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    About a month and a half ago i dropped my car off at 1488 collision up near conroe (if you are familiar with the northside of houston) and asked about having my fenders completely redone to flow with the bumper and to also fit my wheels with no issues of rubbing or hitting the wheel itself. I will start off with the beginning stages of my car that led up to this point noting some mistakes I made. I'm not looking to be flamed therefore i wont waste my time on comments ****** on a lowered cars and camber. If you have questions feel free to pm me

    I got my coils over a year ago which in turn I shaved the inner lip of my stock fenders (dont make this mistake).



    About a year after getting them, earlier this year, I picked up some DPE st10 wheels off of evilzdriver here on the forum. I like the wheels, ran them as 19x10/12 but i could never quite get them to fit. after trying to roll my fenders, flare them with a pole at a gas station i got no where but a wavy fender and a dent from my friend hitting to high when we tried to flare it. anyways, i finally had a buddy with a roller flare it for me and here was the result



    It wasnt very pretty but it really helped with rubbing and i was able to get that ass lower



    As I said, I really liked these wheels however if I was going to do body work I need it to be more aggressive. I sold the dpe's and picked up marios bazreias, the ones royal_t owned before him to achieve the aggressive wheel i wanted. the specs are 18x10/12 -8 and ive always loved the look of them. Before my final height adjustments I snapped this pic and then I was off to get a final alignment and lowered it a bit more while evening the car out on both sides of the car



    after the final height adjustment



    Now the fun part..

    I finally dropped my car off with the go ahead to get started on the fender work. I spoke with Jeremy, the shop owner and gave him my deadline for an upcoming show and that I'd really like it to be done by then. here is how i dropped her off



    Now these pics are over time so im unsure of exact dates of when they were taken or how long it took to get to this point.





    Welding begins and the bumper is on where you can see it is being stretched out to all flow with the widen fenders





    More welding to fill in some gaps and smooth the fender out





    A little difficult to see however he added a rounded metal bar to shape with the fender. This is to allow the fender to better roll off the rim or tire in the event that i do somehow hit. This also keeps the fender from catching and twisting to **** in the event that was to happen



    This is where he pulled the bumper attachment out so the bumper would stretch to match up with the fender work. He welded it up however still needed to fill some holes



    As we were talking I was telling him how much of a difference I could see already. Thats when he was like yea, lets do a comparison real quick, walked over and did this to my flare



    This side is really starting to take shape now with filler after all the welding was done and I was able to get alot better idea of how it was going to turn out






    He also began the other side, cutting off the metal to begin shaping it. At this point he said that he was having a little bit of trouble with the metal above the rear bumper bending cause it was so thin. He said that because the gas tank isnt there to really keep it in place its making things harder however he was able to tackle it with a little more work




    Other side welded up and getting ready to begin more welding just like the other side did. He was making sure all of his measurements were right.




    Back to the other side... more filler added and some sanding to the final stages








    Driver side almost done aswell, he was doing some final touchups




    While it was there, I also had them fill the hole for the rear wiper



    He noticed a small dent in the middle of the bumper and decided to go ahead and fill it so it doesnt show up after paint



    You can see here how the rear bumper tabs were extended out and welded up to match up perfectly with the fenders



    An ass shot of the pretty much final stages before paint



    Wek fest Austin is this Sunday which is the show I am hoping to be able to attend. Leaving the body shop yesterday he told me it will be in paint today and done tomorrow. He did tell me they really are cutting it close however tomorrow afternoon all they will need to do is put everything back together. Hopefully I am able to make it out to wek fest in my car as i've put a lot of money into this build so far..

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    okay guys i didnt give the whole truth about my car. i actually did respray it however kept it from everyone, including my own team. I sprayed it with a ferrari silverstone for a darker silver, almost charcoal to make my weds pop on the car. my final cost for this was 4300 bucks.

    Now for the updated pics after picking it up today. My next post will be legit pics, most likely pics from wek fest this weekend. hope to see you guys there if anyone is attending!

    They were cleaning it up after I arrived however it still needed the door panels, side mirrors and a few other things.



    My bumper cleaned up, waiting to be put back on



    G35 rears. im having an issue with the tape on the right one though, i cant seem to get it to stick right



    Rear shot before we put the wheels on



    Bumper mounted!




    of course, the gas station pic



    and finally...

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    • #3
      My final update!

















      Next up, front camber arms to match up the front poke to the rear. I may also be throwing on a 5mm in the rear for tad more poke

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      • #4
        "I like big butts and I cannot lie …"
        Looks spot on.
        My 1978 Porsche 924 build thread is quite boring.
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        • #5
          Looks good. My only criticism would have been that since you were repeating the entire car, you should have filled in the front bumper emblem divot. Secondly, why didn't you have them clear bra the front... would have been better than that tale. Was it because the paint was so fresh?
          --Tristin

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          • #6
            Wow, good stuff! i'm with the 5mm in the rear... needs a lil more poke


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            • #7
              Originally posted by tristinGrind View Post
              Looks good. My only criticism would have been that since you were repeating the entire car, you should have filled in the front bumper emblem divot. Secondly, why didn't you have them clear bra the front... would have been better than that tale. Was it because the paint was so fresh?
              i was rushing to have everything done before wekfest and the emblem didnt even occur to me. i tried sticking the stock one on and it doesnt fit so im going to have to make some modifications to it so it will fit right. as far as the clear bra, i didnt want to have one put on, then the bumper flex and stretch it out. since its polyurethane its going to be moving alot when it catches on things and i figured a clear bra would get ugly soon after

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              • #8
                I'm pretty sure I've seen this thing around Houston a couple times. I was actually at that JDM show in the pics if that was in Houston. I was in the Joe Z Performance IS-F.

                Car is looking great.

                I'm trying to get back in town this Sunday for wekfest so maybe I'll see you out there.

                Keep up the good work.

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                • #9
                  Looks alright. Not really feeling the fenders. Especially the blatant mismatch between the fronts and rears. Work looks solid though

                  IG: @_olliee

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by brownishwater View Post
                    I'm pretty sure I've seen this thing around Houston a couple times. I was actually at that JDM show in the pics if that was in Houston. I was in the Joe Z Performance IS-F.

                    Car is looking great.

                    I'm trying to get back in town this Sunday for wekfest so maybe I'll see you out there.

                    Keep up the good work.
                    All those pics are at wekfest in Austin this past weekend.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Ollie View Post
                      Looks alright. Not really feeling the fenders. Especially the blatant mismatch between the fronts and rears. Work looks solid though
                      My exact thoughts. The fronts have a small angle down and that turns to a flat spot for about 1" at the tire.... Rears don't .....
                      Real name is James

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                      • #12
                        this was the best thing to do to flow with the stretched bumper

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                        • #13
                          space the rear wheels out... or get some wider

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by projektzwo View Post
                            space the rear wheels out... or get some wider
                            nex time i need tires ill probably run a 285 instead and im working on getting a 5mm spacer for the rear.

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                            • #15
                              Looks good, more poke in rear would set it off.

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