the front arches nicked with grinder then hammered in. they fold nicely on the original fold. the folded in piece will now form something to bolt the flexi flares to
Carving out the rear of the front wheel arch, this comes into the footwell. but really needs doing to get the proper clearance for the 31" extreme muds.
rear arches need the same treatment. all the touching is at the rear of the arch. these will be harder as the arch lip is double skinned not single like the front.
found it hard to try and get it to flex enough to test where it was touching.
double skin of the rear arch cut and nicked ready for reshaping for extra clearance.
jacking out the rear of the arch for even more clearance.
inside
inside welded
my parents new drive is getting a workout
side sill cut out, I was going to put the 50x100 box verticle on the outside of what you see here.
but because of this dent from a big rock on thompsons track I decided to cut the sills all the way through half way up and then use the box horizontally.
the source of the rust in the old sills.
box tacked onto the vertical support
primed and ready for sealing up
outside
I capped the ends of the box to slow down future rusting
inside tacked to what was left of inner sill
looking niva ive always liked the look of them
