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The Front Wheels Setup

Grayfox72

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I've looked at the P4 several times while it was displayed in Daytona Beach, but never thought of looking at the black portion of the front fenders. I know the fenders are attached with 4 allen screws and can be pulled up and removed, but I can't recall seeing if the black portion of the fender can be separated from the rest of the fender ? Did anyone checked it out. Would be interesting if that were possible, then some nice chrome wheels could be installed and shown
 

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I've looked at the P4 several times while it was displayed in Daytona Beach, but never thought of looking at the black portion of the front fenders. I know the fenders are attached with 4 allen screws and can be pulled up and removed, but I can't recall seeing if the black portion of the fender can be separated from the rest of the fender ? Did anyone checked it out. Would be interesting if that were possible, then some nice chrome wheels could be installed and shown
I'm more than willing to sacrifice a couple of mpg to remove the black portion of the fenders to increase it's look
 

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I would guess the fenders are probably one piece of fiberglass. If they are you wouldn't be able to remove and reattach the black portion. I don't see any reason why it couldn't be cut off though. I would like to see how high off the road the fenders are. They look like they are low enough to hit a curb.
 

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I recall seeing an image of the new fenders where someone did a photoshop and removed the black portion and opened up the rest of the fender a bit. He had chrome wheels on it and it looked great. You could see 3/4 of the wheel. I wish I could recall where I saw it....
 

Grayfox72

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I like the wheels fully enclosed or just a motorcycle style fender over the top, but not the half wheel style in this image. What I would really love is one of those Can Am Spyder fenders with the strip of LED lights going all around
 

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Looks much better than the fully enclosed version.
I like the wheels fully enclosed or just a motorcycle style fender over the top, but not the half wheel style in this image. What I would really love is one of those Can Am Spyder fenders with the strip of LED lights going all around
Well Grayfox 72 it looks like so far you have a 50-50 chance of pleasing someone on here with your design. Nice work. I hope you enjoyed doing it no matter what the results are. :-) Z
 
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