Wide fenders for mk5 GTI

[rex]

As this is probably a more visited topic than my build thread I will post some pictures about the preliminary fitting of the Kerscher fenders:

Fitting the Kerscher wings.
The guys made a test and they fit very well. I want to see the finished product before saying anything else, but the future looks promising.











The inner wheel arch has to be modified. I marked with a red line the area that has to be removed. The Kerscher inner fenders will be bolted to the remaining OEM inner Wheel arch.

[fuscobal]

Cool but u forgot the most important > pic with the wheel straight relative to the 2 wings ! :)

[rex]

The car was on a stand and I could not do take that shoot.
I have some pictures on the camera with the stock fenders and I have marked the car position and the camera position so that I can repeat the photos with the Kerscher fenders. Hope that will work.

[fuscobal]

Perfect :)

[rex]

As promised, here is a partial review of the Kerscher fenders:

First of all, the difference between these fenders and OEM fenders is ~1.2 kg/ piece:
Stock

Kerscher


Than, fitment... Well, it is not quite perfect. On the left side of the car the fitment is perfect (better than OEM):


On the right side things are not quite the same... There is a gap on the fender and the front bumper:




And there is some space between the fender and the headlight. But, the fender is aligned with the hood so I guess there was some space with the OEM fender too:


All of the other joints or lines are perfect.
So, the fenders are not quite perfect but good enough (at least for my standards).

The fenders extend quite a lot and I like the look of the car with the new fenders.




Please don't mind the front left RLine grille. It has not arrived yet and I needed the car.




And to make the post even longer, here are some shots with the OEM fenders and the Kerscher fenders.
I tried to have the same angle but it is not quite the same. I hope this helps anyway...







All the best!  

P.S. I Still have to make some photos of the inner fender but that will only happen when I change the winter wheels.

[danishmkvgti]

excellent REX, looks good and i can see there are small fitment issues compared to the Seibon fenders.
Looking forward to you getting some real size wheels on   

[the bruce]

Excellent review, Rex !!

The fenders still look stock, but compared side by side the difference is clearly visible.

[rex]

excellent REX, looks good and i can see there are small fitment issues compared to the Seibon fenders.
Looking forward to you getting some real size wheels on   

Ha ha...
I guess having no fitment issues is a hard thing to find  .
I suspect the track wheels are not wider than these ones. These are ET50 with 20mm spacers on the front (to clear the brakes) and the tires are 205.

The fenders still look stock, but compared side by side the difference is clearly visible.

True. That's what I like most about them.