Hi guys
What other front fender will fit on the FJ? :
Mine got lost some way or the other and I can't find one here in RSA. :dash2:
I think it's called fender,the piece that is above front wheel(mudgaurd on scramblers).
Thanks in advance
Hannes
All years on the FJ are the same, just different colors. Plus there are other alternatives if you don't need the original look.
You may be able to source a RZ500 or RD500LC front fender.
Here is the post that shows the installation.
http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=13494.0 (http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=13494.0)
The is also a post for a FZR front fender mod.
http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=15573.0 (http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=15573.0)
Fred
Thanks for the replay guys,but no luck for me on those fenders either.
So I have decided to make fender out of fibreglass,using back piece as a mold.
Mold for back piece is finished and busy curing now.
After I made the new back piece,I am going to modify that mold for the front piece.
Where it is recessed at the lower end, I am going to fill that area up untill it is flush with the area where bracket comes on.
The 2 lower holes where it fastened against forks above calipers,is going to be cut away,extend the round sides around the forks to where it meets rear piece.
Then where front piece presses against fork,I am going to beefing up that area so there is no play for fender.
So hopefully by this coming weekend,the FJ is on the road again and not just sitting in garage :bye:
Hannes
You can also fit a Suzuki Bandit front fender for a different look. If interested I can post up a drawing of the bracket to fit it to the FJ forks.
http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=11483.0 (http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=11483.0)
Quote from: aj52 on September 26, 2016, 04:04:17 PM
Thanks for the replay guys,but no luck for me on those fenders either.
So I have decided to make fender out of fibreglass,using back piece as a mold.
Mold for back piece is finished and busy curing now.
After I made the new back piece,I am going to modify that mold for the front piece.
Where it is recessed at the lower end, I am going to fill that area up untill it is flush with the area where bracket comes on.
The 2 lower holes where it fastened against forks above calipers,is going to be cut away,extend the round sides around the forks to where it meets rear piece.
Then where front piece presses against fork,I am going to beefing up that area so there is no play for fender.
So hopefully by this coming weekend,the FJ is on the road again and not just sitting in garage :bye:
Hannes
If you can, take as many pics as possible while doing this. Then post it here. I would be very interested in your progress and results. :good:
Quote from: FJmonkey on September 26, 2016, 04:23:03 PM
You can also fit a Suzuki Bandit front fender for a different look. If interested I can post up a drawing of the bracket to fit it to the FJ forks.
http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=11483.0 (http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=11483.0)
Thanks,if my little project fails,I will take you up on your offer.
Quote from: PaulG on September 26, 2016, 04:37:40 PM
Quote from: aj52 on September 26, 2016, 04:04:17 PM
Thanks for the replay guys,but no luck for me on those fenders either.
So I have decided to make fender out of fibreglass,using back piece as a mold.
Mold for back piece is finished and busy curing now.
After I made the new back piece,I am going to modify that mold for the front piece.
Where it is recessed at the lower end, I am going to fill that area up untill it is flush with the area where bracket comes on.
The 2 lower holes where it fastened against forks above calipers,is going to be cut away,extend the round sides around the forks to where it meets rear piece.
Then where front piece presses against fork,I am going to beefing up that area so there is no play for fender.
So hopefully by this coming weekend,the FJ is on the road again and not just sitting in garage :bye:
Hannes
If you can, take as many pics as possible while doing this. Then post it here. I would be very interested in your progress and results. :good:
I will post my progress as I go along :good:
How do you upload photo's? :scratch_one-s_head:
I see at "Additional Options" is there a place to choose files,but if I want to check at "preview",it does not show there.
Also want to put in comments at photo's.
Quote from: aj52 on September 28, 2016, 03:35:21 AM
How do you upload photo's? :scratch_one-s_head:
I see at "Additional Options" is there a place to choose files,but if I want to check at "preview",it does not show there.
Also want to put in comments at photo's.
You can load them to your gallery on this site first. Then link to the photo when you post. This allows comments between photos and previewing prior to posting. If you click to reply with quotes to this post you will see the code and image address. There is a button to Insert Image above the smilelys.
(http://fjowners.com/gallery/8/104_06_04_15_8_14_10.jpeg)
At the top of the General Discussion page there is also this thread that has been "stickied" to the board. How to post Pictures into your posts. (http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=341.0) Using the attachment option does not show in preview - for whatever reason. It's self explanatory - I use Photobucket to store the pics then use it's copy/link function to post them in the threads here.
It also allows the same functions as using the Gallery on this site. Either/Or will perform the same way.
Mark - you haven't gotten around to 3-D printing a front fender yet?! :pardon:
That would be a big printer and a lot of clean up work to get the printing lines sanded out. I have the Bandit fender posted up next. Getting 86/87 scoop protectors printed soon as well.
How well does the ABS perform from a printer? Are there internal "seams" that create weak points or a tendency to split?
This photo was posted to one of the Facebook FJ pages. The fender is from a Suzuki GS550E. All I know about modifying it to fit. Is that the curved OEM brace needs to be replaced with a flat brace.
Fred
I'm still busy with the fibreglass fender.
It is a hell of a lot of work to get the surface nice and smooth and uniformerd
I will upload the photo's as I am finished with it,before and after painting.
It is definitely not a one week job,I were way to over opportunistic about it. :crazy:
I just want to take it out on the road,been sitting in garage since middle August
Testing if photos is uploaded
Got it,thanks guys.
Will upload rest over weekend
Looking good. This pushes me to post my Bandit adapter bracket for the FJ... Kind of rough at the moment but Pat taught me a little about polishing AL...
Considering the amount of work I've put in this far and is not finished yet,I think your silution is must better,FJmonkey.
