flared fenders
 

Why is it only the german suppliers have those amazing looking widened flared fenders. I contacted Glass Action and CCC and they have no intention on making such fenders, no demand, although they said they do have those ugly flared fenders from the 70's. What gives? Anyone know of a North American supplier of such fenders?

nope....and you probably wont.
those fenders are popular in Europe because of the Kafer Cup cars.
you will just have to order them from Germany...

I am sure you will be happy with ordering them from Germany, as things
in Germany have to be made to TUV standards. The quality should be
very good.... :D

order them from www.kerscher-tuning.de

These are the best!

gr ron

Is totally CORRECT!!

I ordered 4 flared carbon fiber fenders from CSP in Germany 2 months ago (would take 4-6 weeks to make them they said) and haven't heard anything from them since

Common someone must be intrested in manufacturing these in North America. Just look at these long wait times and the ever so rising Euro Dollar.

www.kerscher-tuning.de

the ONLY perfect ones

gr ron

markvfiberglass.com has some widened fenders

sounds like you have a business opportunity. :agree:

Speaking flared fenders - any old timers on here recall what I believe was a Hot VW's article (but might have been VW Greats?) titled: Down Under Ground Shaker? (Or ground pounder?)
It featured a Porsche Red Beetle, neat flared fenders with a nicely rolled-down lip, like a 930 style flare, whaletail (but subtle, not the huge tails like CCC sell), molded front bumber cover with integral air dam and top lip that extended back to near the body, full house 2180. Neat looking and tastefully done car, a precursor to the German Look and built by an Austrailian outfit that specialized in high-end VW conversions and tuning at the time. This has to go back to around the early 1970's? Best looking flared fenders I've seen, before or since.
Anyone remember this car or have the magazine it was featured in? If I recall correctly it was also shown on the cover in a small pic?
Jeff

Hi

Used to work at the place that built those cars, in fact my 1302 had the same body kit for many years until I updated to the Aerolook which was developed by fellow forum user Big Als dad. The red Beetle from the article still exists and comes out everynow and again.

Steve

http://www.clubvw.org.au/images/steve.jpg

THAT'S IT STEVE!!! :righton:

Dang, I was just hoping to find someone who still had the old magazine - never even considered someone would be around who actually worked on the cars themselves!

Man, that's cool. I still love that look! Have any more pics with the flared fenders? How about any others with a similar kit? A little hard to see the nicely contoured flare with the yellow paint, it sort of blends out the shape of the flare. Very nice looking though!
Is the company still in business that built those - or another with the original tooling? IMO - still the BEST looking 930 take-off look for a Beetle ever made.

Maybe a longshot, think the owner of the original red car would provide a pictoral and text update? I'm imagining the car has undergone some updates in the drivetrain dept since then - which BTW had what I think was the original "hideaway" style exhaust system.

Seeing your can and remembering the red one one - makes me want to build another Bug!
Thanks for the memories!!!
Cheers, Jeff

PS - check out that front spoiler/bumper combination. Again - IMO still the best looking and most thoroughly designed air dam for the Beetle front end.

Hi Jeff

I still have the Hot VWs article, I will scan it and post the photos. It was around 1978 I think. The kit has fallen out of favour down here, I believe that he still makes them. The car stilol carries the sames driveline etc from the article.

Steve

Some more of my "look" Sorry about highjaking the post.

http://www.clubvw.org.au/images/FFR.jpg

I really like that bug! This is awesome to see the connection here.

nice!!

back to flared fenders. Has anyone pondered making their own? It'll be a little tedious, but i think i am going to flare one side of the car, and make a pattern at 90deg, 75deg, and 105deg with a center-point at the wheel hub to match up the flares on each side. anyone have and metal shaping skills?

I remember a place in Australia i sent mail order for info on the car pieces they sold. It was back in '87 it was Carrera Auto Design Co.
The address says its Volkspares Pty. Ltd. Brisbane,Qld
I am pretty sure they went outta business but they made some sweet looking cars... i loved the 911 type hood they made... flat with a kinda air scoop for the vent in it. I dunno if they are still around....i doubt it..but anyone in Aus ever hear of em? Who bought em or did it just die off?
Thanks
-scott

i have made my own from cheap mexican steel wings, now granted my metal work skills are not great and there is a lot of filler involved but the end result was flawless, i only made one set and i didnt think it was worth taking a fiberglass mould of them before final finish painting them.

there is an opportunity for someone to make steel wings and take them to your local glass fiber guy, and get him to make copies.

with there being a ready supply of wide fiberglass arches i didnt see the point and i was a skint student at the time, so i couldnt afford the up front costs of getting a set of moulds made. in fact i couldnt afford to buy the f/glass ones that kersher did, 1 big tub of fillen and a lot of time was cheaper for me back then.

if the wings ever need to be replaced i would probably just buy the kersher ones now.

it was a relatively simple process, if anyone wants more information or pictures reply here or send my you email address in a pm.

I see what you mean being overseas. However in the U.S. I dont think we have any suppliers of the same quality flared fenders that are available to you guys. So for us we would have to deal with the currency conversion rates, overseas, and domestic shipping. and for me (a college student) that gets too expensive.