midlineqb Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 On 3/19/2012 at 7:16 PM, Darin Bastedo said: Dan Johnston asked "can you give us a tutorial on how you did the wide body rear?... it looks like you just cut it along the top of the Quarter panel and pulled it apart and filled it with scrap plastic... but how did you pull it apart to creat a gradual arch in the Quarter without cutting it loose from the front or rear " Here ya go Dan... Below is the project that inspired this Question. To fit the Tires I wanted on this build I decided to widen the fenders rather than Tub the chassis and have to cut up the interior and modify the suspension... http://images16.fotki.com/v378/photos/3/106983/10475167/IMG_3800-vi.jpg Well Lucky for Dan I had an extra body laying around so I did it again but this time doing step by step photos. From start to finish, including photography it took 15 minutes. (It took longer to write about it than it did to do it!) 1. Measure. Figure out just how much wider you need this fender to be. The wider it is the longer the cut has to be this particular fender is being widened 4 scale inches. http://images61.fotki.com/v380/photos/3/106983/10475167/IMG_3859-vi.jpg 2. Drill a Pilot hole to start the cut with the razor saw. http://images16.fotki.com/v382/photos/3/106983/10475167/IMG_3860-vi.jpg 3. Mark your cut. If possible try not to cross door lines or other panel lines as this adds to the work later... http://images16.fotki.com/v382/photos/3/106983/10475167/IMG_3861-vi.jpg 4. Start your cut, and try to follow your cut line as straight as possible... http://images60.fotki.com/v662/photos/3/106983/10475167/IMG_3862-vi.jpg 5. Cut a strip of fairly thick plastic. It can be a piece of scrap body or what ever. Cut it to the widtch you are widening the body by. (in this case 4mm) Make sure it's long enough that you can do both fenders with one strip so they are symmetrical. Insert the plastic in the slit and turn it to stretch the fender... http://images51.fotki.com/v278/photos/3/106983/10475167/IMG_3863-vi.jpg 6. You will notice that the fender opening sticks out further at the middle than the ends. To fix this slide the strip down until it is even with the front of the fender opening, then clip it off, and insert the strip again and move it to the other end of the fender opening. This is what gives the stretched fender a pleasing arch. http://images60.fotki.com/v367/photos/3/106983/10475167/IMG_3864-vi.jpg 7. Clip off the rest of the strip, and back the hole with masking tape. http://images60.fotki.com/v370/photos/3/106983/10475167/IMG_3865-vi.jpg 8. Fill hole with medium thick super glue (also called "gap filling") and hit it with accelerator. It should be ready to sand in seconds. http://images60.fotki.com/v361/photos/3/106983/10475167/IMG_3867-vi.jpg Darin, could you repost these pictures? i'd like to see the pictures of this tutorial. Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Great turtorial. As mentioned above it would be great if some one could update with new pictures 🙂 @iamsuperdan you are a moderator right? Is there a way to make a library of these good turtourials? I know on AF forum we also had a lot previously but they get hard to find if not in an section by its own where only turtourials are posted. Also they tend to die when the picture hosting sites no longer get paid for 😕 but that I guess can be sorted with this awesome forums library? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 4 hours ago, Mattilacken said: @iamsuperdan you are a moderator right? Is there a way to make a library of these good turtourials? I know on AF forum we also had a lot previously but they get hard to find if not in an section by its own where only turtourials are posted. Also they tend to die when the picture hosting sites no longer get paid for 😕 but that I guess can be sorted with this awesome forums library? For now, this sub-section of the forum will have to suffice. All the tutorials and tips are here, but it does take some searching sometimes. We've been discussing how to overhaul the main website, so something could happen in the future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Another way to do "widebody" flares in this thread. Scroll down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBorg Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Bill......great method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roncla Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 On 11/17/2022 at 11:42 PM, Mattilacken said: Great turtorial. As mentioned above it would be great if some one could update with new pictures 🙂 @iamsuperdan you are a moderator right? Is there a way to make a library of these good turtourials? I know on AF forum we also had a lot previously but they get hard to find if not in an section by its own where only turtourials are posted. Also they tend to die when the picture hosting sites no longer get paid for 😕 but that I guess can be sorted with this awesome forums library? I saved this article as a pdf back when it was posted but the article wont attach here as pdf. Is there a work around or if anyone is interested I can just screen shot the pages and attach them as jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattilacken Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 8 hours ago, Roncla said: I saved this article as a pdf back when it was posted but the article wont attach here as pdf. Is there a work around or if anyone is interested I can just screen shot the pages and attach them as jpg Would be appreciated if you could ad it in as Jpgs 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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