Picture Of Wide Front Fenders - Amg C43

[speedybenz]

I finally got my front fneders widened to fit the 255/40/17 tires I am running and had enough extra added to the job so the front fenders will fit a 9.0" wide wheel. Tried to get it setup for a 275/40/17 front tire but it would have taken some work to the inner fenders and plastic bits.

So now I am running my 8.5" wide wheels with 15mm spacers and the increase in track width is noticable and nice. The rear fenders were also widened so I could go to a 10" wide rear wheel and it got rid of any rubbing with my 275/40/17 tires I run in the rear. I bartered building a WF400 Yamaha engine into a 450cc ripping fast engine for the body work.

http://www.joeyandmona.com/albums/speedybenz-c43/mar05front.jpg

[sleek_benzo]

did you do this yourself??

[Renn 208]

Originally posted by sleek_benzo
did you do this yourself??

the engine building - yes

the fenders - no


Nice stuff Jeff! Need some wider out shots! April's too far away!

[sleek_benzo]

very funny...

wondering who rolled your fender?

[Renn 208]

Originally posted by sleek_benzo
very funny...

wondering who rolled your fender?

His fenders came rolled from the factory, however, I'm sure he'll tell us all who widened them.

[kameraguy]

Need to see the car as a whole. The front looks killer, but that rear has got to be more voluptuous than Jlo now :D

[KenzBenz]

man if the front is like that, the rear must be...insane

[J Irwan]

Originally posted by kameraguy
Need to see the car as a whole. The front looks killer, but that rear has got to be more voluptuous than Jlo now :D



LOL....

very nice Jeff....

when you said you want widebody fender.... I know then its just a matter of time....



and quit with the suspense, we need to see the whole car :p



Regardz.

[MrSpace]

I want more pictures!!!

that's nice!

Etienne

[jstrat85]

MORE PICS PLEASE!!! looking good... looking good!!;) take a pic of the front of the car i want to see how it looks!!

[Ashkan's C280]

very nice jeff

[98c43amg]

kewl -- when I heard you gave up on the 275mm up front, thought that was the end of it. Awesome end result.

[SpEeDy230]

Damn Jeff....looks go from that pic. Need the Pics of the whole car...Please

[Ashkan's C280]

does anyone know any shops in socal area that could roll and widen like this, what would costs be?

[ryhi]

you can only do so much without fabricating fender flares. TWS can do it and im sure theyve had a lot of experience with it. did mine myself and didnt heat up the paint enough n it started chipping!

[speedybenz]

They had to cut the front fender and then weld in a new piece to get the fender extended out far enough. The rear fenders were forced out using a body shop type hydraulic jack. It is not as noticable in the back and I really need a better pic. But let me see what I dig up. Better pics soon!!

http://www.joeyandmona.com/albums/speedybenz-c43/mar054.jpg

http://www.joeyandmona.com/albums/speedybenz-c43/mar05.sized.jpg


http://www.joeyandmona.com/albums/speedybenz-c43/mar056.jpg

[nokia8860]

http://www.joeyandmona.com/albums/speedybenz-c43/mar056.jpg

That rear just looks insane. The footprint is bigger than my notebook!

[Ashkan's C280]

damn that's a lot of rubber....

[kameraguy]

good GOD.

Now THIS is a Teutonic muscle car!!

Crazy!!!

[sleek_benzo]

whoa!!!!! :eek:

[98c43amg]

Originally posted by kameraguy
good GOD.

Now THIS is a Teutonic muscle car!!

Crazy!!!

to ride in it with Jeff driving his favorite twisty turny canyon road @ 10/10ths is even better then looking @ it! :p

[Renn 208]

Originally posted by 98c43amg
to ride in it with Jeff driving his favorite twisty turny canyon road @ 10/10ths is even better then looking @ it! :p

Hell, I've ridden with Jeff at 6/10ths and some horsies down and even then, my intestines try to leave their natural home!

[714guy]

WOW love that wide rear look. yummy.

[speedybenz]

AJ,

In April at Sears Pt. I will give you a real ride at 10/10th's race track style, I promise a wicked fast ride.

Thanks for the nice comments on the car and body mods.

I need to get the longer rear lug bolts and move out the rear wheels and then lower the rear of the car a little more.

Jeff

[1998K]

Hey Jeff,

that photos are really impressive!

:)

No comment, really awesome.

I like it a lot.

Marco

[98c43amg]

btw, Jeff, during my wicked fast ride at 10/10th's :D that day you were out with me, did you have the ESP turned off or was is normal?

-steve

[speedybenz]

Steve,

During your wicked fast ride I had the ESP on I think. A while ago I spent a few days with it off and even then it was very intrusive. But after a 1 or 1 1/2 days the ESP sort of learned that the car was going to continue on and it became almost nonintrusive.

So either the ESP does not work right now or it has loaded up the ECU with so many fault codes that it can't function.:p

So as long as the ESP stay in the background I leave it on just incase I really screw up and need the help to save my butt from a big ditch!

Jeff

[98c43amg]

Ya, your car is special in its reluctance for ESP to interfere & remove the fun-factor of the ride ; moreso it seems then the extra 20mm of tire width you have front and back would suggest (and I had been using the same tires in the summer as you are presently, just narrower) ... though, duh, there is that custom suspension of yours @ work too -- difference between it and the stock AMG suspension seems quite obvious in that light!
:cool:

My car's got Nokian RSI snows on for the winter. I've almost forgotten how nice it can be to drive when it's got traction. Annoying right now.

But I'll tell you, the ESP (or is it ASR ; ASR in this case I think) will activate for me while taking a turn with the Goodyear Eagle F1 GSD3 tires far sooner and more frequently then it did for me with the Bridgestone Potenza SO3's. The Kinesis wheels I bought have Yokohama AVS ES100 on them; so I'll see how that goes ...though these don't rate as high as either of the other two on Tire Rack. (with all the tires I have & will have experience with I have to write some reviews on Tire Rack )

In any case though, I suspect I'll see similar reduction in ASR activation on turns with your suspension on my car too. I called the shop today who'll be installing it as an FYI. :lick: Looking forward to spring!

[mr. gatsbury]

:eek: :eek: :eek:

[alboogiee]

O M G whoa... thats insane! very nice! very nice!:D

[!!!!!NJ Drive]

:eek: DDDDDDDAAAAAMMMMNN!!!!11!11shift1!!....

[ShollyC220]

Speedy, are those Goodyear Eagle F1's? I am in need of new tires and have been looking at these. If you do have them, how is the handling/traction in wet conditions?

-sholly

[speedybenz]

I think I like them better than the Kuhmo MX tires I had on before, They are quite, ride nice and do work very well in the rain. A very good tire I would buy again.

Jeff

[99amgc43]

the rear tires look insane, mine dont look like that and im running 265 series... is it because my rim is only 18x8.5???? youre running 275 series correct