75' vega rear wheel well enlargement

[overkillrc]

building a car for a guy and he's got 14" X 32" goodyear slick so needless to say the wheel wells are to small. here is how i fixed that right or wrong this is how i do it. i made the wheel opening 5 1/2" wider

cut a ginormous hole in the side:


cut 2 3/4" strip out front and rear and slide the old wheel well apart


leaving a gap


now make a patch panel to fill the gap


i'm just starting on the passenger side.

[chevy art]

justin beautiful job. i guess you remembered the old saying: the whole is equal to the sum of its parts. how hard was it to fabricate that little center fill in piece. art

[overkillrc]

justin beautiful job. i guess you remembered the old saying: the whole is equal to the sum of its parts. how hard was it to fabricate that little center fill in piece. art

thanks,

it wasn't to bad to make, it will need a little body work but not bad.

[9secCosworth]

Very nice job...I did the simular work on my Vega...I can't believe the wheel openings weren't a little larger from the factory, but that's what us "car-crafters" do.


take a look at mine...http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e328/ ... Vega-pics/

Andy.

[overkillrc]

Very nice job...I did the simular work on my Vega...I can't believe the wheel openings weren't a little larger from the factory, but that's what us "car-crafters" do.


take a look at mine...http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e328/ ... Vega-pics/

Andy.

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look good Andy did you just do the backside of yours? how much did you open your's up? this one i did 5 1/2"

[9secCosworth]

Yeah, I only stretched it rearward 4 inches, the wheel base now is 99" from the stock 97, I have nearly two inches in front and behind the tire. These pictures show it higher then, I have a lower spring rate in it now so it's about two inches lower. The tire is only 29 x 12.5
Did you finish your car ? It has a good look to it, the wagons always looked badazz.

This is a pretty cool site, you see a lot of nice things guy have done, plus pick up some good tips.
Andy.

[vegon71]

Very nice Job, I also just took mine back about 4", I filled the gas hole to as mine will have a cell. great pics

[overkillrc]

Very nice Job, I also just took mine back about 4", I filled the gas hole to as mine will have a cell. great pics

will hopefully have some more pics in the next couple days i am finally gonna get going again on this project tomorrow. i am also going to fill the Gasshole as well just haven't yet.