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| Author: | tanshi [ Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | tube flares for a sierra |
I have had a couple of people ask for pics and ideas on how we built tube flares on a sierra, replacing the original tin flares. firstly our sills were replaced with 100mm x 100mm box front bar is a simple 100 x 50mm box shaped and welded. tube is 30 mm NB tube i believe. outriggers are 50mm by 3 mm flat bar pics       
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| Author: | Damo [ Sat Mar 10, 2012 2:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
And I spent all that dicking around trying to find (unsucessfully I might add!) 100x75 because I thought 100x100 would look too fat  Who rolled the pipe for ya? |
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| Author: | tanshi [ Sat Mar 10, 2012 10:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
we did all the bending in a cheep hydrolic bender |
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| Author: | just_cruizin [ Sun Mar 11, 2012 8:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
100x 100 is perfect, I've just done mine though we laminated 100x50 together for a bit of added strength. I thought 100 across the base might push up too much. |
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| Author: | DarkHorse [ Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
Hey Tanshi - any pics from a bit further away? Just interested in the overall appearance. Looks like nice work! |
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| Author: | matt.scorgie [ Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
looks fat nice work guys |
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| Author: | birko [ Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
Nice work! |
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| Author: | skyman [ Sun Mar 11, 2012 2:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
Awesome, I would be interested in seeing how they hold up against trees (we have a lot of them here). I have never seen this done before. Not only does it look sweet, it's a hell of a way to think out side of the box  Great looking bends/rolls for the bender too. |
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| Author: | alien [ Sun Mar 11, 2012 3:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
to make it strong enough to hit trees you'd probably have to run at least one pipe along the top of the arch and back to the chassis rail - all my hits on my flares, if the car's nose is pointing right, are at the 1 and 2 o'clock position on the flares, so that's where i'd re-inforce mine if i did it like that. very good job though! |
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| Author: | tanshi [ Sun Mar 11, 2012 3:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
the car also has a virtual lift done. the strip that was put in to replace what was cut out was 2mm. we figure if they arent strong enough we can put in more reinforcement. honestly i think running anything back to the chassis is over kill. we run similar to this on our LJs and ive had mine on its side on them more than once without damage. obviously damage can happen, but they arent that hard to make that we wouldnt happily make a replacement if we destroy one. all up i doubt if these cost more than 10 in materials per flare. |
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| Author: | gvzookdriver [ Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
since you have mounted it to the chassis (via the front bar) and the sliders (body) wouldnt this create a little bit of difference when the body moves and flexs on the mounts?? or is it that tiny it wouldnt really matter ?? |
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| Author: | tanshi [ Sun Mar 11, 2012 5:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
I cant see it making that much difference. its all sealed to the body with flexable sealer. I cant imagine that part of the body flexing enough to do any harm |
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| Author: | monley [ Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
Nice fab work 
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| Author: | ajsr [ Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
they look good mate my only reservation is how much wider it all is overall, you will have trouble say climbing a bank as the bar and flare will hit before the tyre. or so it looks in the pics anyway |
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| Author: | tanshi [ Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
there is about 30mm of tyre outside of the flare, my LJ has a bit more than this but in the end we wanted to cover the tyre. I will try and get a good front on shot of the flare, it will show that the taper on the tube as it comes out from the front bar allows about 100mm of width of tyre about 90% of the tyres height (33s) to approach an object with nothing to obstruct it. so we could drive up to a tree stump probably 31 inches high and as long as we lined it up on that 100mm it would climb without hitting anything other than tyre. basically this is a nice cheep and relativly easy replacement for stock steel flares or rubber flares. you will be able to slide on them in ruts or glance off trees, thus not destroying your stock flares or rippling off your rubber ones. |
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| Author: | JrZook [ Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
Nice work! Nice treads too! |
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| Author: | vitzookman [ Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
love it. Top work |
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| Author: | scorpydude [ Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
Far out - that looks fantastic. Never having to stuff with flares again would also be a god-send. Great job Tanshi |
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| Author: | just_cruizin [ Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
gvzookdriver wrote: since you have mounted it to the chassis (via the front bar) and the sliders (body) wouldnt this create a little bit of difference when the body moves and flexs on the mounts?? or is it that tiny it wouldnt really matter ?? Body rubbers flex maybe 2-3mm and given the length I doubt it would be an issue |
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| Author: | fully sick coily [ Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
you wouldnt happen to have a pic of it front on would you? |
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| Author: | tanshi [ Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
what are you after specifically? I can get pics of the whole car but it doesnt really show much more than there are already pics of |
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| Author: | fully sick coily [ Mon Mar 26, 2012 4:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: tube flares for a sierra |
just a pic of the front to see what your bar looks like, im hoping to make one like it |
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