I'm hoping that isnt your car and you found these pics on the net...
Are you struggling for clearance with your huge negative offset wheels? guard flaring just isn't enough,
sounds like you need to go with a wide body.
first step is to remove your existing rear quater, i find a good way to do this is a Toyota Kluger failing to give way at any given intersection.
Before:
After:
Once this is done the next step is to build up your new rear quater, but wider.
to regain structural integrity wood can be used much like in building construction, and then to get your desired shape, Newspapers chicken wire and expando-foam are good choices.
To get the colour you once had back into your new panel, there is a wide selection of coloured duct tapes at your local bunnings, in my case, white, tied in very nicely with the rest of the vehicle, and the great thing about Duct Tape is, at the same time as adding colour to your panel, you also waterproofs it. :2thumbs:
So there you have it, a brief explanation of the DIY wide body.
I'm hoping that isnt your car and you found these pics on the net...
Helpful if you're looking for weight reduction also
lol how many rolls of tape was that
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Johnny_08 @ Feb 24 2008, 06:18 PM) </div> only two! which i was surprised with myself,
good thing is boys, the week before this happened a truck also reversed into my car and they agreed upon $900 cash outside of insurance (it was hit in the exact same spot) and now ill be getting the write off money from this womans insurance and its all going into my sprinter.....
but its sad to see my daily suffer in this way, she was so good to me, 8.5 litres/100k giving it flat stick, big carby with a menacing sound but excruciatingly slow acceleration, shredding local dirt carparks, dominating the wet.
RIP galant.
lol, damn. you should have added some paper mache to add extra rigidity.
You should have added like 40kgs of bog to it just for fun, n just built a rear quarter out of bog. That would have been heaps funny.
I'm actually REALLY keen to see what happens when you take this on the road...get over like 60 and it'd rip apart :lol:
Cops reaction would be worth recording also
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (sherlock @ Feb 24 2008, 06:54 PM) </div>well my mates and i had planned to drive up Lake Mountain *prior to this accident* and i still wanted to that night even after what had happened, as it was raining friday night i had just put a garbage bag with clear tape all spray painted it white. i was flogging my car at about 140 and then next time we stopped to my dismay 80% of the bag was gone...just some strips and bits of tape left flapping, exposing all my chicken wire.
Ahahahahaha that's so ridiculously awesome. Backyard panel beating at its finest :lol:
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