Guard Flaring

[iruvyouskyrine]

Hey guys,

Bought some new wheels for my 32 gts-t, 18x9.5+23 and +15 they are on brand new 225/40/18 rubber

The +23 go on the front no worries at all, but the +15 on the rear is not even close to fitting haha, the guards need to be flared.

So im after preferably someone in south east SA, but adelaide is fine as well. It doesnt bother me if its a shop or a cash job by someone on here, all i need is the guards flared and to look nice, i understand the paint will probably crack/peel off and thats okay, just as long as the guards are flared well and aren't rippled etc.

Let me know ASAP, thanks!

[Carbon 34]

Really

is it school holidays already!!!! Dont they teach how to read or use a computer !! Read the SA section just about 5 lines down notice the tag line " guard rolling ?"

FFS

Welcome to SA-U

[Tommy Kaira RL]

Ive seen fliggy with his rolled guard lol

[iruvyouskyrine]

Really

is it school holidays already!!!! Dont they teach how to read or use a computer !! Read the SA section just about 5 lines down notice the tag line " guard rolling ?"

FFS

Welcome to SA-U

Yes, it is school holidays in South Australia. Does who teach me to use a computer? I read it, and my guards are rolled, i need them flared.

And thankyou!

[pistol-pete]

you could fit them under your stock guards i rekon if you were prepared to add a few degrees of camber and a narrower tyre

[Carbon 34]

Go figure

Watch the youtube video on how to make flairs on R32

A fellow SA sau made some for her car

(customimports tv )

Add more camber and it just eats up your tyres on the street better yet just buy rims that fit or some widebody fenders?

225 is narrow as fark ??? 18x 245 fit my fronts and 295 fit rears easy 305 would but they cost to much , never hit anything even on full lock ? legal height and proper alignment , offset makes the difference !!

How low is the car ? if its mad low "cause it looks cool " maybe you should bring it up to legal ?? the roads in SA suck to much to run a car super low your just going to eat the parts off the car or loose control when it binds on the bumpstops on the throttle /pothole and flings the car into a tree backwards?

[Big Fella]

So much negativity around here lately

Speak to Hounslow crash down south or try and find a mate who is a panel beater

[SkyHi_33]

Wow bunch of muppets replying in here... half wouldnt know a single thing about running wide wheels.

Dirty Jew (lol) check your pm.

[Marky88]

To be honest if you got nothing positive to say dont say anything at all who cares how low his car is what he runs what he does end of the day its his car mate

[driftnick13]

How low is the car ? if its mad low "cause it looks cool " maybe you should bring it up to legal ?? the roads in SA suck to much to run a car super low your just going to eat the parts off the car or loose control when it binds on the bumpstops on the throttle /pothole and flings the car into a tree backwards?

really? do you work for our government/police?

[rad100]

man the offset and wheel police have been trolling here lately.

contact brad monks on facebook (worked at all type crash)

he does some work.

[Carbon 34]

Gee ive never had offset or flaired gaurds , old cars always had to be flaired !!!

We couldnt get rims back then without mad dish!!

Grow up some of have had the experience of wheels ripping a fender off or a fender cutting a tire in half when you floor it on old big block cars squating down

I can tell you how to flair in metal, fiberglass, carbon, cardboard and bog, or jeep cj 5 rubber flairs screwed on , or baseball bat rollout flair , ghetto to show car

So i'll leave it to all you" know it alls "to f**k up or "pay someone cause you have no skills except keyboard warrior

[JETURBO]

experiance means bugger all did'nt u know that bass addict lol.

anyone in adelaide had experiance in pumping guards .........this should be intresting hahahah

[Carbon 34]

Thanks jet, im sure the ford on slicks would squat a fair bit to hook up

try a datto 1200 coupe with 12" tall narrow bike rims stock going to z car scca trans am spec dish , it took a lot of flair to bring it up to race spec slicks 10" wide on front and rears , all dish

Ramming rear tyres into gaurds can lock them up , what happen when the rear tyres lock when you jam up the handbrake , it goes backwards in split second unless you know car control ( not part of aussie driving test ) or the skills of a lot of drivers

Silly thing is khali ( customtv )did her 32.4 rear guards and its on youtube as i pointed out ?? not saying anything about quality but its functional and at least she stepped up to do her own !!

