TRX wrote:
Marcus, how are you going to do the rear fenders? Cut holes for the trailing arms to go through, or use cycle fenders?
TRX, very timely. I’m pondering the same question on my Car9 build. Here’s a side view showing the trailing arms, my 17” x 9” wheels and an outline on the cardboard of the tire OD and fender line. The lower front edge of the fender will be several inches below the lower trailing arm.
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Looking from the front, there is good clearance from the wheel rim to the trailing arms (1.25”) and the cockpit sides (3”). The width of the 245/40x17 tires will be 9.7”, a bit less than the 10” outside to outside width of the rim, so the rim sides make good reference points for tire clearance.
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As the boot tapers aft, the rear edge of the tire would be about 4.5” from the boot side.
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If fenders (with trailing arm cutouts) were attached to flanges on the body, this would make for very wide fenders.
Which makes me intrigued with the cycle fender approach, where tire-width fenders would be hung from pegs extended out from the chassis. But the pegs would be from 13 to 15.5” long with the fender load cantilevered out. Butt-welded pegs (with gussets?) would probably not survive someone sitting on a fender (I love car shows
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Maybe there is a better mounting solution. I would love to see pictures of other rear cycle fender mounts.
If I can figure out how to chassis-mount cycle fenders, I think it would look cool. And it would probably help keep my boot from looking fat, too.