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[Fred&Rex]

Now that’s a nice wheel, going to look lovely with those on…
Great choice 👊

[Ben_O]

Building the back up

 

 

 

 

And the other side

 

[ac427]

Are they KAD brake drums?

[Ben_O]

Are they KAD brake drums?

No. Just standard ones as requested

[Ben_O]

Poke

 

 

 

[Fred&Rex]

Wow some serious wonga going into this build 😎

[Crazy]

Looking good Ben super stuff

[ac427]

Blimey some righteous arches will be needed to cover those rims.

Lovely build @Ben_O

Edited by ac427, 02 August 2022 - 04:01 PM.

[Ben_O]

Blimey some righteous arches will be needed to cover those rims.

Love build @Ben_O

The arches we have are just right :)

[Ben_O]

More glass in

 

 

And the steering column 

 

[Ben_O]

I couldn't believe the trouble I had trying to find someone to fit 165 tyres to a 7" rim!

Finally found someone to do it though, I dropped them off yesterday and picked picked up today

 

 

We would have fitted them here but we recently replaced the tyre machine and it doesn't go down to 10" wheels...

 

Now they are on the car, I can finally start fitting the arches

 

 

 

 

[Fred&Rex]

Great update, not many people are fitting tyres to 10” rims like you have mentioned.
Those arches will cover those wheels very nicely..

[Crazy]

Woah its got wheels on first time in 20 years odd

[Ben_O]

Bit of a while since the last update
The car is all but finished from my end but I have had a bit of trouble with the arches

I'm not sure if I expect too much from them and j understand that they are to some extent, function over form but getting them to fit perfectly and symmetrically is a challenge

I started with one of the rears and got it fitting nicely



However, it didn't stay on nicely for long..
The fixing method for these arches are hinged brackets. The manufacturer supplies sikaflex to bond them to the underside of the arch but it didn't provide enough support and the brackets would just come away from the arches

After some thought , I decided the best way was to bond them and then provide some additional support by fibfreglassing them to the arches



This then prevented the brackets from pulling away from the arches

So eventually, I managed to get all 4 mounted









Yes the front looks a bit odd but there is no weight there yet to settle the suspension.

Once the ride height is even and low, they should look just right

I've got a couple of little bits to paint like the top shock mounts and then i can finish the polishing and it'll be done!

Cheers
Ben

[Crazy]

Looks good Ben, 

Edited by Crazy, 15 December 2022 - 01:12 PM.