1.4rt arches

[Hollywood Hogan]

I have the body of a 1.4rt but mys torsion bar is a 16V jobbie. Because thios is wider than the original one i get scrapage on the rear arches on my 15s. What i wanted was to know how or if i can increase the width of my arches so i dont get scrapage or machine down my alloys a couple of mil.



Please help guys this scraping is pissin me off royally

 

[Chris_H]

yeah get a 16V chop the arches out and weld them into yours.

Machine the alloys if you want to die.

 

[Hollywood Hogan]

Is there any other way than 16v arches? i dont want it to look like a 16v because otherwise all the 1.1 saxos wont try and race me

 

[Chris_H]

stick the RT beam back on or slap on some 13 inch steelies.

 

[Chris_H]

in fact how bad is the scrubbing?

 

[powelly]

Can you not just roll the arches or would that not help?

Vix

 

[Hollywood Hogan]

If i was 3 stone lighter it wouldnt be that bad. If i put the rt bar back on I lose the 16v rear disks.



I dont think rolling them is gonna make any difference. Ive only got 15s on

 

[Chris_H]

so it scrubs all the time?

You can roll them and gain about 10mm exrta clearence.

Or you could have them flared a tad without having to get 16V efforts.

 

[Hollywood Hogan]

not a bad idea.



It doesnt scrub on the top of the arch, its the tyres scrubbing on the side of the arch. The cars lowered just under 100mil on coilovers and i can go lower if it doesnt rub on the side wall

 

[powelly]

feck me it must be decked!!!

 

[Hollywood Hogan]

it is

 

[powelly]

OMG i thought mine was low how did you do that? has it got a body kit on it? any pics??

Vix

 

[Hollywood Hogan]

no bodykit really. Its go Avo coilovers



Go here and there is some pics



http://www.rtoc.org/members/member.asp?MemberID=10065http://www.rtoc.org/members/member.asp?MemberID=10065

 

[powelly]

oooo turbo conversion nice!!! lucky sod

very nice son was that a pig in the back ground i saw hehe!!

 

[Hollywood Hogan]

no it was a Rabbit

 

[Chris_H]

100 mm isnt that drastic over standard. Rustys was dropped about 120, still 80 down.

I dropped mine (19) about 5 inches but now its about 2 inches lowered. Dropped my sisters 6 inches but she wasnt amused, the 13 inch steelies were right up in the arch.

If its just the side get them ground back.

 

[Daz]

Remember tho, with the 16v bar, the track is wider.. so its slammed and the wheels stick out more..