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Old 01-14-14, 01:53 PM
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Default Custom Vented Fenders possibly in production; suggestions?

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Car currently in shop
Installing wald front/sides/rear
molding wad spoiler/raising quarters.
want to do custom vented fenders, i know someone here did them, can someone post pics or tell me his username? would love to chat with him

i want a design similar to these too. i like how the blue one looks, id imagine on my car in lengh needs to extend down a little further since our fender is so much longer

i like the design of the orange one, looks like the blue just longer how i want

whats your thoughts guys?
good idea? or no?
any suggestions?

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and these picss
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let the ricing commence!
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Why not just find is-f fenders/side skirts and go is-f fit bumper? Looks much better IMO, but they aren't that bad.

The ones I saw here were almost Mercedes SL style and were pretty ugly I thought.
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Originally Posted by Joshohoho
let the ricing commence!
dont mind the orange car,
but what is rice about vented fenders cooling off my bbk? lol
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his screen name is MyIS350G, he has his fenders custom-ed
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Here are some pictures of my custom fenders
Some of the procedures that my body shop did:
- Take apart the fenders
- Line them up and draw the layout with a sharpie
- Cut and push in
- Add on a piece of metal (long triangular shape, I have no vents because that could weaken the structure of the fenders)
- Weld the metal
- Sand and bondo
- Primer and paint

Hope that helps








btw I love rice.. I can eat rice all day errday !
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Those fenders look pretty nice on your car...
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Not my style, But i do think they look better than is-F.
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I think it would look good.
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aimgain makes vented fenders for the is-c, maybe those will bolt on
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I'm all for something new and different for our cars. That's the first time I've seen MyIS350G's car, and the works looks really good, so kudos on that. I personally would not put them on my car because it would look "out of place" with the rest of the smooth lines. That said, with an aggressive kit like the Wald kit or the Black Bison front bumper, this would flow really well. Good luck with the fenders! I'd love to see how it turns out.
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Originally Posted by MyIS350G
Here are some pictures of my custom fenders
Some of the procedures that my body shop did:
- Take apart the fenders
- Line them up and draw the layout with a sharpie
- Cut and push in
- Add on a piece of metal (long triangular shape, I have no vents because that could weaken the structure of the fenders)
- Weld the metal
- Sand and bondo
- Primer and paint

Hope that helps








btw I love rice.. I can eat rice all day errday !
thanks for the pics and info on what was done to make that happen. ill make sure if its done, its done right to not weaken the structure

Originally Posted by sm1ke
I'm all for something new and different for our cars. That's the first time I've seen MyIS350G's car, and the works looks really good, so kudos on that. I personally would not put them on my car because it would look "out of place" with the rest of the smooth lines. That said, with an aggressive kit like the Wald kit or the Black Bison front bumper, this would flow really well. Good luck with the fenders! I'd love to see how it turns out.
exactly my thoughts, our cars look too clean & simple for vented fenders, thats why im wondering, with a full wald kit, lowered, red popin bbk, can i pull off these vented fenders without it looking out of place... i duno....
do i want my car to be different then all the other isx50's on the road, yes.... so hmm... guess we'll see what happens
either vented fenders or vented hood ( but a custom one )
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Originally Posted by peyman
dont mind the orange car,
but what is rice about vented fenders cooling off my bbk? lol

How do those vents provide cooling (i.e. providing fresh air) to the bbk?? One would think the vents would need to be located infront of the wheel wells for that to occur
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Originally Posted by VTsuckah

How do those vents provide cooling (i.e. providing fresh air) to the bbk?? One would think the vents would need to be located infront of the wheel wells for that to occur
lolol
drive it in reverse for 5 minute


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