FEED wide arch kit now on : big thanks to all those involved.

[jonyb]

Originally posted by 20B_boy
Yours is still a stunner Jon, have no doubt!

Thanks, all of a sudden i feel loads better:)  

[chrisBoid]

MillSpeed : it was on the car when it was imported  I\'m sure http://www.reworx.com could get one.

[Initial-D]

Looks stunning!! Can\'t wait to see it at some of the shows later this year, have you thought about lowering it a little?

Looks like Feed do a good fit too, did they bead the rear arches to the rear or blend them - I can\'t see from ya pic (and I still have to renew my membership - naughty me).

I have my new kit and bits in a huge box in the hall, just waiting for the bodyshop to get a space for me. Then I can post up some pics of mine too!!

Lemme know if you\'d like a FEED sticker set for the car :wave

[Initial-D]

Sorry for the hi-jack Chris! - but I\'ll have a Feed Ver2 front end with upper and lower carbon carnads up for sale soon - once the cars in the bodyshop.

[Initial-D]

Shot with both cannards on.
(hi-jack mode off - sorry)!;)

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Chris can you email me the bigger pic to benjamin.j@virgin.net and I\'ll show you the Feed stickers on yer car!:D

[chrisBoid]

Ben : e-mail sent.
Unfortunately I can\'t lower it as my drive is too steep  I have to get the rear inner arch lining "massaged" as the 265mm tyres are rubbing when I go over a bump (shoddy UK roads!).
The kit wasn\'t as easy to fit as I thought it\'d be, they had to do a lot of fiddling, but they resprayed my bonnet (the previous attempt by someone else was a bit off) and improved the bonnet shut lines.
One piece which I\'m not happy with is that you can stil see the original rear arch peeking out from the wide arch - I\'m not sure what to do about this.
Not sure what you mean by bead - the rear arches aren\'t blended, I like the bolted on look.

What new kit are you getting for yours?

[20B_boy]

Originally posted by chrisBoid
MillSpeed : it was on the car when it was imported  I\'m sure http://www.reworx.com could get one.

No problem getting them, just the fact that an original airfreighted will go you a grand ;-)

[J4P RX]

Originally posted by chrisBoid

One piece which I\'m not happy with is that you can stil see the original rear arch peeking out from the wide arch - I\'m not sure what to do about this.
Not sure what you mean by bead - the rear arches aren\'t blended, I like the bolted on look.

What new kit are you getting for yours?

I was going to ask about this.  Thought the rear arch would have had to have been cut away to allow the wider tyres to be accomodated.

Looks good though.

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Thanks for the email m8 I\'ll do you a visual tonight hopefully!:D

Beading is when you have a small line of filler to perfectly join the two parts so you have no gaps.

I\'m pretty sure the original arch would either be heavly rolled/flarred or just removed to let the new wider arches sit over the top. I\'ll check my Feed catalouge and Hyper revs when I get back for some pics. Pretty sure it\'s cut away though myself.

My new kit is the Kazama wide-body kit. Looks loverly when I lay it all out in the lounge in the shape of my car and sit in the middle making engine noises!!:rollin

[J4P RX]

Does that have front wings Ben?  I could be interested in youre flared ones if it does as my wings are battered on the underside.

[chrisBoid]

Lee : the original rear arches have not been cut at all, there was no need to with my standard suspension, although with what Ben is saying and what I thought they\'d have done anyway was to cut it away enough so it couldn\'t be seen Looks like I\'ll be planning a trip back there...

I\'m going to investigate the rubbing this week and see if I can\'t improvise something, you drift boys must be good at this kind of thing - any tips?

Ben : ooo Kazama - that\'s going to look great

[Initial-D]

You could always get a heat gun and wrap a towl around a strong pole then do some custom arches yourself lol!! I\'ve seen them do this over in Japan as a quick fix although you risk cracking the paint on the original arches.

Your best bet is to go back to the bodyshop and tell them to trim back the arch up inside the Feed ones then roll the cut lip back onto itself so you have a nice smooth surface to be re-sprayed. Then you\'ll have no rubbing!!

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Hi Lee yep I\'ll be selling the custom front fenders too, they should go for good money being one-offs and made out of metal aswell - which is very unusual due to the time and effort requirded to get such an awkward shape . Currently accomadating 18 x 9 +18 offset BTW. The Rear fenders will be going too which have been rolled and pulled out too

Will be selling the Auto-Exe rear wing, R-Magic side skirts, and rear bumper too! All been re-sprayed too.

I\'ll put this lot in the for sale section once I take pics of it all - please PM me if interested. Sorry again Chris for the hi-jacking!!;)

[chrisBoid]

Just to make clear, the rubbing is occuring on the inner wheel arch _lining_ , not on the bodywork.

I think I\'m going to take it back and get them to: -

1) trim the original arch so it can\'t be seen.
2) join the 2 arches so it\'s smooth.
3) massage the inner arch lining to stop the rubbing.

Ben : what rear wing are you going for?  I just realised, it\'ll look awesome in black!

[J4P RX]

Ben:

You got MSN yet?  Dont want to keep hi-jacking the thread.  How can you sell the rear arch?  Its one massive piece joining into the roof?  I may be interested in front wings / rear bumper depending on price and stuff.

Chris:

Im surprised you are not getting arch rub.  The whole idea of wide arch is bigger wheels that wouldnt of gone in the standard arches so they need to be cut away lol.  It may just be your suspension, but standard has lots of roll which usually makes things worse.  I will PM you something in a bit.  Rubbing on inner trim, a lot of the drift guys just remove it.  Im not sure thats a good idea for airflow though.  It probably only rubs on lots of lock so may not be a problem.  Just got to be carefull as I dont know if theres any wires behind the liner.  There is on the 200Sx which people have gone thourgh before with tyre rub.