worX
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| posted on 7/2/07 at 11:01 PM |
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Rear Wheelarch Fitting...
Hi all,
apart from using line of sight/a good eye etc (which I'm not averse too), is there a trick to fitting the rear wheelarches to ensure that the
wheel is centrally located?
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Hellfire
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| posted on 7/2/07 at 11:05 PM |
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Make sure car is grounded (on wheels) for a start and bones parallel to floor as it makes things easier.
Place front and rear lip of arch to lower edge of sidepanel and rear panel. Position for centre using a ruler (or by eye) then rivnut and nut/bolt
into place.
Steve
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ayoungman
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| posted on 7/2/07 at 11:16 PM |
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Do it the Egyptian method ! A piece of string attached to the centre of the driveshaft, then use it to measure the radius to the wheel arch. But as
above, ensure wishbones are in a parallel position for this.
"just like that !"
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chockymonster
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| posted on 8/2/07 at 08:53 AM |
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I used jacknuts as mounting points for the arches. They're designed with a much lower fixing point than rivnuts and are perfect for fibreglass.
PLEASE NOTE - Responses on Forum Threads may contain Sarcasm and may not be suitable for the hard of Thinking.
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 8/2/07 at 10:20 AM |
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I would lower the rear of the car onto it's bump stops and the place two pieces of say 15 to 20 mm thick wood at say 10o'clock and
2'oclock on the tyre and then set the wing on them. Rotate to the position that looks best/is legal and check that it's not rubbing on the
tyre at any point.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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