Originally Posted by
stevieturbo
Not extreme really.
If I want to fit larger tyres, race tyres etc etc and still have the outer arch remaining 100% as it should....then it was the only option instead of fucking about with a dozen other ways that would never work and always give tyre trouble.
Weld it up, seal it up, throw on a lick of paint and jobs done forever ( well at least until you let a bodyshop paint the car a few years later then they start rusting because they didnt do their job right !! ) lol
Even the guy who painted the arches at the time, it was a good 5 years or so til the bodyshop got near the car and they were still perfect then.
2 weeks after the bodyshop painted the car, one arch started rusting.
Stupidly I left it to rust and ended up having to replace one arch again last year.
For a lot of people with a road car they would probably not have the balls to do what you have as they would be worried that it may alter the factory arch look so that is why I said extreme. However as you found out if you want to run wider wheels and tyres without worrying that they will foul the arches it is the only way to do it properly. I dont know how Mark is with welding, spraying etc but if you are not 100% confident in doing it yourself get a good bodyshop to do it for you. Quite a big job but do it right first time and you have the permanent solution.