Am I the only one...

[S600VXR]

...thinking wide arch body mods with lots of rubber on the rear (read 345) rather than a 427TT....

[Bonnie and Clyde]

S600VXR said:

...thinking wide arch body mods with lots of rubber on the rear (read 345) rather than a 427TT....

Like the body kit on that black GTO the other day? It would look brilliant.

[monkfish1]

Probably. When we have tubbed Jez's, maybe get pretty close to that but on the inside?

[global-i]

I would be interested to see photos of the tubbed process, to see how much cutting and welding is involved.

Edited by global-i on Thursday 4th December 19:51

[anonymous-user]

monkfish1 said:

Probably. When we have tubbed Jez's

What's involved, is it tricky and will it cause rot?

[Bonnie and Clyde]

monkfish1 said:

Probably. When we have tubbed Jez's, maybe get pretty close to that but on the inside?

Sorry but what do you mean by tubbed. Oh thinking about it do you mean the width of the tyres? just on the inside rather than widening the body and going outwards

[Harryoz]

S600VXR said:

...thinking wide arch body mods with lots of rubber on the rear (read 345) rather than a 427TT....

no! At the moment I suspect my narrower 285s are saving my transmission though!

[crisisjez]

Bonnie and Clyde said:

monkfish1 said:

Probably. When we have tubbed Jez's, maybe get pretty close to that but on the inside?

Sorry but what do you mean by tubbed. Oh thinking about it do you mean the width of the tyres? just on the inside rather than widening the body and going outwards

Tubbing a car means cutting out the inner wheel arches and remaking them so wider wheels and tyres can fit with the extra width inwards rather that outwards and not rub.

[S600VXR]

Going in to gain width is hard work if you ask me! Ive got about 5mm clearence on the inside running to the chassis rails and I only have 10" rims at the moment. Dont even mention the outside clearence as its not really measureable! There will be some serious cutting and shutting to go wide inwards, plus the offset looks crap with no shiney rimmage to polish...

[monkfish1]

wormus said:

monkfish1 said:

Probably. When we have tubbed Jez's

What's involved, is it tricky and will it cause rot?

Is it tricky? - well fairly.

Will it cause rot? No, not the way it will be sealed up afterwards.

[global-i]

monkfish1 said:

wormus said:

monkfish1 said:

Probably. When we have tubbed Jez's

What's involved, is it tricky and will it cause rot?

Is it tricky? - well fairly.

Will it cause rot? No, not the way it will be sealed up afterwards.

Are me talking of gains up to the spring platforms or a major revision of the rear suspension design?

[monkfish1]

global-i said:

monkfish1 said:

wormus said:

monkfish1 said:

Probably. When we have tubbed Jez's

What's involved, is it tricky and will it cause rot?

Is it tricky? - well fairly.

Will it cause rot? No, not the way it will be sealed up afterwards.

Are me talking of gains up to the spring platforms or a major revision of the rear suspension design?

No, just upto the spring platform. Though that said, there is scope to move the spring platform inboard by the best part of an inch going from memory up to the main chassis rail, which is hardly a major revision. Or use smaller diameter springs and reduce the platform size accordingly. Both more work, but again, i think, doable (is that a word?)

[monkfish1]

S600VXR said:

Going in to gain width is hard work if you ask me! Ive got about 5mm clearence on the inside running to the chassis rails and I only have 10" rims at the moment. Dont even mention the outside clearence as its not really measureable! There will be some serious cutting and shutting to go wide inwards, plus the offset looks crap with no shiney rimmage to polish...

Going in has the advantage that no exterior paintwork is required, so cost wise i doubt it will be more. Plus it still looks stock.

[Bonnie and Clyde]

crisisjez said:

Bonnie and Clyde said:

monkfish1 said:

Probably. When we have tubbed Jez's, maybe get pretty close to that but on the inside?

Sorry but what do you mean by tubbed. Oh thinking about it do you mean the width of the tyres? just on the inside rather than widening the body and going outwards

Tubbing a car means cutting out the inner wheel arches and remaking them so wider wheels and tyres can fit with the extra width inwards rather that outwards and not rub.

Great thanks. I got it

[l4jor]

If you lot cut your Monaros up in years to come people will come after you for destroying a very rare car......Leave them wheel arches alone...

[S600VXR]

l4jor said:

If you lot cut your Monaros up in years to come people will come after you for destroying a very rare car......Leave them wheel arches alone...

8" is just not enough for some of us mate! We need more space!

[Bonnie and Clyde]

S600VXR said:

l4jor said:

If you lot cut your Monaros up in years to come people will come after you for destroying a very rare car......Leave them wheel arches alone...

8" is just not enough for some of us mate! We need more space!

I'd say 8" is quite adequate
Sorry

[S600VXR]

Dont know you B&C but I could have guessed the thread would get that responce from you!

[S600VXR]

Even 10" looks small now!

[stevieturbo]

Yould be better spending the money on good tyres.

Soft rubber will make a far bigger difference, than width alone...and requires no body mods.

IMO, normal road tyres will struggle, even if you can add an extra inch or two in width.

888's are damn good...just tread carefully in the wet.