Fender Design
Design of FENDER
FENDER
Fenders are the part of an automobile or any other vehicle body that frames a wheel well (the fender underside). Its primary purpose is to prevent sand, mud, rocks, liquids, and other road spray from being thrown into the air by the rotating tire.
TYPES OF FENDER
Fender is of two types
- Full Bumper type
- Half Bumper type
Full Bumper Type
Full Bumper type fenders are not used nowadays because it requires large size blank to produce the part since it occupies more space and wastage of materials is high while manufacturing.
Half Bumper Type
While manufacturing Half Bumper type fenders, two fenders can be produced at the same sheet by placing it opposite to each other. These type fenders are comparatively less in weight and cost efficient. Also here the wastage of material is low.
Mountings for a FENDER
- Drip Mounting area
- Still Mounting area
- A-Pillar Mounting area
- Bumper Mounting area
- Baffle or Linear Mounting area
Drip Mounting Area
This region connects the fender with the engine compartment of the vehicle and this mounting is hidden under the hood. This sketech is drawn using the master sketch provided.
Sill Mounting Area
The bottom most area of the fender contains a mounting area called the sill mounting area.
A-pillar Mounting Area
This mounting connects the fender to the body frame near the front dooor.
Bumper Mounting Area
The part of the fender which is mounted to the bumper region of the vehicke is called the bumper mounting area.
Baffle Mounting Area
The Baffle/ Cowl Mounting Area is located above the front wheel and is mounted to the rubber guard in order to prevent the mud or stone partricles to get into the vehicle which is thrown by the wheel.
Fender
The below is the final Fender design with the mounting areas
