Wonder if you could have just tapered the fender and left a lot of the backside (cockpit facing) side of the tire exposed?
Autocross build out for my 2003 Cobra
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Wonder if you could have just tapered the fender and left a lot of the backside (cockpit facing) side of the tire exposed?
The vents i added really did not drive any compromises with the fender flare, with or without them, the flare would have been essentially the same, it just added much more finish work due to the larger area impacted by the metal-work... getting it all smooth and straight around the vents was involved...
always spray your base coast on a test panel before spraying the car. just saying, I had a piece of white card board that I had hit with primer sealer (same as fenders) and then sprayed with a test of base coat. Looked like a match. Not so much. The fenders have brand new Zinc Yellow and rest of the car has 20 year old Zinc Yellow. Since I rarely correct/polish the paint I had hoped that getting down to some fresh clear coat on the rest of the car would lighten the old base/clear coat to match the new... no dice... good enough to go racing for now... this winter I'll take some 320 grit to the fenders, primer/sealer it, and lay down new base/clear coat... alot of first for me in this project... flaring fenders,
Tomorrow finally get around to setting toe and bump steer…
Not sure why I took this picture before installing the other headlight… lol
I hear yellow is next to impossible to panel match blend
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I think it looks good.
What do you use to measure toe?
What do you use to measure toe?
Smart String setup for front and rear toe and I have a few pieces of long acre kit for caster/camber and bump steer
I'll take a couple pictures, smart String setup is on the car to zero toe so I can measure bump steer and adjust before I set final toe
Smart string system at work… zeroing toe before measuring and setting bump steer
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Love following this thread, great work and perseverance
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Any update
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Sorry, at air show all weekend, working... So no progress since last post...
Got bump steer sorted on the driver's side...
The rig and then...
After a little repetitious work...
The rig and then...
After a little repetitious work...
The board and the hammer dolly are just meant to put a little pressure on the rig...
It is amazing to me that the difference in bumpsteer, keeping less than 0.020" change in toe per inch, between the first and the last was a delta of 0.135" in spacers...
Started with a 0.48" spacer and gradually added in 0.03" and 0.06" increments to see how it responded... ended with 0.615" to get the final bumpsteer curve.
I might fiddle with a bit more tonight before moving on to the Passenger's side...
It is amazing to me that the difference in bumpsteer, keeping less than 0.020" change in toe per inch, between the first and the last was a delta of 0.135" in spacers...
Started with a 0.48" spacer and gradually added in 0.03" and 0.06" increments to see how it responded... ended with 0.615" to get the final bumpsteer curve.
I might fiddle with a bit more tonight before moving on to the Passenger's side...
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argghhhh... auto-x event I've been thrashing to be ready for on the 23rd just got canceled due to a mix-up in venue scheduling... no venue.... no auto-x... argghhh
That's terrible. Don't slow down, I'm dying to see the finished product!
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all the alignment and bumpsteer adjustment complete... took some lash out of the rack while i was at it... -2.3 camber, +7.5 caster, and 0.5 toe out with SAT bumpsteer verified between +2.5" bump and -1.5" droop... now, just need an event not to get cancelled...
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