If I knew when I have started the fibreglassing that it is going to be this much time consuming,I would have take you up on your offer you made back then,but I am about 80% finished with it. :yahoo:
It the will be finish by next week friday,painted the lot.
Next Saturday it is me,myself and I on the road to a ralley in Montaqu. :diablo:
FJ was sitting for to long in the garage because of the fender
Quote from: aj52 on October 21, 2016, 04:30:18 PM
Considering the amount of work I've put in this far and is not finished yet,I think your silution is must better,FJmonkey.
If I knew when I have started the fibreglassing that it is going to be this much time consuming,I would have take you up on your offer you made back then,but I am about 80% finished with it. :yahoo:
It the will be finish by next week friday,painted the lot.
Next Saturday it is me,myself and I on the road to a ralley in Montaqu. :diablo:
FJ was sitting for to long in the garage because of the fender
I made a spare, would you like it?
Hi just having a look at this post, are you trying to smooth out the fiberglass matting you have put over the original rear to use as it's outer finish? Sorry it's not to clear on the post but if that's the case save yourself loads of time and wax up the inner of the mould you have made and cast another from the inside,,, it should be near perfect. Then carry on with your sound idea of creating the front half but using the same method. Hope this helps, if it is that I have got it all wrong sorry for adding my penith :smile:
Quote from: Russfjr1 on October 21, 2016, 05:23:06 PM
Hi just having a look at this post, are you trying to smooth out the fiberglass matting you have put over the original rear to use as it's outer finish? Sorry it's not to clear on the post but if that's the case save yourself loads of time and wax up the inner of the mould you have made and cast another from the inside,,, it should be near perfect. Then carry on with your sound idea of creating the front half but using the same method. Hope this helps, if it is that I have got it all wrong sorry for adding my penith :smile:
Hi Russ
I used a mould release between mould and new piece.
Don't know if it is that you are talking about.
Thanks for your input
I will try again, :smile: Using the original rear part covering it with release agent then laying up your gel coat, fiberglass letting it cure, pull them both apart I understand and it's the way I would have a go but I would then repeat the process using the inside of the new fiberglass rear you just created, again with copious amounts of release agent. Doing it that way you then have a mould you can use many times and the finished product pops out with a smooth exterior finish.
So you would use the original part as the "plug" your first fiberglass copy of that would become your "mould" to make as many as you like from said mold.
Sorry if I didn't make it clear first time. The process is what I am thinking of doing to the fairing I have made, polish it like mad, loads of release agent (carnauba wax) then lay up a gel coat over that followed by some fine matting with resin then a few layers of chop strand, the gel coat then becomes the inside of the new mould this you then polish again loads of wax and the the next fairing after being left to cure should pop out easy ... well that's the theory. Sorry if it's long winded just can't think of a better way to put it. At the end of the day I am sure it will all turn out fine whatever way you do it even if you end up making 2 or 3 it's all good fun coupled with the fact you made it yourself. That has to be the best bit. Russ
Quote from: Russfjr1 on October 22, 2016, 02:54:20 PM
I will try again, :smile: Using the original rear part covering it with release agent then laying up your gel coat, fiberglass letting it cure, pull them both apart I understand and it's the way I would have a go but I would then repeat the process using the inside of the new fiberglass rear you just created, again with copious amounts of release agent. Doing it that way you then have a mould you can use many times and the finished product pops out with a smooth exterior finish.
So you would use the original part as the "plug" your first fiberglass copy of that would become your "mould" to make as many as you like from said mold.
Sorry if I didn't make it clear first time. The process is what I am thinking of doing to the fairing I have made, polish it like mad, loads of release agent (carnauba wax) then lay up a gel coat over that followed by some fine matting with resin then a few layers of chop strand, the gel coat then becomes the inside of the new mould this you then polish again loads of wax and the the next fairing after being left to cure should pop out easy ... well that's the theory. Sorry if it's long winded just can't think of a better way to put it. At the end of the day I am sure it will all turn out fine whatever way you do it even if you end up making 2 or 3 it's all good fun coupled with the fact you made it yourself. That has to be the best bit. Russ
Thanks Russ
I have done it the other way around,so that is why I've been sanding my elbows nearly to a standstill for days.
Wish you had read it earlier what I was doing.
Thanks a lot for your advice,will keep it in mind when I do fibreglassing again,because I sweared never again.
Hannes
I think this is what Russ was describing. I've been looking at hours of videos on YouTube re this subject. That's why I was interested in your progress. Have a zillion ideas in my head re composite bodywork. If only I had a place to do it. Soon...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3i0EkkAfFHI (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3i0EkkAfFHI)
Some more photo's on my progress.
Primed fender is just to see how the shape is.
Please look pass the mess in garage
:good2: Lookin great! What mess? It's a garage, not a maternity ward.
Quote from: PaulG on October 23, 2016, 03:09:49 PM
:good2: Lookin great! What mess? It's a garage, not a maternity ward.
Thanks Paul
According to the wife it looks like a pigstay :mad:
The fender is coming along nicely, I love to see these kind of DIY projects.
As ever with any bodywork or modifications to existing panels it's all a labour of love but when you get it right it all becomes worth it.
Now you have it in primer get another can of any colour and dust a very very fine coat on it so fine all you can really see is the primer then start to sand it with a firm backing pad between the wet n dry and your hand, with a firm pad used like that you will soon see any high / low spots to address. Sorry if you know that but just in case.
Fender is finished. The colour doesn't match with original colour of bike,but will do untill new paint job in the new year.
Next on the list are the rear and front wheel mods and brake upgrades.
The fender looks great :good:
Sure beats having no fender at all. :crazy:
Fred
Ja! Gut Werk!
Necessity is Invention's Mama, after all.
As for colour, can anyone tell at Mach 3+???
Steve
Like The Man says...