Does anyone make Coupe GT Fenders?

[Shawn Manny]

care to shae anyinfo on you rally car project? Im building a 4Kq for
rally cross currently....

Shawn


On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:53:23 -0800, Tyson Varosyan <tigran at tigran.com> wrote:
> 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
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> -----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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