Wheel Arch Extraction

I wasn't relishing the offside wheel arch removal, it looked simple enough but destroying all that hard work felt like a big step backwards. But its got to be right, we don't want another Fury type body....

It actually turned out to be very simple and only took 30mins. The arch was 8-10mm narrower than the other side, so the easiest solution was to add another 9mm MDF disc to the larger inner wheel arch guide (this is hard to explain in words). I hadn't included pictures of how we made these guides earlier on in the blog so here you go:-

 

Using a simple MDF jig attached to the router, screwed to a centre point on the sheet of MDF its easy to cut a perfect circle. When we made the initial wheel arch guides we cut 2 of theses, with the outer edge being smaller, then spaced these apart and screwed together to create conical shape. The gap is then filled with foam and filler to create the wheel arch

The outer guide was then unscrewed  from the inner and split apart using a saw

With all the old foam cleaned off and sanded flat, the new spacer disc was screwed on and the outer reattached. The gap then filled with foam and filler applied ready to be sanded down. Obviously all the blend lines to the body will need tidying up too.