omni fenders ,what year?

rampant racing · February 28, 2011, 11:25:22 PM

could someone enlighten me about what year omni or horizon fenders make the best flares.also do you use all front flares all the way around or use the back for the back.i will be possibly using them on a 69 spitfire.many thanks.

Bill Young · March 01, 2011, 08:14:38 AM

Dodge Omni's and Plymouth Horizons were produced from 1978 through 1989. All years had the same fender flares. You can use either the fronts or the rears, the rears are shaped the same, just harder to cut off the donor car. You may want to do some measurment first before you buy any as I found that they were too wide at the bottom to work on my MG Midget, might be a bit wide for the Spitfire body as well. Work great on MGBs though. Here's a set, two front and two rears next to some Vette 17" wheels to get an idea how wide the bottom of the arch is.

roverman · March 01, 2011, 04:44:23 PM

Get your project "hoppin", from rock auto, called "wheel arches". Too cheap new , not to. NOT AN EDORSEMENT. roverman.

rficalora · March 02, 2011, 10:55:11 AM

Not cheap, but I happened to notice that there are new LH & RH omni fenders on Amazon for about $70 each... just do a search for "dodge omni fender"

cgill · March 02, 2011, 11:56:53 AM

That's not a bad price. I picked up mine used for about $50 per fender. It took quite a bit of searching to come up with four of them. Other options are rabbit flares that seem to work really well.

Rob, your car is looking AWESOME!!!! Congrats.

rficalora · March 02, 2011, 01:19:11 PM

Wow, prices have really changed. I was able to scrounge my flares for somewhere around $25 each back when I got them. I'm seriously considering making molds once I get my brakes done (I found a couple of master cylinders that should work well this weekend & have one installed -- just need to bleed the brakes to test it out) and then a few other important things like getting the radio & A/C set up

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cgill · March 02, 2011, 04:35:32 PM

I have an extra flare from my installation somewhere. I think it is in pretty good shape with the exception of a couple of dings that could easily be repaired. I'll sell it to you for a million dollars. ha!

In all seriousness, if you want it maybe you have a couple of parts I could use. Then you only need three more!

Rob that's an interesting idea about making molds of the flares. Particularly the front ones which aren't super easy to fit as you know.

Cheers,
Chris

rampant racing · March 03, 2011, 10:21:15 PM

i sent you a pm chris.sounds like deal if the shipping isn't killer.i can use one just to see if it will fit and be worth getting more.thnx alot.

Bruce Mills · March 06, 2011, 11:20:17 AM

Rob

What kind of M/C did you use. I have always thought the MGB one could be better. And cheaper.

Bruce