don't bother. you're better off making your own fenders than you would modifying a set of off road fenders.
Werking with fiberglass
My plan is to get some 4wd fiberglass fenders for my bagged 98 Tacoma. But they always come with a 2" rise along with a flare or whatev... So how hard would it be to re-do the rise of it(bring it down) and just put a flat piece in there so that the wheels tuck better? I have never worked with fiberglass but I will have to do this to complete the project. Any ideas?
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I agree ... Modifying a fiberglass fender will turn into a nightmare project - especially difficult because you're looking to change the form / contours of something that will be plainly visible.
yeah, more trouble than it is worth...i know there at least used to be somebody making glass flared 4x4 fenders with stock body lines and no rise, just wider
It just doesn't seem impossible to me. All it would be is a flat piece around the fender well opening. Maybe 4" tall. I wonder if a boat fiberglass repair shop could help me. I know we have one of those places around here. I mean, what if I crashed my yacht into a rock and needed a giant hole in the fiberglass to be fixed? I don't have a yacht:lol: but I'm just saying it must be possible to devise something with strength. I remember seeing West Coast Customs widen a fiberglass bumper a few inches on TV. I really need to work with fiberglass more to know better.
boatec. last i heard, they don't make them anymore.yeah, more trouble than it is worth...i know there at least used to be somebody making glass flared 4x4 fenders with stock body lines and no rise, just wider
there is a difference between patching up a hole on a yacht, and modifying the sh!t out of some off-road fenders. widening a bumper and trying to replicate the contours and body line of a tacoma fender is comparing apples to oranges. but hell, if you got an extra $600 to piss away, then by all means give it a shot.It just doesn't seem impossible to me. All it would be is a flat piece around the fender well opening. Maybe 4" tall. I wonder if a boat fiberglass repair shop could help me. I know we have one of those places around here. I mean, what if I crashed my yacht into a rock and needed a giant hole in the fiberglass to be fixed? I don't have a yacht:lol: but I'm just saying it must be possible to devise something with strength. I remember seeing West Coast Customs widen a fiberglass bumper a few inches on TV. I really need to work with fiberglass more to know better.
It's not that I have the $600 to piss away. It's that I have this image in my head of how I want my truck to look. If I can make it happen then I will find a new sense of pride.
Much easier to fab metal.
If you want glass then make a mold. Take off your fenders use dense foam and body shaping tools (grator and sander) to make the contoures then glass over it. This is serious stuff and not cheap though.
If you want glass then make a mold. Take off your fenders use dense foam and body shaping tools (grator and sander) to make the contoures then glass over it. This is serious stuff and not cheap though.
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