RX8 Carbon Fender - thoughts?
 

I want to get the owner of Chaser aerodynamics to make this fender, but its based on interest...so, who'd actually get em if they were ~$500 in Carbon?

http://www.japanparts.com/images/Ima...ase=1&no=14135

i dont think id buy in carbon but good fiberglass or urathane i might. but id have to think about it it kills the body lines in the fender

If its made in CF, it'll be made in FRP. Its the mold he has to make that matters. I want those fenders sooooooooo bad...but no fenders for me unless it proves to be a marketable item.

cf normally fits like garbage on our cars....search extreme dimensions or ED....in FG though there was a company who attempted to make them but fitment was far from spectacular

Its not the CF that doesn't fit, its the part...doesnt matter what its made from. I am not suprised to hear about problems with ED. I have personally seen great CF parts for the 8. The body kit I am going to fit on my car is a work of art. (CF MSpeed)

I really want to see these fenders made...if Im going to swap a part for CF, might as well look different than OEM.

ok maybe i phrased it wrong...the part didnt fit right and with CF it is very rigid...more so than FG so you couldnt re-shape or re-mold it.....and that was awful to see

Maybe if the shape even vaguely resembled anything that looked good...

It's square. Put it on a Civic.

you do realize that fender wont fit the 09 your looking to get right?

i think it looks very FD wide bodyish.....if memory serves thats the tifaria fender

Yeah, I'm considering an 05. I dont want to do the stuff I want to do to an R3. Plus, its about $15,000 cheaper! :Eyecrazy: I also wont be able to do the Diablo doors with that fender. Decisions, decisions.

its not so much the material as the maker, im sure extreme dimensions fit like shiite on pretty much all cars. is that fender the same width as oem? or would it be slightly wider

Nakamura Racing. ;-)

It doesn't appear to "flare" out any more than OEM. The main difference is where the fender meets the A-Pillar and then obviously down where it meets the door.

nakamura=tifaria i believe.......and those are wider....they were on my wishlist for a while

Are they?? Its hard to tell from the picture. I didn't think they were since I couldn't find anything for the rear quarter panel.

super autobacs thread in multimedia has a few pics....

I see JapanParts.com sells the authentic for: Price: 122,200 yen(JPY) / (1344.20 USD)

https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...9&d=1164800952
https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...8&d=1164800952
https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...0&d=1164800952

NRF Tifaria=Nakamura Racing

How much wider is the fender?

20mm if memory serves

I think it would be better if someone made an OEM style fender, maybe make some minor mods and make it wider.

Im working on one now imput, that was inspired by the SL55 AMG black series, i've taken the side wall and moved it inward and recut and pushed out the outer part of the leading edge of the outlet, this has take the flush outlet look and turnded it 90degrees so that the outlet is now parrallel with the front and back of the car,,, its pretty sweet and I still have to make it mate, but I should be done be the spring...
Also you may like Pan Speeds fender its so much better looking than the NRF...

i think they have a wider oem version, but i like that one cause it does remind me of an fd kit.

I do, but IMO the JDM stuff as baller as they are are not worth the money. Fenders for $1K is too much.

i would probably go with the panspeed though because they seem quite affordable compared to other jdm brands... but does anyone know how much wider it is in the front and rear? sorry for the thread jack...