Hi chaps,
I need to widen my rear arches by about 20mm each side as the wheels stick out slightly and rub badly when cornering (yes its an Avon).
I was planning on cutting both sides off across the top of the arch, then spacing out and filling the gap with ali mesh and fibreglass mat, finishing
the top with filler. Does this sound good? Will it be strong enough?
Cheers,
James
I think mr whippy did a'guide' on here a few months back. Il have a look
There is a guide somewhere, but if you have no luck finding it then you could U2U Wadders, He's extended his...
Steve
I know of another builder who marked a line on his arches, cut them, and then riveted a strip between the two bits to extend them. Don't recall it looking fantastic but i'm sure it could be made into a 'feature' and look ok.
Surely if its an avon then it will be 20mm one side and 45 the other 
I'm trying to build up courage to do this myself!
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Originally posted by DaveFJ
I'm trying to build up courage to do this myself!
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Originally posted by locoboy
Surely if its an avon then it will be 20mm one side and 45 the other
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Originally posted by MikeR
I know of another builder who marked a line on his arches, cut them, and then riveted a strip between the two bits to extend them. Don't recall it looking fantastic but i'm sure it could be made into a 'feature' and look ok.
Would it be easier to change your wheels for a different offset (ET) number so the sit under the arches better?
Unfortunately, in my case, Compomotive said after the oder was placed that they could not make the 16"x8" in a 52ET as requested - the best
the could do was 10 
. By which time I already had the 16"x7" fronts in ET35....
(205x45 front 245x35 rear )
I took me months of searching to find matching 16" wheels in both 7" and 8" so this was really frustrating but I have resigned myself
to reworking the arches
the easiest way is to take the arches off the car, use them as a patern ( the inside flange)
to make up spacer pieces from a good quaility ply (say two at half inch glued together,
seal with three or four coats of laminating resin, sand to a nice finish and paint the colour you want then drill to match the holes in the arches and
bolt the lot back with longer bolts ,
also use some sealent between the arches and ply spacers and spacers and bodywork,
john
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Originally posted by gezer
the easiest way is to take the arches off the car, use them as a patern ( the inside flange)
to make up spacer pieces from a good quaility ply (say two at half inch glued together,
seal with three or four coats of laminating resin, sand to a nice finish and paint the colour you want then drill to match the holes in the arches and bolt the lot back with longer bolts ,
also use some sealent between the arches and ply spacers and spacers and bodywork,
john
sorry, thats buggered my idea up
For best results do not cut a straight line with you jigsaw but a big wavy line.
I added two inches into my nose cone, the wavy lines were 2" wide, 2" apart this way you get to keep the contours and do not end up with
rigid lines.
Another benefit is that the glued edge is effectively twice as long so much stronger,
Regards Mark
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I don`t see any wavy lines
Alex
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Originally posted by mark chandler
For best results do not cut a straight line with you jigsaw but a big wavy line.
I added two inches into my nose cone, the wavy lines were 2" wide, 2" apart this way you get to keep the contours and do not end up with rigid lines.
Another benefit is that the glued edge is effectively twice as long so much stronger,
Regards Mark