Wheel arch extensions - recommend?

[Andymac183]

I'm wanting to go wide-arch on the Z but am struggling to find aftermarket over-arches or whatever you want to call them - can anyone recommend a supplier/product that ships to UK? If it helps, I'm leaving bumpers standard, it's just the arches I need...

[docwra]

How much wider? You could get up to about 40mm extra clearance with standard arches and a talented man on the puller/roller, if youre going much more than that you would probably need to blend bumpers in as it would look a bit weird otherwise. 

And why do you want to do it - bear in mind it will involve paint and some bodywork, then you need wheels to fill the arches, tyres, lows ......... not saying dont do it (I did and loved the result), just that its not to be taken lightly

[Andymac183]

You got pics of yours as reference?  I'm doing it purely because I love the wide look, and I like the look of arches 'added on' so wouldn't go the rolling route you describe. And yeah I'm in the market for wheels and tyres to match, I love the look of deep dish wheels too but they're proving hard to find as well!

[docwra]

Mine was done in metal ......... after Id driven it into a ditch, Id never have done it otherwise 

My arches were probably about 80mm extended each side and the wheel specs I was running were faintly ridiculous - 18x10 ET -35 front , 11.5 ET -25 at the rear or something, wheels like that dont come up very often and spacing wheels for widearches is not acceptable ........



and it ended up white, notice how much has been added to the Chargespeed bumpers to make them fit with the arches:

 

[Jetpilot]

Always a decent place to look if you want some proper fitment.

 

http://www.jdmdistro.com/

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4 hours ago, docwra said:

Mine was done in metal ......... after Id driven it into a ditch, Id never have done it otherwise 

My arches were probably about 80mm extended each side and the wheel specs I was running were faintly ridiculous - 18x10 ET -35 front , 11.5 ET -25 at the rear or something, wheels like that dont come up very often and spacing wheels for widearches is not acceptable ........



and it ended up white, notice how much has been added to the Chargespeed bumpers to make them fit with the arches:

 

It does look lovely though. Where did you get the paint job done?

[StevoD]

Try these guys 

 

https://m.ebay.com/itm/SSworxs-350z-z33-Metal-Fender-Flares-Full-Front-Rear-for-Nissan-350z-vip-z34-/182390220375?_mwBanner=1

 

 

https://www.battleaero.com/products/nissan-350z-fender-flares

 

 

[docwra]

Original work was done by Will @ Streetoptions (who is a magician BTW), it was painted white by Greg @ Tradelink when I sold it top him, it might even still be there