Any more pictures of other methods?
I did mine on my hachi entirely different.
1. I pulled the lip out from underneath.
2. Drilled out the spot welds.
3. Seperated the inner from the outer guard.
4. Cut away a portion of the inner guard.
5. Flared the outer guard.
6. Welded the inner back to the outer.
7. Added some extra metal and fiberglass for added rigidity.
8. Fiberglassed and bogged till the cows came home and shit was smooth
9. Painted
10. Enjoyed
They turned out good.
I like your idea though, but would want to weld back the cuts once flared.
AE86 4AGE "Slowly but surely"
Any more pictures of other methods?
Here is my preoject. I actually started these arches before I found this thread. I have used a hammer/dolly, no cuts, no drilling the welds. I cleaned the inside of the lip before I started and it will be seam sealed before the stone guard goes on.
1. Folded up the lip to the inner guard
2. Begin flaring the guard by gently heating(with gas) the inner guard and beating it out with the hammer/dolly. This gives much more tyre clearance.
3. Gently flare the outer guard using hammer/dolly and gas. Most important is to get the edge radius correct without any dings or undulations.
4. Skim of bog and 2k primer.
mintah!
what 'gas' did u use?
I'm guessing u would be reffering to some type of gas powered heatgun but I'm not too sure what u mean.
cheers
Yeah, just a mapp gas torch. Not oxy or anything that heavy. It only needs a light heat. Moreso for the inner guard than the outer.
I used a Gaurd Roller on mine, works out pretty cheap if you buy a gaurd roller then sell or rent it out when you have finished.
Front right Standard
Front right rolled without inner lip
Front left rolled with inner lip
^^Take the centre caps off the superlights, look waaaayyyy better.
RT142 Estate.
AJPS.
Fucking noob question I know. But when doing front guards you actually pull the whole thing out and cut/trim off the plastic liner mounts to achieve your outside edge? I started doing one of mine dodgily by just pressing the inner lip to the main flare and hitting it all outwards.
Is the pulling out and cutting/trimming way the preffered for max clearance? Or is it how it's always done.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dish @ Mar 22 2008, 06:16 PM) </div>
i did not pull and cut. would be to hard the get the edge looking nice. plus less reinforcement.
i folded that lip under then hammer and dollied that crease flat.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dish @ Mar 22 2008, 06:16 PM) </div>just rack off the plastic liner! bend out the inner section with your shifter and do the rest as steroidchicken said, folding the lip gives extra strength and gets rid of the sharp edge! hammer n dolly is the way a a light skim of bog to make her perfect! more that 1 - 2mm is 2 much! spend time with the hammer n dolly and make it as perfect as u can
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