Fat Brian Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 What is the best way to mount custom fiberglass style fenders over the rear wheels of a semi, should they be attached to the frame or to the axles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astroracer Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Attach them to the frame. On a model it doesn't really matter but in real life anything attached to the axles will take a beating. Brackets will break and fenders will vibrate. Not something you want in a 1:1 so keep it real on a scale one. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petetrucker07 Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Hope these pics help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonidas Posted July 12, 2016 Share Posted July 12, 2016 Dang, those fenders are slick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Brian Posted July 13, 2016 Author Share Posted July 13, 2016 Okay, thank you. I painted my frame before getting the fender mounts made so I'm trying to come up with something that won't require a repaint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petetrucker07 Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) Okay, thank you. I painted my frame before getting the fender mounts made so I'm trying to come up with something that won't require a repaint. Get you some small styrene angle. Glue that to the frame, carefully brush it a color that matches whatever color the frame is. Then make the light bars like I did, paint that whatever color you like, glue those to the angle then glue yor fenders to the light bars. Here's a pic of 2 sets of light bar/fender mounts I made. Here's a pic of the same style fenders, but on my Prostar. Mounted the same way. Here's my little 359, a cut up set of double hump fenders, mounted the same way I recommended. Edited July 13, 2016 by Petetrucker07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Though Clayton's idea might be stolen for my custom Ford , this is the way I mounted my fenders on it, just 4 pieces of aluminum tubing and some careful drilling and a little carefully placed gel superglue. And yes, that was done after painting, and the frame is painted with $20 a can Rustoluem Colorshift paint, so you can just imagine how nervous I was taking a drill bit to a $20 paint job! This is before I bit the bullet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Okay, thank you. I painted my frame before getting the fender mounts made so I'm trying to come up with something that won't require a repaint.What if you foil the bracket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Brian Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 Matt, that's exactly what I was thinking about doing with some bits of paperclip or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Matt, that's exactly what I was thinking about doing with some bits of paperclip or something. Glad I could help Brian, and I think I'm going to try the same to make some mounts to try something like Clayton's setup for mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Brian Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 Glad I could help Brian, and I think I'm going to try the same to make some mounts to try something like Clayton's setup for mine! Yeah, Clayton's mounts look super custom and I will definitely use them on another build but I'm kind of already down a path with this one so I'll have to use something more like the aluminum bars this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highway Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Yeah, Clayton's mounts look super custom and I will definitely use them on another build but I'm kind of already down a path with this one so I'll have to use something more like the aluminum bars this time. You don't know until you try Brian, and paths can change!! I don't know how many changes I've already done on that Ford, and just thought I still have things to add like frame mounted toolboxes that I also bought after having the frame painted that I still have to make and fit mounts for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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