clarkspeed Posted Thursday at 07:41 PM Share Posted Thursday at 07:41 PM Just went through the process of installing some small carbon fiber ZG's on a 280Z. Goal is squeezing some 18x8 wheels underneath. Probably nothing to learn here, but this is how I do it. First we sized everything up and looked at it. Then looked some more. Then swap them all around and looked more. Then repeat 10 times. Finally we drew a fat line with a Sharpie on tape where the cuts would go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkspeed Posted Thursday at 07:50 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 07:50 PM This is where it gets fun. We cut the rear inner panel slightly longer than the outer panel. This allows the inner fender to be bent and lightly hammered out to match up with the outside panel for welding. Stripped back the paint just far enough were we were certain it would not show around the flare. Then weld um up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkspeed Posted Thursday at 07:56 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 07:56 PM (edited) For the front's we bent a length of 3/16 rod and tack welded it in place. This stiffens the fender back to OEM or better. I have seen a cut fender wrinkle before when doing hot laps on a track. Weld and grind smooth. Edited Thursday at 08:00 PM by clarkspeed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkspeed Posted Thursday at 07:59 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 07:59 PM Finally we took some POR15 chassis black and painted the exposed metal. Under the flares it looks almost invisible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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