Wheel arches....Finalised

I think I'm happy with the wheel arch extensions I devised (although I'm sure it's been done before). 40mm carbon strip (1.5mm thick). This is bent around into the arch and secured using a number of stainless M4 bolts and nylock nuts. The arch has been shaped to make it flow with the body work, and finished off with some rubber edging. My only concern at the moment is whether the rubber edging is 'round' enough for IVA. As yet I've not studied this part of the manual, but I need to do this....Back up is to use some far thicker edging.

Anyway, end result looks like this:

Also, as you  can see the wheels now have a brand new set of R888's on them. I ended up goig to Tiger sports cars for the tyres who got them to me nice and quick, and were very reasonable on cost.

progress on exhaust

The first part of the exhaust system is complete.....all that remains is to connect the cat to the inlet of the silencer. I say all...thats the most difficult bit!.

To get all this to work, the rear clam will need some fettling.....but I think it's better to get the exhaust how I want and do the body work later......

Back to the wheels...I've been playing around with some carbon arch extensions, and I'm sure I can get them to work and look good.....Question is, with my idea of using carbon strip and some rubber trim, will the IVA man be ok with it?....answers on a post card please!.

Wheels again, and more on the exhaust.

Back onto the subject of wheels.......

I purchased some rather nice Image split rims and have been working on getting them refurbished. This was an interesting process. The three piece split rims have a central hub, an inner and an outer rim.

I had the outer rims re-polished and the hub stripped back and recoated in black. The end result is the wheels really do look great. On re assembly you need to seal the joints using a High Modulus silicone. I also opted to use all new nuts and bolts throughout.

Fitment wise.....if you use the VW rear callipers it's a tight squeeze, but the split rims do fit with some work. Rims are 7 inch wide with an offset of 29. Tyres will be toyo R888's (185/60/13) allround to start with (maybe going up to a 205 rear when I start upping the power of the engine).

Moving onto the exhaust..........The silencer is a 6 inch x 18inch stainless with a seperate 200cat. Plumbing this lot is going to be a head scratcher, but I think I have a plan...see below for approx placement of the system. Doing it like this will mean the rear clam will need to open forward. Plan is to get the exhaust sorted out then worry about the body work at a later date.