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Rear arches and 8x15 wheels


michelottiv8

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After a lot of cutting of a new Austin Montego wheelarch (with the help of Maestro front wings for the rearmost little section to clear my 8x15 revolutions (zero offset) with 225/50r15 tyres, I have arrived at this shape on my Pi . Any thoughts? The same wheel/tyre combination fills the front arches perfectly. see pics  

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Surprisingly it looks quite good although ideally in my opinion it would be nice for the arch to run into the rear swage line. So it would need to be slightly lower with a taper into it. Just an opinion but well done on getting it to fit and look something like.

Cheers

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Please don't do it. It is about the worst modification to the lovely Michelotti shape. I hate round wheelarches. They have no character, too blunt, boring. Most (all?) interesting cars do NOT have round wheelarches if you think of it.

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I agree with Dion and piman about changing the shape of the wheelarches if I was keeping the car standard. It is being built as a heavily modified track day car however. My last track day Triumph 2500 Mk1 LDD 683E had 7x15 minilites with "fettled" rear arches and 205/55R15 Dunlop rubber. It was quicker than a lot of moderns 10 years ago (particularly in the wet at Castle Coombe) but I feel a bit wider track day rubber is now needed to keep pace. Dunlop Formula R or Toyo R1R 225/45R15 will be used and that means changing the profile of the arches. The Group 2 Capris had lovely arches but the ear wheels were 13" wide and I'm trying to keep it subtle!
Thanks for your input though
Graham    

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