E30 overfenders

[Massimo]

Man I want those eurostop flares but I need wider wheels to go with them. maybe in next year.

[Eric]

Hm, they don't look quite as huge on your car as they do the red Eurostop car. On a black car like mine, they'd probably look even smaller.

What's the fit/finish of them like? They'd likely be painted satin black, or done in the same fine-texture bedliner as my engine bay.

The fit/finish is decent. They fit on the fenders pretty well, and are 100% better fit than the IE flares. They are a bit heavy, and could be made lighter by using better layup techniques, but overall they aren't that bad. Surprisingly, mine are straight out of the box and on the car, no paint at all! I was in afghanistan when my friend put them on, and when I came back he had already riveted and caulked them on. It matched close enough so I didn't bother taking them back off to repaint them.

You see where mine turn vertical? If you trim that part off, and then trim up as far as you like, I think you'll get exactly the look your looking for.


In this pic you can see how my friend flared the bottom of the fender to match up with the flares. I'll have to measure my track because it's a bit wider than stock, and I'm running much larger wheel/tires than stock, so I needed that flare to clear the wheels turning/scrub radius.

[widebodye30]

The fenders on Ericks car looks the same. Its just the color of the cars which makes the flares look different I guess. They are from the same mold my friend;)

[kamotors]

seams like the eurostop ones are the closest to that style, just trim them up so the dont come down as much




I remember a guy on bimmerforums that built a blue E36 with some JDM looking fender flares, You might want to search around on the track build section

wow that looks amazing, for some reason DTM fiberworks picture makes them look too bulbous, but on your car it fits the lines perfect.

[Jand3rson]

yes.

Hm, they don't look quite as huge on your car as they do the red Eurostop car. On a black car like mine, they'd probably look even smaller.

What's the fit/finish of them like? They'd likely be painted satin black, or done in the same fine-texture bedliner as my engine bay.

[Ryann]

Is it me or is that 510 a big part of why those flares look fucking badass?

I'm sure you could make the Datsun flares fit with a little love and manipulation.

[Eric]

yes.

[Jand3rson]

Eric, are those the Eurostop ones on your car?

[Eric]

I'm much more partial to this style. Less hardware, much more of an angled style to them:

seams like the eurostop ones are the closest to that style, just trim them up so the dont come down as much




I remember a guy on bimmerforums that built a blue E36 with some JDM looking fender flares, You might want to search around on the track build section

[JeremyE30autox]

The BMP flares are just as much of a bubbled-out style as the IE ones, and I wouldn't be surprised if they actually are IE, or more likely, knockoffs.

From pictures I have seen they dont seem to be too bad.

I know they dont have the extra little lip near the edge.

[chadthestampede]

What about something like this:



or still too rounded?

This might be interesting:

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(from hurr: http://www.pesch.cz/bmw/bmw-e30)


Otherwise the Eurostop rivet-on ones don't seem too bad.

[Jand3rson]

I think the style of the 510 flares look great. Much better than the IE ones.

BMP design has some that are not quite a round looking and seem to be more of an angle similar to the stock body.

DTM is also a place to look

The BMP flares are just as much of a bubbled-out style as the IE ones, and I wouldn't be surprised if they actually are IE, or more likely, knockoffs.

[kamotors]

I've always wanted to try some 240zg flares they are easily available from datsun part sites.

[Stephen]

If I was ever going to go with M3 fenders, I'd want to do the real ones front and rear (bolt the fronts in and graft in the rears), along with the front/rear bumpers and side skirts.

I know that you don't have to use that many rivets on the IE ones, but it's mainly the shape of them that I hate, they're way too round and bulged out. I really like the look and style of the ones on that 510, which is also why I'm not really into just flaring out the existing metal fenders. I like the look of the ones above, and beyond that, doing a full pull and flare of the stock sheet metal would require a ton of body and paint work. Not that I would just sawzall the stock ones out and bolt the new ones on, of course I would make it clean.

The Eurostop ones aren't bad, and I know I sound like the pickiest person in the world, but they're a bit larger than what I'm after. I'm wondering if the ones on that 510 came from something else.

Nah i hear you. Ive been looking for the perfect flare myself, the IE ones shape is off

[JeremyE30autox]

I think the style of the 510 flares look great. Much better than the IE ones.

BMP design has some that are not quite a round looking and seem to be more of an angle similar to the stock body.

DTM is also a place to look