Cheap fender strakes?
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No kidding. 200 for 4 aluminum slivers is a bit much. Anybody with them, can you measure them out? I'm gonna find out what it would cost to machine a set.
Hell, Might even be doable by hand and dremel over a weekend. (after cutting the basic outline on a nice big saw of course.
Hell, Might even be doable by hand and dremel over a weekend. (after cutting the basic outline on a nice big saw of course.
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Originally posted by mikeb
...I have never heard of grey strakes
...I have never heard of grey strakes
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The easiest way to make cheap fender strakes? Plastic, baby, plastic. I couldn't believe how cheezy my wheel centers were, but they look great on the car:
![](http://web2.chicagonet.net/~reds/4%20Center%20Caps.jpg)
The blue ones were also plastic:
![](http://web2.chicagonet.net/~reds/4%20Center%20Caps.jpg)
![](http://web2.chicagonet.net/~reds/wheel%20only%20new%20caps.jpg)
The blue ones were also plastic:
![](http://web2.chicagonet.net/~reds/wheel%20center%20close.jpg)
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At last...
Ok, some friends and myself are in the final process of our first set of "beta" plastic strakes. They're hard plastic cast polyurethane. They're super-stiff and should last a long while. We are going to paint them with a simple primer and *may* end up doing body colours. For now I'm asking one of you to test them out and vouch for the quality of them. They're completely smooth and have the exact same shape as the metal ones. Once I get feedback from one or two of you I'll start taking orders. We've spent many hours on getting these repros' down.
So any volunteers?
So any volunteers?
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Ok, you two will do. You realize you'll have to paint them to match your ride or try to find a chrome paint that looks like the original polished aluminum set.
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Totally... we're already starting to think of the options one could do with these. You could mix/match colour scheme. Maybe match your interior or match other accents (wheels?).
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Gyro:
Who are you having paint up your strakes? I also think sunlight liver would look sweet against my black and match the wheels quite nicely. Let me know as I might have you have mine painted up too
Who are you having paint up your strakes? I also think sunlight liver would look sweet against my black and match the wheels quite nicely. Let me know as I might have you have mine painted up too
![Wink](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/wink.gif)
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OK no problem......
I will swing in to the body shop this week to see Alex the body man.....![Smilie](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
oh....to answer your question.....Guy's auto body in Billerica Ma.
Ive had collision work there done in years past. The paint work always looked really good.
I will swing in to the body shop this week to see Alex the body man.....
![Smilie](https://www.rx8club.com/images/smilies/smile.gif)
oh....to answer your question.....Guy's auto body in Billerica Ma.
Ive had collision work there done in years past. The paint work always looked really good.
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You guys might note that fender grills (the black part that the strakes attach to) are available at Trussvillemazda.com. They are $12.36 each, one left one right, parts number F151-50-920A and F151-50-910A. Why do I mention this? Because if anyone wants to experiment with painting their fenders different colors, its easy to do and presents little risk because you can always replace the set for $25. This also opens up the possibility that someone could produce the grills or improve their design, perhaps making fender strakes that come pre-attached to the grill so there is no bolting to do....
Just thinking out loud... congrats on what seems like a sensible idea to me. $200 for strakes is just too much.
Just thinking out loud... congrats on what seems like a sensible idea to me. $200 for strakes is just too much.
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Originally posted by MEGAREDS
You guys might note that fender grills (the black part that the strakes attach to) are available at Trussvillemazda.com. They are $12.36 each, one left one right, parts number F151-50-920A and F151-50-910A.
You guys might note that fender grills (the black part that the strakes attach to) are available at Trussvillemazda.com. They are $12.36 each, one left one right, parts number F151-50-920A and F151-50-910A.
The small triangular panel that houses the tweeters is $50 each....as a comparison.
A forum member experimented and did paint the fender grills silver ...on a black car. It looked pretty good. I will keep mine black for contrast. At that price...your right...someone might be more apt to test out an idea. These primed strakes seem like an outstanding idea....cheaper and will be different than whats out there.
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great news- just what I have been waiting for-- but to keep the end costs down, I really think they have to come painted- the manufacture costs of painting would be nominal vs. the end user having to negotiate a rate with a shop to mix paint and then clean the sprayer for a small job- they'll have to charge alot. I say just pick 2 or 3 colors (chrome being one of them) and just offer that- of course- you can also still offer the unpainted or primed ones as well.
Can you guys do rotary accents as well- that's a natural for a plastic painted part.
Can you guys do rotary accents as well- that's a natural for a plastic painted part.
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Could probably do accents. I think I'll give that a whack after we step up on the strakes. I should be able to take my own off and copy those. Once again people could come up with some interesting colours for that.