I've found some cheap trailer fenders, cheap enough to consider using them to make Challenge car fender flares. BUT (there's always a "BUT") they're too long by 4", or so. Would a shrinker be able to tighten the fender radius? I have no idea what gauge the fenders are or what gauge a hammer store shrinker can handle.
In reply to DeadSkunk (Warren) :
You can do 16 gauge but you and the tool are going to start grunting. 16 gauge is what I used when I made supports for the front fender arches on the Bugeye bonnet. The HF tool survived. Mostly I do 18 gauge with my shrinker and its easy.
Beauty of these tools is that they move in small increments and are easy to control. And if you F-up, just go from shrinker to stretcher and F-down to fix the mistake.
Yes but••••• you have to put the same shrinking in the whole radius. That sounds massively simpler than it is in reality.
Sort of like saying you can make a Ferrari body with nothing more than a stump, a hammer, and a sand bag.
In reply to NOHOME :
A couple of online trailer parts places say 16 gauge for their product. Probably safe to assume most will be that thickness. If they're cheap because they're thinner than most, then that would be a bonus, easier to work and lighter, too !
frenchyd said:Yes but••••• you have to put the same shrinking in the whole radius. That sounds massively simpler than it is in reality.
Sort of like saying you can make a Ferrari body with nothing more than a stump, a hammer, and a sand bag.
Yes and no, this is for a Challenge car. If someone notices the flares aren't exactly round or symmetrical I'll just slap them.
Seller says the fenders are 11 gauge.....no way I can rework that !
In reply to DeadSkunk (Warren) :
I ended up remaking pretty much all of the wheel openings on the bugeye and also on a few of the MGB shells I have rehabed; the proper smooth curve is not all that hard to obtain. Give it a try.
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