

[Pink]

Are you rubbing on the rear bumper? Front looks totally natural. Well done.

[lowside67]

These are also E46 flares on my car with a square 18x9.5 setup with 285-30-18 Hoosiers.

Starting at post 17 is how we did the flares on mine:
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...d.php?t=969366

Mark

[Mas280]

Car now with the 285/30/18 tires. Also in street trim with camber taken out.

[ClayMan]

I am running 3* in this picture. It is close but still needs more room. I took out the camber when we fitted the fenders to the new tires to make sure it clears in street trim.

Hey sorry, so back to that pre-flare picture again, that was -3* in the front and less in the back I presume? How much?

[Fair]

To really get the benefit you have to cut the inner fender layer as high as the out metal. We removed the shock and spring and bottomed the tire up into the fender to check clearance. You can sort of see where we had to cut slices in the inner fender to alter the arc. Much more work but allows the lower ride height with room for compression. In the one shot of the tire there is still around 1 1/2" above the tire until it rubs.

Yep yep... you don't get any additional bump travel in the rear until you cut out the inner sheet metal. What Dave says about removing the spring and bottoming the suspension is the only way to test at full bump travel...



When you've cut enough metal out of the way to bottom the shock, and still have ~1/2" to the tire, then you have clearanced enough. Do this front and back. Then add your flare. This clearancing work is by far the most time consuming step to perform.



Getting the multiple sheets of inner fender liner structure tied back together, and then getting those water tight... yea, that's some WORK. Lots of patience, little pieces of steel patch panels welded over the gap, lots of insulation catching fire, all of the interior has to be removed and a spray bottle used to put out the constant flare-ups, etc. Welding or glassing on the actual flare on is sort of the easiest part of doing flares.

Or you can do it the easy way - just stretch the rear out a little, avoid the fuel door area, slap a flare over the tire enough to cover it, and then make it look pretty. This limits you ride height, full suspension travel, real streetability.

Good luck,

[slitz]

great work and your car is amazing! Perfect setup




Did you price out (time/money) the difference in making your own flares? It sucks to cut up a brand new set of flares if you can make your own for less.

[Mas280]

I took my car to ThunderHill Tuesday to test the new tires. This is the 1st time to run TH backwards so it took time to learn. I went out with my Friends car 1993 RX7 racecar 2500lb and 530 rwhp 427 lsx.

No problems at all with my tires rubbing at all. I was very happy with the larger tires on the car, just what I needed.

http://www.norotors.com/index.php?ac...ach=9902;image






1st run learning the track.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlCAuab8jzM[/ame]

[thedizzle]

Nice work! Car sounds amazing. Upgrade those brakes!

[Mas280]

Nice work! Car sounds amazing. Upgrade those brakes!

Yes, I need a big brake kit.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z0XCkJyxqI[/ame]

[boriksh]

fenders look nice. good work.

[canisM3]

omg your car is so sexy. I can't wait to get mine up to thunder hill, need to do my rear subframe bushings and diff bushings first, next week i'll be attacking that Hope to see your car there, do you auto-x ?

[Maynor]

I think I found my next set of wheels. I remember you said 18x10 square set up right? Are you running any front/rear spacers?

[ClayMan]

Can you share your camber settings (both front and rear) in your final setup and pictures?

[hhw711]

Anyone running more than 285 front and rear?