Inner fender rock proctection?

cobra crazee · #1 (**permalink**) 05-11-2007, 10:26 PM

just bought the high density foam from Top of the hill. Its precut for the
my spf, got the adhessive backing, also included is 1 tube of urathane sealer. Now I need to ask my friend when can I put the car on his lift to put it on. By the way, top of the hill also does installation if you can take your car to them.

Slither · #2 (**permalink**) 05-11-2007, 10:56 PM

There is a product called Star Blocker on the market that will solve your problems. I have it in my aluminum fenderwells and I don't have ANY stars from underneath. Check it out at www.starblocker.com
Good luck to you!

Calbullet · #3 (**permalink**) 05-14-2007, 10:02 AM

cobra crazee, how much was that kit from Top of the Hill?? you can pm me if you like. how was the fit and what was it made of.

thanks, Mel

hi-tech cobra · #4 (**permalink**) 05-14-2007, 10:34 AM

It might sound crazy but on the two Unique cars I built - I used those dense foam camping mats. I cut the shapes and used Liquid nails to stick them on inside the fenders.

Never had a problem. The foam is about 1/2" thick so it can absorb allot of punishment.

Flyin_Freddie · #5 (**permalink**) 05-17-2007, 11:03 PM

I just installed the foam fender liners from Top-of-the-Hill Performance yesterday on my #770 SPF Roadster. I jacked up the car and put it on jackstands...removed the wheels and had at it.

The foam is closed cell rubber stuff, about 5/16" thick and comes with a sticky back double sided adhesive already applied. The instructions have you wash the underside of the fenders with soap & water, then wipe them down with a wax and grease remover when they're dry. I used Ditz-O...from the local automotive paint store...good stuff. The foam pads are precut and fit pretty nicely. You still have to jocky them around a bit and work carefully and slowly on the compound curved (concaved) inner fenders. They're not hard to install, but tedious. I found just pulling a little of the paper backing off - about 4", or so - then locating the pad in the right place and sticking the exposed part down, then removing the rest of the backing paper worked well for me. I also used a small wooden wallpaper seam roller to insure the pads were stuck to the inner fender well. Dunno where I got it...but probably at Home Depot. Just roll it back and forth across the underside of the fender from side to side over the foam rubber...worked pertty well, stuck everything down nicely.

The kit also came with a tube of DuPont urethane adhesive to seal and stick the edges down with. The instructions say to wear gloves and form a seal along the edges of the rubber foam with it. I'm here to tell you, guys...this sh!t is some nasty stuff....! It gets everywhere fast - real fast! It was all over my nitrile gloves in a heartbeat...then all over the handle of the caulk gun, then all over anything it came near. I finally stopped and wet a blue paper shop towel with some lacquer thinner and wiped off my gloves and everything else that damned stuff came in contact with. Man...this stuff is nasty! But, it works well...even if the caulk gun is difficult to get into tight corners, etc. I wasn't able to get the urethane on all edges, so I concentrated on the areas and edges that would most probably get splashed with water. Since I don't drive my car in the rain, I'm not too worried about sealing all the edges...I guess time will tell.

All in all, the kit seemed to be worth the money, more or less. $220 for the four (4) pre-cut, fitted foam mats of 5/16" black foam rubber, plus $20 for the tube of urethane (which you may be able to get this cheaper locally, I dunno), and $20 for shipping, for a total of $260, delivered. They estimate 4 hours to install, and I'd pretty much second that...

Do they work? Hell...I guess I'll find out over the next few months. No stars, so far, and I've had #770 for over six years. So, I guess I've been lucky.

Hope this helps someone out...

Tony Aprile · #6 (**permalink**) 05-18-2007, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Flyin_Freddie

All in all, the kit seemed to be worth the money, more or less. $220 for the four (4) pre-cut, fitted foam mats of 5/16" black foam rubber, plus $20 for the tube of urethane (which you may be able to get this cheaper locally, I dunno), and $20 for shipping, for a total of $260, delivered. They estimate 4 hours to install, and I'd pretty much second that...

I used a 3' x 6' 7/16 black foam rubber sleeping bag pad from Eastern Mountain Sports, I made a template for each wheel well from large oaktag paper. Since the pad had no adhesive backing I used 3M general adhesive spray on the back of the pad and in the wheel well....it cost $50 for 2 pads, 2 pieces of oaktag and 1 can of spray and several hours of my time. Basicly the same as Freddie just more work

Tony

Randy Rosenberg · #7 (**permalink**) 05-18-2007, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Flyin_Freddie

I just installed the foam fender liners from Top-of-the-Hill Performance yesterday on my #723 SPF Roadster....

Do they work? Hell...I guess I'll find out over the next few months. No stars, so far, and I've had #723 for over six years. So, I guess I've been lucky.

Hope this helps someone out...

Hey Freddie - Good job! You will be very pleased...

Craig installed this same product on my SPF 7 years ago. Back then I was open tracking my SPF with Goodyear slicks, which picked up everything when they got warmed up. I've got almost 14k miles on my SPF (I had some title issues that grounded me for a year or two), however not one star, ding, blemish from rocks due solely to Craig's product.

So, yes, they work - they work well. This why I recommended TOTH a month ago on this thread - for $260, this is a no-brainer for any SPF owner.

Regards,
Randy R...