Does anyone make Coupe GT Fenders?

[Tyson Varosyan]

Plastic Fender extensions!? What are those? This is a race car, not a beauty
queen contestant, but we are looking for sponsorship, so it can look like
Frankenstein. Ether way, what are these extensions you speak of?

Tyson Varosyan
Technical Manager, Uptime Technical Solutions LLC.
tyson at up-times.com
www.up-times.com
206-715-TECH (8324)

UpTime/OnTime/AnyTime

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Eric Sanborn
Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 4:05 AM
To: tyson at up-times.com
Cc: Quattro at Audifans. Com (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Does anyone make Coupe GT Fenders?


Tyson Varosyan wrote:

>I am in the process of lining up the ducks for my SCCA Rally car project
>scheduled for completion this spring. The car will be based on an Audi
>4000CSQ, however with SCCA regulations, the tires/wheels cannot extrude
past
>the fenders, even in the Open class which we plan to enter.
>
>
snip

>Suggestions? Links? Phone numbers would be much appreciated.
>
>

You could roll the existing fenders.  The more complex methods include a
unit that you bolt to the hub and make sucessive passes with an
adjustable steel roller and a big lever.  I used to have a good picture
of one, but I can't find it.  The poor man's (like me) way is to use
successively larger pipe.  You put the car in neutral and walk the pipe
around the fender between the tire and the fender lip.  By varying the
angle of the pipe you can change the shape some.  By using successively
larger pipe (or tires) you can run the car lower and run wider tires.
It will take some work to make it look as good as using the professional
system I described first.

I don't supposed there were any VW that had the same wheel arch?  On my
autocross car I got more tire coverage by just using factory plastic
fender extensions.  I don't know what that would look like on a 4k.

I guess it all depends on if you are building a car for speed or looks.
It also depends on how wide a wheels you plan to run ;)  Good luck.

--
Eric Sanborn
'85 4ktq

http://sofadog.net/4ktq/

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