Passenger Rear Wheel Well - May 2019
I'm only going to 32" tires, but it's going to require a lot
of sheetmetal work. My goal is even out the front and rear wheel wells as the red line shows below. And to create space for the tires.
The cutout piece is shown in its final position (it'll be used in one piece, as is). I have a scrap Commando body for the filler pieces, so it should look "factory" if I do a good job.
Did some articulation to full bump and full droop - the tire
fills out the entire wheel well in this situation. You
think you have a ton of clearance until you start drooping
the other side.
Got started finishing out the wheel well. The green filler piece was used from one of the parts cars.
The cutting is pretty easy - we'll have to see how the reconstruction goes! :-)
Front half welded into place:
Mockup of transition into tub:
Lots more finishing to do, but I think it came out pretty good.
I also started on the rear inner wheel well and fixed some rusty spots at the same time:
Posterboard Template:
Template transferred to steel:
Shear in action:
Old steel removed (old crossmember left in place):
Test fit of new steel (sorry, didn't get a picture of bending the flange):
One of the best views showing the new steel that will be added in the middle of the wheel well:
Underneath view - the wheel well will weld onto the flange on the new piece of steel:
Lots more work to do! Especially cleaning and grinding before I can burn any steel back onto the tub.
You can see the faint lines where the
new wheel well will be
The cutout piece is shown in its final position (it'll be used in one piece, as is). I have a scrap Commando body for the filler pieces, so it should look "factory" if I do a good job.
More progress...test fit coilovers. I'm going to move the upper coilover mount upwards about 1/2" to get a little more uptravel.
Got started finishing out the wheel well. The green filler piece was used from one of the parts cars.
The cutting is pretty easy - we'll have to see how the reconstruction goes! :-)
Front patch fit into place:
I've also decided to improve my departure angle by re-shaping the area behind the wheel:
I've also decided to improve my departure angle by re-shaping the area behind the wheel:
Mockup of transition into tub:
Lots more finishing to do, but I think it came out pretty good.
I re-installed the marker light that was cutoff when the rear
flare was moved up:
Welded in and ground smooth. Also got pretty far along on
grinding smooth some of the other welds:
I finished all the exterior and did some rough grinding - more
smoothing needs to be done
I also started on the rear inner wheel well and fixed some rusty spots at the same time:
Posterboard Template:
Template transferred to steel:
Shear in action:
Old steel removed (old crossmember left in place):
Test fit of new steel (sorry, didn't get a picture of bending the flange):
One of the best views showing the new steel that will be added in the middle of the wheel well:
Underneath view - the wheel well will weld onto the flange on the new piece of steel:
Lots more work to do! Especially cleaning and grinding before I can burn any steel back onto the tub.