Pump My Guards

[SkyHi_33]

... and no, not that kind.

So anyways, I'm getting a respray sometime later in the year and want to do a bit of body work before that. Ive called a few panel beaters and asked about getting my guards pumped out a bit, nothing ridiculous, just a bit out and slightly flared if you know what i mean. However most places said they don't have the tooling to do it or gave me crazy quotes.

Now i don't want to put those fiberglass flares and what not because I don't like them and am not going to be kitting my car, just clean modified look with a nice set of racing light weights to finish her off. So who knows someone that knows what they're doing and can do the job properly?

I don't particularly care about the paint cracking as its already stuffed (hence the respray), I just want the right look and the option of shoving wider rims on it when i take it out around the track.

and, im also considering this as crazy at it looks.. seems to work out for him (im talking about the pole bit mid - end)

[scandyflick]

head to wheeljerx or adelaide tyrepower. if they cant do 'em, they'll know who will.

[Madaz]

gunna need a big mallet to make your car a s14

[SkyHi_33]

lol... permission to paint it matte pink?

[scandyflick]

granted, soldier. *salutes*

[craig R33]

yup,as dave said, wheelworx does'em.

was gonna get my 33 done to run fat *ghey* spacers, but they couldnt guarantee

that the paint wouldnt crack, so i didnt bother.

was a fair decent price from mammary too...

[Luke_ENR34]

If your guards havent been painted before there's a 99% chance it wont crack. As long as they use a hair dryer/heat gun to do it you should be fine.

[SkyHi_33]

ok great, thanks guys.

as i said i dont care about the paint cracking, it doesnt bother me as some of you might have noticed at the dyno day that its in very poor condition and has scratches everywhere. Only thing im worried about is the panel denting above the flare once its done as i don't really want to have to bog it and what not.

Can they do front guards as well? i have a feeling that if they tried it would screw the gaps between door and bonnet as its not the same as rear quarter, its bolted in up front... I might need to get GTR ones and see if they fit.

[Madaz]

If you want gtr guards be prepared to spend 1500-2000$ for a conversion

[nos man]

If you want gtr guards be prepared to spend 1500-2000$ for a conversion

yerpppppp! i just got the fibreglass ones and it fit nicely! and i still got the stock ones incase i have a date with regency

[SkyHi_33]

ouch. thats a lot :S

im not really keen on fiberglass, don't like the vented bits on em and havent found any gtr replica ones (pumped out without vents)

oh well, ill give wheelworx a call and see what they can do for me tommoz.

[DamageInc]

ouch. thats a lot :S

im not really keen on fiberglass, don't like the vented bits on em and havent found any gtr replica ones (pumped out without vents)

oh well, ill give wheelworx a call and see what they can do for me tommoz.

fiberglass up the hole?

thats what id do

vents look toy

[nos man]

ouch. thats a lot :S

im not really keen on fiberglass, don't like the vented bits on em and havent found any gtr replica ones (pumped out without vents)

oh well, ill give wheelworx a call and see what they can do for me tommoz.

what sort of fitment are you going for? is it gonna stick out that much that you have to roll your guards?

[J - Rad]

Let us know how much they charge, I need mine done a little *haha* bit.

[SkyHi_33]

what sort of fitment are you going for? is it gonna stick out that much that you have to roll your guards?

im looking along the lines of 9"-10" wide, but nothing too crazy offset wise. flares most probably wont be needed but.. i also love the looks

wheelworx want $100 per corner with about 12-15mm lip max. thats a lot of lip but bit pricey.

Ive seen another ghetto way of doing them with a car jack.. haha don't know if i got the balls to attempt that or the jap way myself.

fiberglass up the hole?

thats what id do

vents look toy

oh yeh they do! hence why i dislike the guards... looking at viva garage website though, their type M1 doesnt look too hard to glass up. decent price too!

[Madaz]

yeah $100 a corner sounds steep ring up some crash repairers that deal with imports like..

all type crash and other people can name a few

[steveP]

doyles did mine, pulled them out 15mm with a slight lip, $75 a guard.

[Damo_R34]

got pics steve?

[steveP]

im at work, but ill see what i can dig up..

[steveP]