The Wolf's 07 CWP GS

[The Wolf]

it looks good anytime!

Haha, thanks it's worn through in two places and cracked all over, and very discolored. I plan on fixing it and maybe customizing it to look like the Inspection lip (straight across like the 1st gen GV lip for the hatch)

[Mitchell3]

Looks great steve. If you want to take a leap of faith, I'm going to try selling my old AE bumper -- of course it requires some body work and of course rebar work lol. Once that's done though its fitment is very good, better than my new one.

[The Wolf]

Thanks Mitch, I debated the AE bumper in the past but I don't really like how it looks in white. Not sure why. If I had a dark car I'd probably jump on that

[The Wolf]

Had my fenders rolled last night and installed my spacers. Did not end well. Looks like I'll have to replace the drivers side fender... Anyway for now it looks fine.

Quick shot:

[Hyperion]

How'd they mess up? It's a huge job to replace the rear fenders. It's the largest body panel.

[The Wolf]

The inner separated from the outer and pulled away. There's crease along the arch.

[greyseason]

cant see the image

[The Wolf]

Does your work block Flickr? The damage isn't shown. I'll post a pic later today.

[Dave_The_BMXER]

Have your quarters been done before? I was under the impression that (From the factory) the Mazda 3 fenders were one piece?

That being said I will eventually need a drivers side quarter too (patch panel is failing) and has already lasted longer than I expect after my initial roll.

Blain did it yes?

[greyseason]

Does your work block Flickr? The damage isn't shown. I'll post a pic later today.

i think thats my problem, whoops

[The Wolf]

Have your quarters been done before? I was under the impression that (From the factory) the Mazda 3 fenders were one piece?

That being said I will eventually need a drivers side quarter too (patch panel is failing) and has already lasted longer than I expect after my initial roll.

Blain did it yes?

Yeah Blain did them. They were repaired this spring, I'm assuming the second piece was added to strengthen the lip.

So I'm going to try to seal the area and keep them as is, but I think it will have to be replaced before long. Either that or... Well... Something else... Haha

[Dave_The_BMXER]

Yeah, rolling repairs is a pain in the dick.

[Mitchell3]

You've been that low without your fenders rolled all this time? Cant imagine lol.

[schmat66]

You've been that low without your fenders rolled all this time? Cant imagine lol.

just not wide enough,

[The Wolf]

Yeah the offset and tire with saved me. If I were any wider or lower I would have chewed my tires.

Anyway, ZG flares.

[m3rk]

YES to those flares!

[Mitchell3]

Looked wide enough in pictures.

[GWN]

Fenders are two piece, found out after I took the dremel to them. Used a silicon sealant and haven't had an issue yet.

[CH0SiiN1]

Dayem

[The Wolf]

The way I see it, hopefully I sealed the quarter properly and I'm left with a small barely-noticeable crease on the fender arch. Alternatively, I can attack the lip with a grinder/dremel and cut away all the extra inside and reseal. If not, I will have to send it to a body shop to get that quarter cut out and replaced, and that panel repainted.


My dad: "Why not just get fender flares?"

[Shinglez]

Your dad knows what's up

[Shizuka_Osamu]

any pics of the fender damage.

[The Wolf]

any pics of the fender damage.

yeah sorry for the delay.

this is what it looks like from the outside:


it's actually much less noticeable than this picture would make it seem. If it doesn't rust I won't get it repaired.

[The Wolf]

I dropped the rear all the way today. At least I think so... kind of hard to tell with KW's. Also spun the fronts down. Rear fender is at 23 1/4", front is at 22 5/8".

A friend of mine will be machining my spacers to fit properly in the next week or so and I'll FINALLY be set up for the year.
Small fitment preview
Rear:

Front:

[greyseason]

Yum yum chewed gum that looks good