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[LJGTR6]

I spoke with John Wilson today about getting a new set of flares from wilsons for my LX.
With him we worked out that i have a set of the smaller ones (L34 type i think i have seen them called).
He worked this out from my description of the small flare part that attaches to the door and the flat in the bottom.

My question is "have i used the correct flares back in the late 80's ??"

I had problems with damaging the rears as in pic 1 when reversing and getting the car twisted in a drive way and it caught on the tyre.
The fronts used to clip the part where it attaches to the front spoiler on one lock and rubbed on the back of the front on the other lock.
(saw a thread from ruts about trimming where the fronts attach to the spoiler to stop the tyre catching it)

did i just have crappy shocks and springs in the rear which allowed too much movement..
Or should i have used the bigger flares.
tyres are 14 inch rim with 265 / 50 rear and 14 inch 245 / 50 front.

The car looks good with these flares. not sure if bigger would look funny.

any experiences similar to mine would be really appreciated.




The fronts would clip the front and rear only on full lock

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[LJGTR6]

I thought so too.

I will take one side with me next week and he will compare it to his mold.

After reading a few threads i thought i had A9X until talking with wilsons.
His reason for saying they were small was the flat on the bottom of the rear door small piece??

[76lxhatch]

The second pic down definitely shows the L34 type, with the bolt arrangement and the flat edge you are talking about.

If you can get a good fitting set they should be basically the same size but won't pinch in at the wrong spots, fixing your clearance issues. Worst comes to the worst you will need to slightly modify them when fitting to gain this clearance.

[dirtbag]

They're definitely the L34 flares. The A9X ones come out at a much more aggressive angle making the top bolt hole recesses a lot deeper.

These are A9X flares.

Excuse the 3 pics I scanned them all in together ages ago, but it's the middle one I'm trying to show.




Hope that helps a bit.

[Ruts]

What you have are L34 flares with crappy shocks and springs. I see you are at Menangle which is about 15 minutes from my place. Give me a call if you like and I can come and have a look for you.

Ruts

[LJGTR6]

What you have are L34 flares with crappy shocks and springs. I see you are at Menangle which is about 15 minutes from my place. Give me a call if you like and I can come and have a look for you.

Ruts

Thanks Guys seems they are L34.
I might take you up on that Ruts. I would value 5 minutes to see how close i got them that many years ago.

I'l PM you.

Thanks again to all. really helps out.

[MRLXSS]

Hatchback flares should all be A9X, but I swear the A9X flares I have seen on Sedans look heaps wider than Hatchback flares.

[76lxhatch]

There are a lot of hatches around with the wrong flares, they seem to be L34 style joined together into one piece. If I recall correctly the A9X hatch rear flares should be add around 70mm off the body

[LJGTR6]

so mine are definately l34 ones arent they??


as i want the larger a9x ones but i dont want to redrill holes?????/

Holey smoke how did you get that wheel so far up inside the flare?
That looks cool. If i had done that i could say good bye to the flare at the
first bump in the road.

I think good springs and shocks are in order for mine.

They definetly look the same as mine though.

the rear ones in dirtbags barbados green pics definetly arch out more.
That being said the fronts look the same in all the pics to me.