extended arches general help

extended arches general help

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milburn7191

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90 months

Sunday 10th September 2017
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I have a car which I am going to have fully stripped and resprayed (among many other things which I will not bore you with here because it is not relevant here).

I am potentially looking at making the arches wider, I have found some fiberglass arches for the car which are design to be riveted in place.
Problem is I do not want to have the riveted arch look (it just would not fit with the style of the car).
So I thought that possibly the guy who I hire to sort out the bodywork could smooth over the arches and blend them into the body with filler before it gets sprayed.

my questions are;
1. Has anyone else done this with good results?
2. If I go down this route am I at risk of the paint around the arch cracking when the arch flexes?
3. Is there something I could do to the underside of the extended arch to strengthen it to reduce the chance of it flexing?

Thanks in advance biggrin


milburn7191

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42 posts

90 months

Monday 11th September 2017
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Thanks hman