But if not drop the keys off and pay someone to do it , anyone can do that if you have money !!

[SkyHi_33]

Looks like i sparked some debate

Excuse the wording in my original reply, but come on, bit harsh on new people guys... Troy, i know you've had your fair share from previous posts over last few years I've read on here but that doesn't mean you should put people getting in to cars down for it. The guy wouldn't be asking if he was well full ready and capable of doing it himself... yes there's the search function, yes there's probably another 3 threads about it in the first few pages but hes probably excited about his new wheels and wanted a quick straight up answer, cant blame him for that. Could have just put a link up for him and left it at that.

As far as the experience of wheels/tyres tearing off, obviously made the mistake once and learned from it, how about telling him how to do it properly then instead of name calling, having a go at him and preaching about legalities. And btw, I mean to say this in the nicest way possible, I dont mean to offend but seriously theres nothing positive on these forums anymore.

As far as your link suggestion goes, I don't even want to start... ill leave it at that.

Ive PM'd him asking for some details so I can point him in the right direction as to what he needs done. Every car is different and every wheel size/offset/tyre is different in its application so for all we know without seeing where hes at, is he might need a small pull on the guard, better tyre option and a slight tweak to the suspension... having a few threads about it is probably a good thing as it covers a variety of fitments and solutions, one guy having his wheels fitted in one way might not work for someone else with a different car.

As for people being smart, I leave you with this...

18x12 -4, 265/35 1.8deg camber on r33 gtst guards pulled, shaped and flared 30mm. No fiberglass, no plastic, no cutting, no welding, no negative million camber and most importantly no scrubbing, rubbing or hitting under full compression. (And also because that car is now stripped in pieces, and I miss it, and I want to post photos of it )

Enjoy.

Edited April 21, 2012 by SkyHi_33

[Carbon 34]

Thanks mate ,im not the post nazi lol just pmt during school holidays

I love dish and flairs , wish i could run massive width and crossfactory widebody my car , i hate ADR rules and how they get promoted while crims run the street

(but seems to be a bit better maybe its just me)

and promote people doing something to cars that is unique and not follow the sheep on cosmetic mods

And had friends who hacked up cars and nearly die from the mistakes of lowered car versus no bumpstops or room for tyres to move up

Every car is different config but in the end the pricipal result is the same when

Tyres hit the end of travel rapidly on a solid object

I guess i thought he sounded like a guard roll not a flair job , and guard roll was still only a few lines down

My apologies if i offended Blacks, jews, whites, asians, krishy, dogs, cats, car nuts , pizza lovers ( deep dish) and any gays , lesbians and anyone else may have missed lol

And you should keep your car , the love for it wont vanish ( thinks about all the cars i wish i still had :-( )

[DSTROY]

Post up some pics of before and after if you end up getting it done. Thinking of going 17x10's on mine as i think my 9.5's look a bit soft.

[bigmikespec]

If anyone has any experience I was thinking of going 18X11.5 rims with zero offset. It would require widening of he guards front and rear on a R33 GTR... if someone can suggest a good body shop to do the modifications?

[iruvyouskyrine]

Haha, well this got serious. Thankyou SkyHi_33 for bringing some sense into this.

I have some photos here of the wheels,

I have borrowed a guard roller off my mate, and will have a crack at rolling the guards tomorrow and hopefully they will flare a slight bit as well, if they dont fit then i will get someone else to have a look at it.

This is with stock struts and springs in, i will be putting my coilovers back in afterwards, and (hopefully) have it siting fairly low, the guard about 10-20mm above the rim if possible, if not i will have it higher.

It's not as bad as a first thought, with a bit of camber and a slight flair with the roller i think i should just be able to squeeze it under there

Will report back tomorrow with how the guard roller went

Also, that 33 is pretty much perfection! I would LOVE for my guards to look like that, but i just wouldnt have the skill to do it haha, was that achieved using a dolly and hammer set?

Thanks all!

[rad100]

this is mine with 18x9.5 +15 all round 235/40/18

all i have done is lowered it.

and this was a small flare i started with.