scorling Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 When Rob Mitchell fitted my new body kit (from the much maligned Knight Racer) and resprayed the car in October last year, a number of people commented on the thread he ran that I needed to get my arches filled and that the 17" equip wheels weren't up to the job. Always eager to please, and in the hope I might make a friend, I looked around and bought Jamesys wheels when he broke his car. As evidenced in the photo below, the rear wheel didn't look so good with the standard arch. I had the guys from archenemies look at it and they said they couldn't help, so I did what anyone else would do in the circumstances and bought Blackies BPU Supra on impulse as it looked as if the wider arches would work and I could then sell my own. I loved the way the car drove but the way the wheels sat just didn't do it for me, so that car now lives in Holland and DrifterX tells me he will posting a thread of what he has done with it since he bought it a few weeks ago. I wanted the arch to flow naturally rather than appear to have been attached to the bodywork, if that makes any sense, so I had a local retired body repair guy have a go at it. I had no idea what was possible so I left the car with him under a gazebo in his garden in the rain and went on holiday. Two weeks later, to my untrained eye the work he has done is excellent, others of you that know better than me may correct me on that. There is virtually no filler involved, just a little to smooth the lines. He has maintained the smoothing work that Rob did when fitting the Ridox skirts and Trial rear bumper and I think the 18" 315 wide tyres look pretty good. He has done a similar job on the front, although the extra width required wasn't so dramatic. I don't expect there is anything here that hasn't been done before, but I am quietly pleased with my decision to have this done. A lick of paint now will see it finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ugp Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 (edited) I like that! Good job there by the looks of it Edit: Can you email me some high res photos to give to my bodyshop guy? Thanks [email protected] Edited July 12, 2012 by ugp (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra joe Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Looks good, so have they just been rolled then ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorling Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 I like that! Good job there by the looks of it Edit: Can you email me some high res photos to give to my bodyshop guy? Thanks [email protected] I will take some pictures over the weekend with a proper camera instead of the iphone and send them to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorling Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Looks good, so have they just been rolled then ? I think he had to do more than that because archenemies said they couldn't roll the arch out far enough. i could ask the guy who did it to give a more complete description, but I think he made a steel frame that he welded and riveted to the bodywork to define the outer edge of the arch and then somehow manipulated the arch to that edge. He had to have done it that way to avoid any great use of filler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuraiFlash Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 All the effort being put in to accommodate these wheels is definitely worth it! I bloody love them wheels! what make are they? SSR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorling Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 All the effort being put in to accommodate these wheels is definitely worth it! I bloody love them wheels! what make are they? SSR? That's what they are and they look very pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 He looks to have done a nice job on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 You should take a look at LAMs project aristo on the aristo forum. He had a London company cut his arches and fit a welded in place body extension. It was an awesome job and as its welded steel will never show crack lines where dodgy plastic bonds to metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Smart that, proper job well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastcar Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 That looks to be an amazing job he has done. Would be interested in seeing the results once it has been sprayed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorling Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 That looks to be an amazing job he has done. Would be interested in seeing the results once it has been sprayed The car is off to Uncle Paul's at Whifbitz for a few days to complete a bunch of stuff including the last of BPU upgrade, then to a paint shop. Hopefully all done by the end of July, and my bank manager can go on holiday. Then, after three years of owning the car I will be confident to put some pictures up in the garage section of my profile. Too embarrassed to do so before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesy Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Wow i love what hes done with that mate. Great to see the wheels again, they dont come much better than SSR SP1's with a 5" rear dish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastcar Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 The car is off to Uncle Paul's at Whifbitz for a few days to complete a bunch of stuff including the last of BPU upgrade, then to a paint shop. Hopefully all done by the end of July, and my bank manager can go on holiday. Then, after three years of owning the car I will be confident to put some pictures up in the garage section of my profile. Too embarrassed to do so before! It does look good. I will be looking to do something like this this with rear arch as my rear wheels poke out about the same as yours, so this would be ideal for me. Could you upload some pics on this thread when you have got it sprayed or pm if you prefer? Really want to see the final results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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