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Old Aug 24th, 2018, 14:36   #383
Army
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Last Online: Feb 11th, 2022 03:15
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Somewhere in the Netherlands
Default Seems like nothing much is happening again...

...all a bit eat sleep rave repeat - Ground Hog Day

Anyway I hope to have figured out some good positions for the brackets for my future custom inner wheel arches that will also be fitted to the front wings.

The front wings are wider than the rear so I'm not 100% sure how these will pan out. I guess I'll be putting brackets on the inner wings / engine bay sides too.

There isn't too much room at the front of the wing because of the huge bucket to which the headlights are attached =>



(Fingers crossed I won't be padding out with stacks of washers!)

Approximate position shown by my favourite marking method - masking tape



And finally the position of the brackets - all welded into place



Note the bracket at the "top" of the wing - actually nearer to the engine bay and at the top of the arch in correct orientation - that will hold this wider custom inner arch in position.

I'm not sure exactly what I'll use for an inner wing yet - I guess it'll be aluminium just like the club solution I showed previously. It will certainly have some form of rubber trim on the edges but I might also coat in stone chip on the road side and put some sound deadening on the upper / car side to counteract all that gravel I hope to be driving sideways at speed through...
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