flares on a gb

[75glnt]

hey guys. looking for bolt on flares for my gb... same as seen on 260zs and old gtr skylines.

cheers,
mick

[A112H]

http://www.topstage.com/wp-content/uplo ... flares.jpg

Scroll down to find the 240z flares in the picture above
http://www.topstage.com/shopping/

[75glnt]

so its $240 yea? and they'll deffinately fit?

[A112H]

They have the measurements in the pic, go measure your guards to make sure before you order.

[75glnt]

lol righto. sorry mate.

[Tj.]

I have a similar set of ZG flares waiting to go on my 260Z so if you like I can try and get a shot of them on my GC if you like.
Personally I Think they're way too big. The wheel arch on a Zed is huge in circumference compared to the galant. Plus they come out a long way. I think early Corolla bolt ons would be a better fit. Ben at Otomoto stocks them. www.otomoto.com.au

[75glnt]

oh thatd be wicked tj!

[Tj.]

Ok so here's some, admittedly crappy, shots of my Datsun ZG flares bodgily taped to my GC Hardtop. They're very similar to the Top Stage items but they're not as good quality.
It's pretty clear they're not going to fit, they dont really even fit the Zed properly
(apologies in advance for the utterly shocking condition of the car I just have not had the time to clean it)

Front:



First and foremost the wheel arches on the GC/GD galants are actually squared off at the top (I dont know about GB's) and the dont quite follow the shape of the sides of the car.

Rear



Same story for the rear. Plus they sit out waaay too far from the body. You'd need to run some pretty huge wheels to fill them out (I'm going to run 9" and 9.5" wheels with -13 and -19 offsets respectively front and rear. Like I said, big)

Also, as you can sort of see in the last photo that the very bottom of the flares measures much wider (in reality about 50-60mm) than the wheel arch its self.

Your best bet if you were adamant on running flares would be to try early corolla flares;


or something similar to the Galant GTO 2000GSR but good luck finding a set of them.

Even then, they probably wont fit.

The trick with flares and wide wheels though is to actually cut about 40mm out of the wheel arches so that the wheels clear and so you cant see the wheel arch hanging down below the flares.
Also, if they're going on a 4 door, you're going to need to cut the rear flare in two and mount one half on the body and the other on the door. And then you've got to make it look right
pictured here, looking right (ZG's on a Datsun 1600 presumably with quite a bit of fibreglassing)

[Tj.]

....And then I just came across this...



They're off a "Toyota SR" what ever the hell that is, but apparently it took a fair bit of modification.

[75wagon]

or something similar to the Galant GTO 2000GSR but good luck finding a set of them.

Even then, they probably wont fit.

Actually Tj, they just might? Being that the GTO's are based on the GA/B

[75glnt]

hmm. cheers mate. i seen a post on here somewhere about finding a glasser to costom make em. i messured the gb 4 door guards today. for memory. they're about 730 x 280. dont quote me on it. rough memory. but the fairlady z flairs wont fit. i know about the weld-ons. but i want bolt-ons. ill look into the old corolla flares. also the gb's guards are entirely round (not squared off like the c/d's)

[75wagon]

If you're running flares, don't forget to put rims/tyres to fill them out.
You wouldn't want it to end up looking like this


That would just be embarassing

[A112H]

....And then I just came across this...



They're off a "Toyota SR" what ever the hell that is, but apparently it took a fair bit of modification.

This car "ain't got no alibi"
The 1600 wagon looks awesome.
Just be careful with those Corolla flares, they look the same as the ones I had. They were all the same, as in one side of the flare has a rounded leading edge and the trailing edge is tapered. So when fitted to the car, one side has the tapered edge leading and the other side has the rounded edge leading.

[75glnt]

thanks jason and yea im looking at simmons b45s. either 15s or 16s. i want deep dish ones on the rear though. also i dont know what offset. because i dont know what fits. offset wise.

[75wagon]

I made a topic on this...
http://www.sigma-galant.com/viewtopic.p ... 53&p=54375

Enjoy

[75glnt]

that helped alot! thanks again jason just a quick question. what makes it + or - ?

[A112H]

Your stock rims offset is about +35.
Using this we can workout back space available.
Stock rims are 5.5 inch or 13.97cm.
If we take the 13.97cm and devide by 65 this gives us 9.0805cm, this is your stock back space. As there is always room to move on a stock wheel we can safely assume you have 12cm of back space available.

Using the link Dave sent you above you can measure the backspace of your new rims but if you were looking for wide 15's I would suggest a 15x8 +10 would clear the inside.

[A112H]

+ or - 0 is dead centre of the rim. + means less dish - means more dish.

[75wagon]

The biggest problem with a GB is the small guards on the front.
Flares wont be the only thing you'll need on a GB? The rims that are fitted to my wagon with the same tyre size scrubbed out on the front apron (pretty badly too).
They are small in the front, going wide will give you no steering lock at all.


Measure properly, it will pay off in the end.

[75glnt]

hahaha! quick clarification. i was thanking a112h again for the yellow 2door with the flares. because i was gonna stick with a widened set of 13 or 14s. but not now due to that photo! but yea... thanks 75wagon (dave is it? if ya dont mind )

[75glnt]

i was thinking a 195/40r15 or something similar maybe even 16s

[shelbygto]

try these

my gto with 17x8.5





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[75glnt]

very nice. but how expensive are the tyres? lol. and will they fit under a gb? because i would love the b45s in that size. and these (superlites are they?)

[A57C]

shelby you must re-upload ASAP

try these

my gto with 17x8.5





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[A112H]

Yes you must, that is a very sexy GTO