"overfenders, do you regret them" thread
 

Ultimately:

Is it worth molesting perfectly stock metal, for the sake of baller wheels.

Best mod ive done, on both my cars, wider track more room for wheels and tire and most importantly the look lol. Just make sure its done well, rewelded and not cut too high without reinforcement.


Also make sure there baller or at least extra "funktional" wheels

yeaaaahhh... but,

koguchi and all the heroes did it with out,

I feel like overfenders are more part of american style.

I dig overfenders when you need them to accomodate 18x11+'s.

If you have mint rear fenders, keep it OEM pulled.

BTW, how's the best S13's thread, Kalypso? :)

whuttt, but koguchi makes the illest overfenders ever dude.

if they are mint, keep em. 99.9% of wheels will come and go, but once u cut up fresh metal u are never going to have that rear 1/4 panel work.... realistically.

i cannot forsee myself going widebody until the 1/4 panels get fubar'd. with wider wheels/wide tires, u need other "things" too. on the power i'm making (or lack there of) i doubt i'd be able to spin 11s or 12s with reasonable rubber, no matter how ill they would look =(

(i'm on 10.5 stock metal now)

I wanted overfenders for quite a while, but lack of funds meant I couldn't go ahead (painting would of killed me). In the long run, I'm happy I stuck with flared stock metal. Its so hard to get fiberglass looking perfect.

"Pulls" are the worst ever.

Regret dont do it

:hyper:

:wan:

Because in Japan it isn't street legal to have widened fenders. :l101:

cry me a 1990 $400 japanese coupe stock fender purist river

that thread should be limited to certain people being allowed to post.

i hate doing a long post of awesome cars and then seeing some idiot post his veilside hatchback on steelies

disagree................

With other cars (like my FD) there's a good reason to avoid overfenders - the stock body already 'looks' aggressive/wide... these cars look better with stock bodies lightly rolled and pulled.

With my S13 and later S14, the wide fenders make the car. I ran 18x10 +0 / 18x12 +0 and made the body to fit with modded Dmax rears and modded AIT fronts, and it came out aggressive as fuck. There's certainly something to be said for a clean stock body car, but I was extremely pleased with how wild and unique mine was (neither of which can be had with stock fenders).

If I had a pristine S-chassis and wanted to keep my wheels/tires around 9.5", I'd certainly do what Wayne did and run a little roll and pull for the super clean look - his car looks fantastic. Since most S-chassis cars are beat, people have no problem spending ~$200 on some nice clean fenders. My problem is with people that run overfenders, then spacers to get their craptastic 18x8 et35 wheels to meet the fenders - like Koguchi did. That shit is homo and rice IMO.

on my second hatch i figured why not im down for some fat ass rims in the back so i cut the rear fenders and put on some over fenders. At first it seemed pretty sick that you can fit extremely huge rims but when it was all said and done i was very unhappy with it. It just makes the car look like a POS cause you can see the shinny fiberglass fenders. I dont think its worth it unless the car is strictly track, if so then beat it to shit who cares.
just do a clean roll and pull then call it a day.

There's a thing called paint. It makes those shiny fiberglass fenders look just like the rest of the car.

My attempt to save this thread - this is with three shades of flat black, unfinished bodywork (rush to get to trackday), but shows what purposeful widebody looks like. Car was in an accident shortly thereafter, never finished it.
http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/...OF0bEIw/11.jpg

http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/...A/IMG_7535.jpg

http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/...A/IMG_7319.jpg

http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/...gnt1iOQ/36.jpg

http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/...05598?download

http://public.bay.livefilestore.com/...05586?download

Shut the fuck up.

I'm not sure who's side you're trying to benefit.

You win the thread.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2dw6uk2.jpg

I hate it too, but

real recognize real. we cant stop others from posting... but i do drop a cool bomb once a while.

and so do you.... zilvia still doesnt have anything like that thread.

it would be better on this formus.

ya... and For type-X... I can see the stock fenders being a bonus.

it seems to flow better.

Kanagaroo shit with macaroni wheels and a folgers exhaust would be better here than there. Not that that's saying much.

In any event if you are thinking you might regret it, you probably will... and for some 2006 lingo "real talk homie".

http404:Paint not found....

Is anyone else getting this damned error???

Boo overfenders.
http://i44.tinypic.com/szxt2p.jpg

brutal :rofl:

Showing that the lines compliment the car, looks aggressive, and not like a mid 90s shitbox like the stock S14 does. I don't give a shit what any of these guys do lol. I love that car's lines.

Love you. Wayne's been giving me shit about flat black for years now.

Not usually a fan of overfenders... a good pull is best IMO

i did it because it looked like 2 people backed into my car at the same time on each side. But 30s not 50mm

I think there are cars that look good both ways...

But I feel like I would hate fiberglass front fenders. Always getting notched and broken by the tires rubbing.

If I ever go widebody, I'll be having custom metal front fenders made. Really.

I don't mind the fiberglass front fenders I have (which are wider, duh) but I wish someone would design some impact absorbent mounting hardware for them.