Rusty's Nismo Journal

Rusty · 05-24-2019, 11:26 PM

Time to post up my FE Design fender vents.

1st pic. Mask off the fender with painter's tape. Position the template where you want it, and tape in place. Take a Sharpie and mark the inside of the template.

2nd pic. I used a 4" fiber cut off wheel on my die grinder to cut the fender. The fender is steel, unlike the hood which is aluminum. Cut on the outside of the line you made.

3rd and 4th pic's. The hole in the fender that you just ruined.

This is what it looks like.

5th pic. Cleaned the area up, and spray painted the inner fender black.

6th pic. Fitting the vent. Had to trim some areas bigger. The bottom point had to be opened up more. I used an air powered belt sander to trim more.

Rusty · 05-24-2019, 11:35 PM

1st pic. Once I was happy with the way it fit.

2nd pic. I drilled holes in both the vent and fender. Once done. I painted the holes and cut edges with cold galvanizing paint.

3rd pic. Re moved the inner fender liner and cut an area out of it.

4th and 5 th pic's. This little brace had to be notched for clearance on both sides of the car.

Rusty · 05-24-2019, 11:41 PM

'These pic's show different angles of the vent. To hold the vent in place. I used #10 button head bolts with nylock nuts on the back side with ss washers. I could have gotten away with #8 button heads.

Rusty · 05-24-2019, 11:45 PM

These pic's are the hole I cut into the inner fender liner. Over the holes. I glued some bug screen over them to keep the rocks out. Next winter, I'll make the holes bigger.

Rusty · 05-24-2019, 11:52 PM

Some newer pic's of the Nismo.

redondoaveb · 01-18-2021, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

Some newer pic's of the Nismo.

Rusty, I was looking at the angle of your splitter. It looks like it's angled up in the front.

Rusty · 01-18-2021, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by redondoaveb

Rusty, I was looking at the angle of your splitter. It looks like it's angled up in the front.

Yea, it's up a hair. I have to readjust it. That means that there will be a big gap in the front.

Rusty · 01-21-2021, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by redondoaveb

Rusty, I was looking at the angle of your splitter. It looks like it's angled up in the front.

Just measured the angle of the splitter. It's 1.5 degrees up in the front. Which ain't much. I might be able to adjust that down with the rods. On the brakes, it would be pointed down a lot.

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