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need tyres for that. am unkeen to spend money on interm tyres to be honest. am also sizing up some other mags. shit they are expensive. nothing is cheap on cars. should sell up and become 100% study nerd. nah. someone giz tyres plz?

This is rough, but as you can see there is only a little room at the tips where it would need to be attached.

yes am thinking rivnuts aswell. Just on how to attach them. Since Im using a single sheet I do not have any provisions for rivnuts from the top and I'm afrraid that if i apply pressure that I will end up distorting the sheet. Maybe spacers underneath??

Mean traced the template onto a new piece of card and it fits the car awsomely sweet. Now I need to find a way to attach the flare to the car? Any ideas?

haha thanks E.

Haha yea... Always a silver lining etc

I couldn't turn the wheel, as can be seen in one of the first photo's the wheels were tied to the flare to keep shape, and I also put that carboard at the bottom, which would have prohibited moverment. I haven't really looked into the front of it. Mainly because I want to make each flare out of a single piece of aluminium. However, if I could incorporate some sort of attachement system it might be plausable

Here are photos from tonight, im happy with the progress This is the easiest method I found of acquiring the contours of the car

cardboard and welding wire is going swell right now. Will post pics up later. Have the front template mostly done.

Oh, well that is pretty sweet. going to try my hand at making flares now though. see how that goes. will upload pictures if all goes well, and maybe even if it doesn't. Chur Dave

I dont want to "just throw away money" however, in all honesty do you think people will pay any more than that for steels? Because to get them narrowed will be about 200, but then powedercoatring or paint will come on top of that??

If i can get 500-600 for the wheels then I will be happy. They cost me just over 600 for just the wheels, less importing etc

4x100 I dont think it will fit the celica.

FFS I'm a wheel whore!!. Always straying elsewhere. Never going to get anything done. Also, finding corrugated cardboard is a bitch. I have been trying to mock up flares for a while but nothing is working. Figured I will try to use corrugated and stick welding wire into holes then press against body to get contour then trace onto aluminium. Someone buy these off me so I can get something that works. Also, i should be studying. But hey, who does that. Also, since update without pics are useless, here is a photo of a happy kitten so that haters cannot hat anymore

yea they are autokonexion version 2 flares They came from ze states.

Here is them on my car and here they are on the car that inspired me to do it

about 900 all up, the wheels were 500 if I remember correct then customs for the wheels and flares was about 350

Lush as, thanks for the suggestions. Tyres will be atleast 3 months away if I used 2nd party to import. Dont know how long it would take using Ewan, sooo.....someone giz some 14x195/whatever so i can get them on there haha I've got some sheets of aluminium lying around, so I will mock up some flares before I do anything to the wheel and see how it goes from there.

Measure = no, when I first contacted them I asked for a 3" backspace, I later changed this to asking for a 4" Their email turnaround is epicly slow, so when they eventually got back to me they made the 3" backspaced ones. Knowing the turnaround etc i just left it at that. I agree with you in that it isn't the best situation to be in, but, you learn, and I sure have. I've imported stuff both from japan and the states, and each time, you learn something about how it all works. But hey, as has been stated, it can be remedied, and there are many options to choose from. Now, onto solutions and awsomeness. Does anyone have experience in hamilton or greater waikato with someone that can change the offsest , take an inch out of the rim. Also, who in hamilton does powdercoating and how much does it cost? Chur Dave

atleast 3" i'd say

That is the car that made me want to do it, i found out it had 14x10's however what I only found out last night is that it has a 0pt offset

The only tyres that I know of that will fit are the T1R's in 225/45

Yea I don't think back door will be an issue. Am looking into making some aluminium flares, or extending the ones I baught. Those big ass ones from the states are around the 800USD mark = too much. took some photo's of the lock, i forsee an issue. I might have to get them reduced by 1"?

Also, how are those flares on that boso Bd made?? Preform or just bent plastic? and regarding wheel weights, im pretty sure these are lighter than the 17's on my car at the moment.

Yeh I know, but hey, different strokes for different folks. sometimes it's just about giving shit a go