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Cycle wing outer edge
bigpig - 12/12/09 at 03:11 PM

I'm been looking at my front arches against the IVA regs.
I think I'm right on the borderline between pass and fail.
If I try and bend the wing mounts out futher I'm concerned that I may damage the wings.

Anyone know if say mini plastic wheel arches can be modified to extend the cycle wings out a few mm just to be sure?

The other alternative is possibly to get the wheels milled to reduce the offset a bit, but I guess that could get expensive.


austin man - 12/12/09 at 03:17 PM

remove the wheel then pull on the mounts this way you dont need to touch the wing


Steve G - 12/12/09 at 04:05 PM

If you only need a few mm then find some nice thick trim to go around the edges. Sounds like this would be all you need to be honest


steve m - 12/12/09 at 07:30 PM

I used clear fish tank plastic tubing sliced down the middle so makes a C , and glued onto the wheelarch,

after some primer and top coat i think it looks very good, and gives a neat finish

regards

Steve


bigpig - 13/12/09 at 09:24 PM

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll give a combination of all 3 a try and see what happens