Clinched fender flares anyone ?

[ETADRAFT]

Originally Posted by Ginger_Extract

He's still working on the car. Friends with Evan on FB. It's coming along.

Sorry to say the Clinched Flares did not work for my purposes. My setup is too aggressive (18x10 et25). The major hangup was clearance at the lower portions of the body as the Flare contours in against the body. This causes it to run closer to the tire especially in the front with steering. If it was a show car i think you could make a set of their flares work. but for racetrack i didn't want to risk it. I still have them and will sell them to anyone who wants to give it another try with a less aggressive setup, discounted of course...

INSTEAD i went to COTA with a fender massacre:
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Then ordered ER wide front carbon Kevlar and N5 tuning rears.
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Getting the street tires (275/30/18) mounted up today. Will check the clearances with this setup but its way wider and i don't expect any issue. Actually expect the rear to be too wide.

I will say this is the setup this car deserves for us track guys. 18x10 square made this car more balanced than ever. I was eating people up in the twistier bits. COTA has long straights though and higher HP cars would get me there. NEED MORE POWER!

my best time was 2:46.418

[houtan]

Originally Posted by ETADRAFT

Sorry to say the Clinched Flares did not work for my purposes. My setup is too aggressive (18x10 et25). The major hangup was clearance at the lower portions of the body as the Flare contours in against the body. This causes it to run closer to the tire especially in the front with steering. If it was a show car i think you could make a set of their flares work. but for racetrack i didn't want to risk it. I still have them and will sell them to anyone who wants to give it another try with a less aggressive setup, discounted of course...



Getting the street tires (275/30/18) mounted up today. Will check the clearances with this setup but its way wider and i don't expect any issue. Actually expect the rear to be too wide.

I will say this is the setup this car deserves for us track guys. 18x10 square made this car more balanced than ever. I was eating people up in the twistier bits. COTA has long straights though and higher HP cars would get me there. NEED MORE POWER!

my best time was 2:46.418

Never mind. Just saw the second picture. So the N5 tuner rears?

Thanks for posting an update and sharing your pictures. You mentioned the ER kit for the front. Just curious, what is your plan for the rear?

[ShocknAwe]

Originally Posted by ETADRAFT

I will say this is the setup this car deserves for us track guys. 18x10 square made this car more balanced than ever. I was eating people up in the twistier bits. COTA has long straights though and higher HP cars would get me there. NEED MORE POWER!

Looking forward to more details and pictures.

[Jorgensen54]

I've also posted this in the Hard Motorsports thread, but here's a shot of an initial install of the Clinched 4cm(1.5") Newschool Flares. Progress, but still needs work.

1st - with wheel arches cut
2nd - with plastic go fast things on

[135iJCW]

Originally Posted by Jorgensen54

I've also posted this in the Hard Motorsports thread, but here's a shot of an initial install of the Clinched 4cm(1.5") Newschool Flares. Progress, but still needs work.

1st - with wheel arches cut
2nd - with plastic go fast things on

Hey man just curious what you ended up running for a wheel set up?

[Jorgensen54]

Originally Posted by 135iJCW

Hey man just curious what you ended up running for a wheel set up?

I'm still using some old M3 CSL wheels

Front wheel 19x8.5 / ET44 with 235/35
Rear wheel 19x9.5 / ET27 with 275/30

Size is great and still easy to break traction shifting into 3rd, but I'd rather be on 18s for the comfort. Even on stock suspension, rough roads can be brutal.

I've been building a BMW K100 and not paid much attention to the 1er lately aside from some "power" mods.

[135iJCW]

Cool man, thanks!