One piece front fenders ??? Good or bad idea ? [Archive]

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Bowtieracing

10-30-2007, 03:14 AM

What do you think of welding front fender "extensions" on front fenders?

Does it look good or bad? I am not the fan of extra body seams my self.

HRBS

10-30-2007, 07:39 AM

I did something more extreme to a 64 Impala we built.
I welded ALL the seems and panels.
In the end its like a vette. No seems except for actual door openings.
We welded the fenders to the rockers. The fenders and fender extentions. The front valance to the fenders. The fenders to the cowl. The rockers to the rear quarters. The quarters to the rear valance etc etc.
Bad pic, but try to look close.

http://www.hotrodsbysteve.com/media/Impala1a.jpg

http://www.hotrodsbysteve.com/media/Impala2a.jpg

Bowtieracing

10-30-2007, 08:13 AM

Hello Steve!!

Love that impala! So it might be a good idea:thumbsup:

B Schein

10-30-2007, 10:02 AM

I did it on my car and didn’t like how it looked so I got another fender and just reworked the fender extension so it fit perfect and got rid of the gap from the bumper bracket since I am not running a front bumper. Something about it just didn’t look right to me.

jeff hanson

11-09-2007, 09:15 PM

I did it, and really like the cleaner look.:thumbsup:

ProTour69GTO

11-12-2007, 07:56 PM

I did it, and really like the cleaner look.:thumbsup:

Thats a nice camaro

patriot68

11-12-2007, 09:35 PM

i did mine too..on 67/68 camaros it looks alot better when your not running a front bumper..IMO

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa158/patriot68/100_1265.jpg
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa158/patriot68/100_1031.jpg

awr68

11-13-2007, 01:18 AM

i think it looks better with the seam and everything "fit" perfectly.
As do I!!

Bowtieracing

11-13-2007, 02:19 AM

Thanks guys for the good opinions!

I will go with the one piece idea. I think it helps tucking the front bumper too. My front fenders are reprojunk so there is lot of work ahead anyway.

Other bodyseams i will leave. I see it gives hole car more modern look.

slenning

11-13-2007, 07:34 AM

comp-spec

11-13-2007, 01:39 PM

All seams welded

http://www.competition-specialties.com/pics/paint17.jpg

Tom.A

11-13-2007, 02:18 PM

I did mine one-piece also and like the way it looks. We also welded the qtr pnl to rocker seam
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6438/img3334lw2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/5849/img0855xv9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Steve-
Don't mean to hijack this thread, but your car is nice. Any more pics or is it in the member section and I missed it?

Thanks,

slenning

11-13-2007, 04:27 PM

Thanks Tom, I have an update thread with a bunch of pics here
http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=8342