My major project!

[leeroy_25]

Well Guy\'s, Another slightly disappointing weeknd as I could not get hold of an arch roller! I managed to rub back my first filling attempt which need a secdon go on a couple of low spots. Then I gave my new wheels a good going over with the steam cleaner as I had to do some others at the same time for my new run around (Ford Fiesta!! Oh the class!)



THe dish on the rears is huge!! Love it!
Then I had test fit of my lush new rims to make sure I wouldn\'t have any issues!!



The fronts are almost perfect in the arches.. If anything could go out a little bit more. THe rears! Woo I will need eveyr bit of the kit to fit those in!! They are almost proud of the standard body work. I stuck one of the blisters in place to see roughly what it would look like and they will fit under! So I definately need that arch roller! Maybe even a cutt off tool to remove some of the lip!



Looks pretty good I thought! Could do with the suspension dropping a bit though!! (I already have a set of Mazdaspeed adjustable coilovers).

I thought I would give one of the rims a good polish up as it had some rusted dust engrained on the lip.. quick bit of elbow grease and voila!



I have designed my new centrecap.. so I will get a price for that and if it\'s viable post some screen shots of the 3D model later.

Lee

P.S. really need an arch rolling tool if anyone in the rough Hampshire West sussex area has one I coud borrow for a smal fee?

[Speedline Imports]

Lee, give me a mail about the arch roller

[karl_tate]

from looking at the pics if you want the car low then you will need to cut the arch may be (could be just the angle the picture is at??)
 
what is the white car in the reflection in the other pics at the top? skybus??

[ENVYD]

i want them wheels :| lol good job mate! looking good

[Nik da Greek]

Can\'t believe how well you\'ve cleaned those wheels up, mate. When you posted the first pics up I thought Yikes! theres a lot of work there, but nuff respec to you, they\'re looking most excellent!

[Ricco_04]

I had to cut my rear arches out when I fitted the ReA kit.  It\'s not that bad to do.  As Karl says, when you lower you wont have ANY of the orig lip in place then

[interloper393]

was about to post the same, deffo safer cutting the lip away, id say your car needs droped about 40mm looking great by the way.. good refurb job on the wheels too .

[allstaruk]

I\'ve wanted those wheels for sol long there gorgeous.

[leeroy_25]

Well thank you guys!!

Martin may have an arch roller I can borrow.. So I think I will do a combo of the two so I still have  small amount of lip to attach the blister to? Or cut it right out and flare the remaining panel side out to meet the blister? So many options!!

Oh and Karl.. I wish people wouldn\'t call it a skybus!! You cannot knock them! Shame they didn\'t put the engine into something a bit smaller though. that I agree! It is the GTR too.. I love it. but it\'s up for sale shortly to make way for the FD! I do plan to get another with big Bhp down the line.

Anyhow.. Will see what next week brings.. I have to work on Saturday so it\'s going to be a short day on the car but hey! I will get something done!

[interloper393]

lol the old skybus carryon.. iv got a GTR32, was planning on running 800bhp with a T78 33D WHOOP WHOOP!

[karl_tate]

i would cut it right out and flare up to the blister.
 
ive always called them that, dont get me wrong thinking that i was slating it, they are a nice car.  wasnt a bad guess though

[leeroy_25]

Hello.. it is that time again! Although I only had from about 2.15pm till 5.00pm to work on the car today I would say I made some good progress.. Mainly because I managed to borrow an arch roller from Martin at speedline. Top bloke! Thanks.. My wheels now fit with clearance!!

Below are some pictures I took with the arch roller setup.. A great tool and a doddle to use. (sorry the pics are not great I had to use my phone as I forgot my camera!)



I found the best result was achieved by keep changing the angle of the roller to ease the lip upwards and then flat.. once the lip was out of the way I began easing the head angle back to about 45° so that it started to push the arch outwards.



The bodywork is pretty springy and I found that I got the best result by using a rubber mallet on it\'s side to carefully knock a curvature into the bodywork hence creating the flare. Once it started to form it was a lot easier to get the arch rolling outwards a bit at a time ..



Almost tempting to leave the arch blister off!! You can hardly even notice any defects in the outer panel where it\'s flared.
I had taken a stab in the dark from test fitting my wheel that the arch needed to flare out by at least 10mm.. so once I had the desired amount I removed the coil over from the rear. fitted a wheel and lifted it up into the arch to check the clearance.. if any!!?





From this lovely pic you can see it\'s spot on!! about 5mm clear and the tyre bottoms right out into the top of the inner arch! perfect! I am one very please puppy!:)

I repeated the process on the other side and then where the paint had cracked I ground it right away on the lip back to bare metal and put some heavy duty primer on it to make sure it is well protected.

Now next weekend I can finally fit the blisters!!

[karl_tate]

looking good, great pieces of kit
 
think you should have it that low all round lol

[ENVYD]

thats spot on that like mate i love them wheels, would not mind some on myn! keep up the good work!

[S3TH]

dude i\'m bringing my \'7 to yours to have the arches rolled lol, we\'ll discuss a rate no doubt!
i love this project!