Custom Fenders for a Brat

[Gravityman]

Hey Subaru Freaks

 

Ok I have been talking about making some custom fenders for my 84 Brat for a while, this is what I have come up with. I like the new styling wide body STI rally car fenders and was thinking about going with something similar. I am going to be using fiberglass. I plan to make the front fender a full swap all fiberglass. The rear, since the metal wraps the sides and top of the brat I plan to make it more of a cut and patch setup, metal and FG, but not totally sure yet. I plan on haveing a 4 inch off set from the original fender. Here are a few pics that i sketched up so you can see what i am aiming for. Let me know what you think.

 

This is a rough top view of the brat with front and rear fender flairs

 

This is the rear view.

This is the front view.

 

Like i was saying this is only a brief sketch of what I plan on doing to show you my plans.

[subyrally]

you really need to do that for the ea82's

 

i really need a set for my 86 rx.

[daeron]

yah nice big fender flares like that on an RX would look SICK:eek:

[Gravityman]

I would love to make some for an RX but I have never seen one for sale around here. What other cars fenders will fit on an RX? You are right that would be sick!!

 

I really like the brat but the main thing that bothers me is there are not enough curves on the body. I really think this kit will make it stand out. I looked at some of the flares that you can bolt up to jeeps with a few screws but they just look cheap. I guess I like to tough rought. Plus, this will be more streamline and I hate it when people add crap to their cars that dont look factory.

 

Here is another question. Should I leave the size of the wheel opening the same size as stock and offset the fender enough for the tire to tuck into the flare.

 

or should I make the wheel opening larger then normal an set it flush with the wheel with just enough room for tuck?

 

My main 2 concerns are the total distance the wheel will be offset from the stock possition (I am thinking the wheel will need to be offset a min of 2"-3"). My other concern is the diam of the tire.

 

I was thinking about increasing the wheel opening about 2 inchs diam, thats 1 inch on either side. And off-setting the fender by 4 inches.

 

This is kinda what i am shooting for. Fender-wise anyway.

[subyrally]

any loyale or 85+ gl/dl/ect fenders will work for the rx, they are the same body.

 

as far as the wheel arch, i think that you should leave the diameter the same but push it out a few inches, enough to cover the tires on a set of pugs, basically, i am running a set of 15" pugs with 205/50/15 tires. the stock fenders are about 1.5" too narrow. you should make the fenders about 2" wider than the stock set. if you could make em to look simular to the sti 22b or the gc8 style rally car, that would be sweet.

 

as far as the rear, it might be a bit hard to get an actual flare in the fender, you would have to do som cutting of the fender and then make it a two peice set so that the rear doors on the sedans could open.

[FlyB0y]

w00t! finnally someone that has the same taste in brats! I have always thought they were a lil too boxy ... let us know what you come up with! I am always looking for new ideas on how to put some curves on my brat

[WRCGVR4]

I love the look! Would be an awesome rust repair, too! Put me down for a set!

[Gravityman]

Here is a pic of what I want to do. To install the rear fender you would remove the rear molding and cut from the bottom of where the molding was. Drill out the rivits that hold on the molding and then you will use the holes as a mounting point for the new fender. I will be fiberglassing mine directly to the metal but I also plan to make one that will just bolt on intead. Personally I prefer the clean look of them glassed to the metal. Like mentioned eairler this will get rid of rust spots also.

 

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