Widebody kits
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ZaadroJunior Member
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Widebody kits
Every forum I look at shows some, or none. But I can't find a single forum with any links or businesses that currently exist or still sell those things.
Does anyone have any links to widebody kits? That still are being sold -
PaceModerator
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That's likely because there are no longer any businesses that offer off-the-shelf widebody kits - Cross Factory & Avante were the only two that come to mind and they're long gone. You'll have to rely on individuals' products now.
MutantZ occasionally sells some replica Cross Factory overfenders for the rear. You could contact him for more info. Otherwise, Mike G (Shamwow) has a completed set of overfenders on his car as an example - as shown in the thread.
Check out this thread: https://z31performance.com/forum/z31…-panel-install
Last edited by Pace; 07-29-2016, 04:49 PM.'86 300ZXT GLL
'78 Datsun 280Z BP
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260DETSenior Member
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The Japanese Avante kit is the only one available that I know of https://www.japanparts.com/parts/detail/5272
While I think of it, mine is an '88 and it looks like pretty wide wheels will fit in there without any mods, maybe 11 inch? Fronts about 10?Last edited by 260DET; 07-30-2016, 06:41 PM. -
ZaadroJunior Member
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Pace, i contacted both mutantz and Mike, one answered , the other didn't.
260DET, I've seen that kit, it's not much different than stock. I have an 86 and the control arms almost touch my stock wheels right now, saddening but yeah.
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88sinZSenior Member
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PaceModerator
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Originally posted by Zaadro View PostI have an 86 and the control arms almost touch my stock wheels right now, saddening but yeah.
Also, what wheels would you run with a wide body kit? The wider fenders that came on 86+ can handle fairly wide wheels, as mentioned earlier.'86 300ZXT GLL
'78 Datsun 280Z BP
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ZaadroJunior Member
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88sinz, I have the stock wheels on, the wheels that I'm going to get all depend on the widebody. So they're 15" by weak right now.
260det, I was going to widen my original fenders and quarters but I like the look of over fenders. it's all preference Yunno.
pace, honestly I do not know the parts on this car for I have only owned this one for about 4 months, all I know is I measured it and there isn't much space. I'm doing an s13 subframe swap though. So I'll have multi link arms and I'll be able to fit more and have better coilovers and such. the wheels I'm going to run depend on how wide the fenders are. I want super rs' but then I have to get them redrilled and such haha. -
ZaadroJunior Member
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260det I'm not a fan of fender flares due to them being one of the only things you can buy for our cars and it being so common. -
88sinZSenior Member
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Originally posted by Zaadro View Post260det I'm not a fan of fender flares due to them being one of the only things you can buy for our cars and it being so common.
if you're looking to be 'one off,' first these cars (a clean example) are not very common.
Second if there was a market for widebody kits, it would be alive. Hence the *my first car, building a monster, drift project, will these 16x7 +45 rims fit'* zero experience cheapo Z31 scene.
There's almost no middle ground, Cough up $2,500 for a kit that needs to be shipped half way across the world and requires minor modification to fit, or build your own. -
ZaadroJunior Member
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88, if you read back, I never said I wanted to be the only one to have it. Also I'm sure I did say I may customize some from my original fenders and quarters. I know these cars are not common. I've had two. The one I have now is super clean. Just bad paint. Most of these cars rotted out because of the metal they were made with, so having them is awesome in general, no mods at all. I'm fine with it costing a bit. I'm planning on putting it in shows, not drifting it. -
Augustus MaximusSenior Member
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Mutant Z is still making overfenders. Get in touch with him, he'll hook you upLast edited by Augustus Maximus; 08-02-2016, 11:38 AM.Cha iro
enjoy building it yourself.
if it fails, fuck it.
at least you gave it a whirl. -
260DETSenior Member
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88 is pretty well on the money, an alternative might be to take the car to a custom shop and see what they suggest. I'm a bit of a fan of boxing guards which would be appropriate for a 80's car. This was done with the 280ZX race cars and is fairly simple to do in that it doesn't require mods to the doors or anything else. This pic should give you some idea. -
88sinZSenior Member
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Originally posted by Zaadro View Post88, if you read back, I never said I wanted to be the only one to have it. Also I'm sure I did say I may customize some from my original fenders and quarters. I know these cars are not common. I've had two. The one I have now is super clean. Just bad paint. Most of these cars rotted out because of the metal they were made with, so having them is awesome in general, no mods at all. I'm fine with it costing a bit. I'm planning on putting it in shows, not drifting it.
I'm not sure how familiar with this scene you are, but This is just a very common and recurrent question that never provides follow through 999.999% of the time
These chassis are a labor of beer, sweat, and nonsense.