wheel arch extension

[badnova]

does anyone have any ideas about how make the wheel arch lower than it already is with out lowering the car with springs or anything like that

had an idea about adding some metel to the arcand smooth it in but not shore if it will work

any ideas anyone

[XZiBiT]

yeah that should work fine

[Hardie]

Im sure i seen a nova up the local cruise a while back which had a panel on the rear arch as it cowvered like 3/4 of the rear wheel. Looked a bit shady but if thats what you antthen good luck wi it mate

[badnova]

i dont want to go that far down
just the the top of the wheel like
just so it looks lowered


so do you think it would work then or not

[dave.gsi]

wouldnt it be easier and cheaper to lower it?

i think the panel would look poo

[Hardie]

It would work yes but may look awful

[badnova]

may be i wont do it then

[Jack]

wouldnt it be easier and cheaper to lower it?

When you think about prepping, welding and painting the new panels, and lest face it you're looking at re-spraying both front wings and most of, if not all, the rear quarter, so say about ?400.... and a set of half decent springs and shocks you can pick up for around ?200.

[badnova]

got to spary back end anyway
and i will do it myself coz i got all the tools to do it
just seeing if it worth doing and if anyone else has done it before so i can see what it looks like

[Dpnova]

Give it a go on photoshop, i think it will make it look like a sh!treon bx

[badnova]

just wandering if i can get a new arch for 8 pound and weld it on a bit lower like 2 inch lower and see how that works out

[djp_y2k]

it can be done, but as it has been said it would look much better if u just lowered the car

[badnova]

had a thought just now
at the moment i have 14inch standard wheels on and it looks like this on the back

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lee.jones5153/DSC30025.JPG

its low so
ive had a thought that if i put 17 on it will rise the car 3 inch
am i correct in thinking this
if so
i have 3 inch to lower it cant i
so if i get the wheels and then lower it 60 all round it should still be at the same height as what it was with the standard 14`s on

is this correct[/url]

[badnova]

back bumper about 3-5 inch from floor

[totalnova]

if you think about it i think im right that it will only raise it 1 1/2 inch because there bolted on half way up the rim i think im right correct me if im wrong :?

[2litreturbo]

ive had a thought that if i put 17 on it will rise the car 3 inch
am i correct in thinking this?[/url]

No, like totalnova says, it is the radius of the wheel that matters. As the diamater is an extra 3 inchs, it the top of the wheel will be 1.5 inchs higher, and the bottom will be 1.5inchs lower. Seen as the height of the car does not depends on the height of the top of the wheel, it will just be 1.5 inches higher.

Rgds

[2litreturbo]

just wandering if i can get a new arch for 8 pound and weld it on a bit lower like 2 inch lower and see how that works out

Where can you get arches for ?8???

[badnova]

local car factor

[badnova]

so really i only be able to lower it 30-40