Accolade fenders!
12-04-2007, 07:02 PM
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did you guys check out my pics? the look is great... even primered and not 100% fit. Different mods are for different people, bigred, obviously your into handling so of course you love coilovers for your location and driving style. Some people would rather walk out side every morning, see their car with some accolade fenders, and cream in their pants a little.... atleast i would :D
12-04-2007, 07:08 PM
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First of all, coilovers dont just change ride height. You would be amazed how much coilovers change the way your car drives, for the better. Second, I say you would not want to get THESE FENDERS one because there is never going to be an A+ fit like it has been said. All I am saying is if I were you and I had that much to spend, there is no way I would spend money on big purchases unless the big purchase was perfect quality. Lets say, if you spend 2k on coilovers and they work perfectly and serve their purpose, or if you spend 2k on different fenders and they "Kind of" fit perfectly, there is always that kind of that goes along with the product. Basically, there are better aftermarket kits quality wise that bring out the stock shape also, so i guess i am biased because the other kits fit better.
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I see what your saying completely, i guess ill just have to see finished pictures of other peoples fenders, finished prices and sit on the idea a bit longer.
12-04-2007, 07:10 PM
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did you guys check out my pics? the look is great... even primered and not 100% fit. Different mods are for different people, bigred, obviously your into handling so of course you love coilovers for your location and driving style. Some people would rather walk out side every morning, see their car with some accolade fenders, and cream in their pants a little.... atleast i would :D
If its not too much trouble that would be AWESOME.
12-04-2007, 07:25 PM
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they spent about 10 hours on each fender to match the lines and the gaps... the gaps are about perfect and all the wavyness of the fender was taken out... so i think it was 40 dollars per hour without paint and paint was an additional charge that i cant remember...
i would also recomend doing colovers or maybe... some brake pads and rotors, sway bars, endlinks, exhaust, int-x... there are a lot options that you may want to consider first
i would also recomend doing colovers or maybe... some brake pads and rotors, sway bars, endlinks, exhaust, int-x... there are a lot options that you may want to consider first
12-04-2007, 07:27 PM
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hmm i wish i could have taken a picture of the gaps for you ... they were all over the place on my set... pics tomorrow or sometime this weekend... i am still waiting for the burnout lip to arrive though
12-04-2007, 09:32 PM
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oh my goodness. that is some seriously horrible craftsmanship by accolade. I don't know if you got a bad set, or if they were all like that. And 800 dollars for a shop to fix the already "good quality" fenders is terrible. man that is a real downer. Unless accolade can convince me that they would give me a better quality product i will have to seriously reconsider.
12-04-2007, 10:00 PM
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oh my goodness. that is some seriously horrible craftsmanship by accolade. I don't know if you got a bad set, or if they were all like that. And 800 dollars for a shop to fix the already "good quality" fenders is terrible. man that is a real downer. Unless accolade can convince me that they would give me a better quality product i will have to seriously reconsider.
12-04-2007, 10:04 PM
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I was warned about Accolade by a friend in my local Mazda Owners club. Apparently they also make body parts for the Mazda3's and the fitment is horrible, plus their customer service is non-existent and they wouldn't take returns. I would not recommend buying these fenders IMHO
12-05-2007, 06:00 AM
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^^^ now that is not true... i willl post pics today of mine that just came out of the shop... you can barely notice it... to be honest my favorite mods are those that look stock and these do now that they have been fitted correctly
12-05-2007, 09:26 AM
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Does anyone have any idea where to get the strakes for it? looks like no one is having a good time with them but Accolade assured me they are going to fit perfect. Maybe I should reconsider this.
12-05-2007, 12:05 PM
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They don't fit perfectly, but they can be worked on to do so. My friend told me they made strakes for these, but I'm sure they would be WAY too large considering how wide the new airduct is.
12-05-2007, 03:31 PM
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"they" as in your friends or accolade? because accolade told me the strakes are not available.
12-05-2007, 06:38 PM
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k well since we have established that acoolades fenders fit horribly. are there any more options? links to other websites with fenders for sale would be awesome, i tried searching and couldnt find 1 thread on fender replacments...besides the accolade fenders. I would have to get a quote from a shop to fully determine which fenders i may get, but toher options would be nice
12-05-2007, 06:54 PM
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thats not true... i believe nrf makes a set and there are a few more... i dont knwo off the top of my head but they will cost a lot because you have to ship them over from japan...
sorry about not having any pics tonight i got off work late and its now very dark... tomorrow though
sorry about not having any pics tonight i got off work late and its now very dark... tomorrow though
12-05-2007, 07:58 PM
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thats not true... i believe nrf makes a set and there are a few more... i dont knwo off the top of my head but they will cost a lot because you have to ship them over from japan...
sorry about not having any pics tonight i got off work late and its now very dark... tomorrow though
sorry about not having any pics tonight i got off work late and its now very dark... tomorrow though