"natural" Guard Flaring!

[Nav2k]

rears have only been flared.

fronts qauters resprayed

[dori34]

^ looking good nav

[Roy]

Looks like lots of the cars that have had rolled and flared guards to make way for larger rims still stick skinny little tyres on them? I am looking to do it in a quest to get 235/40/17s comfortably on the front and 255/40/17s on the back. Catch is they are semi slick sizes so more like 245 and 265 street tyres

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

Looks like lots of the cars that have had rolled and flared guards to make way for larger rims still stick skinny little tyres on them?

exactly!

[Nav2k]

^ looking good nav

thanks mate

Looks like lots of the cars that have had rolled and flared guards to make way for larger rims still stick skinny little tyres on them? I am looking to do it in a quest to get 235/40/17s comfortably on the front and 255/40/17s on the back. Catch is they are semi slick sizes so more like 245 and 265 street tyres

it all depends on ur offset and width of ur tyres.

no point talking about tyre size without that.

[BHDave]

Looks like lots of the cars that have had rolled and flared guards to make way for larger rims still stick skinny little tyres on them? I am looking to do it in a quest to get 235/40/17s comfortably on the front and 255/40/17s on the back. Catch is they are semi slick sizes so more like 245 and 265 street tyres

credit to matt mead for the photo.

the front is a 235/45 re55 on a 17x9 +25 rim. gtr front guards ftw. I reckon i could fit 255/40's up front easily. I actually did the gtr guards specifically so i could fit more than a 215/45 semi.

the rear is a 235/45 re55 on a 17x9 +35 rim. They fit under the rolled guards.I added about an inch flare so i could run the 9.5 +15 NS01's for street originally but have been considering a 255/40 with the other pair of 17x9 +25 rims for track as the current rears are pretty much shot.

hope that helps some

[SABBAi]

Above looks nice. 1" flair is huge. I'm guessing you had t orepaint that afterwards?

I'm looking at bringing a guard out by 5mm to cover some bigger rims. I'd rather a pumped look rather than a fine edge lip. Is this possible?? I'm guessing it should be as it's only 5mm...

[BHDave]

yeah, 5mm is pretty easy to get. You just keep the roller closer to vertical rather than angle the head as you do for a flare.

I haven't painted yet and it needs a bit of tlc before that happens as the shape of the flare isn't perfectly smooth but the panel hasn't kinked and the paint is good everywhere except right at the lip where the panel is folded back on itself.

[SABBAi]

my old car I rolled the guards with 3 generously proportioned mates and a peice of steam pipe jammed between the wheel and the guard. I drove backwards and forwards. It worked a treat! However, the paint was a little worse for wear.

Thanks for the info on pumping the gurad out 5mm. My guess is that it shouldn't need paint afterwards for such a small increase??

[BHDave]

if you heat the paint up properly you should be fine

[SABBAi]

cool. thanks for your advice Dave. Much appreciated.

[Craved]

still no shots of a flared R33 guard.

and none from the thread starter