Wider Arches

[slideways]

Has anyone had wider arches fitted to their chimaera, now I'm talking properly blended not stuck on items, I am looking into wider rubber on the rear and possibly the front,maybe a more positive offset
Pictures would be good,
something on these lines:

[BliarOut]

How wide? You can get 265 under the rear on a Griff on 18's but once I had the geo done I had to have the inner arches modded.

[spend]

Are you looking for better grip or posing purposes Richard? I'd always advise looking at rubber selection first and work back from there TBH.

[slideways]

Better Traction firstly but without them rubbing, and a bit of me wants to look at a slightly wider track by way of deep dish wheels. With a little more positive offset,to avoid the need for rack stops,
Now were not talking huge comedy arches just a few more curves

[phillpot]

Have a word with Bernie and Leepu down at the "Chop Shop"


(Sure they could come up with something tasteful)

[v8sag]

Cutting and re grafting the inner arch 90 degrees to the outer wing will gain you 10/15mm.Saying that you will get 235 f 265 r with out doing this.

[BliarOut]

265 is a bit touch and go depending on your geo and where they decided to put the body

[spend]

You just need more camber you wuss!

[v8sag]

[dbv8]

I did a crude chop and patch up on the rear inner arches on mine to make clearance for a pair of 255/50/16 Mickey Thompsons, these are a couple of inches taller than standard rubber....

[v8sag]

dbv8 said:

I did a crude chop and patch up on the rear inner arches on mine to make clearance for a pair of 255/50/16 Mickey Thompsons, these are a couple of inches taller than standard rubber....

Live axle too, going all out

[BliarOut]

spend said:

You just need more camber you wuss!

I hope to arrive at the accident looking forwards

[darkcat]

v8sag said:

What the hell is this supposed to be?????!!!!!!!!!

[slideways]

v8sag said:

A little more extreme than I had in mind, but we're getting somewhere

[Chassis 33]

darkcat said:

v8sag said:

What the hell is this supposed to be?????!!!!!!!!!

One of the New Zealand Chim racers IIRC. I believe alot of the Malaysian racers and rally cars went to NZ
Regards
Iain

[v8sag]

darkcat said:

v8sag said:

What the hell is this supposed to be?????!!!!!!!!!

Go over show, supercharged ls6

[dbv8]

v8sag said:

Go over show,

Thats what i like to see. I like it.
Although a big part of me wants to keep my car looking fairly standard

[v8sag]

dbv8 said:

v8sag said:

Go over show,

Thats what i like to see. I like it.
Although a big part of me wants to keep my car looking fairly standard

The only thing standard on this is the front uprights and rack. It's not my one, although it wears my old GTF Sag shell now.

[markreilly]

[900T-R]

Hind quarters look like a Tamora from that angle

Seriously, think about what you aim to achieve - wider rubber on such a lightweight car means more grip in the dry (mostly) but even less in the wet than it has now, and running significantly lower ET values (wheels more to the outside) is sure to b*gg*r up your steering geometry...