That's right, I fabricated and installed temporarily one fender flare for my P2 moments ago. My background was in roofing and sheet metal . Today I decided to get out my snips and some metal laying around the shop to fab a rocker switch panel. I made two not sure which one I like the best as they are made to mount in different locations. I showed to my buddy Moose and he like them both. I decided to change things up and challenge myself to create a fender flare as fast as I could and told Moose he said "heck yea" so here it is. I know it needs paint and permanately fixed to fender but I did it in under 30 minutes and your the third group to see it. I could tell you how I did it but then I'd have to kill you. Can we say patent together now. I may make the rest for my P2 tomorrow if I have time.
Hondasxs
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Looks good. I have plans to do something like this. Just use the old Honda pop rivets and mount it to what's already there.
Nice work.
Nice work.
No mounted yet, looks like it. I'm giving it considerable thought. I think whenever fender flares are done with injection molding they will make mine look foolish. Plastic is cheap and you can do so much more than with flat stock metal.
So after some thought, I've concluded that these would be better if I form them with ABS or Kydex plastics. This metal was a good idea to start the process of getting to a finished set that compliment the Honda design. With plastics I can get around some safety issues related to the sharp edges of metal. Attachment utilizing metal to plastic creates issues also, utilizing plastics will allow for use of plastic rivets. There you have it, I will be posting updates as necessary as the process continues.
Update Flare template
Making template before creating final flare. Any thoughts good or bad let me have them. Attachment will be with rivets, flare will be made to apply on exterior of fender or underside. This is where your thought may help. I have no intention of selling these, just don't want to wait for the aftermarket flares.
Making template before creating final flare. Any thoughts good or bad let me have them. Attachment will be with rivets, flare will be made to apply on exterior of fender or underside. This is where your thought may help. I have no intention of selling these, just don't want to wait for the aftermarket flares.
