Nige's wide body poject

[Kami Speed]

How is the this the first time I am seeing this?! Amazing custom build thus far. Looking forward to more updates

[DustinS]

Originally Posted by Nigelr32

For the front you'll need to drill the original hub or wait to see what I've gone and done...

I was under the impression you went with the Brypar Front set-up. You have me intrigued.

[lordgrover]

Will you stop dawdling and get this finished!
The suspense is killing us.

[Nigelr32]

Ok guys, it's been a little while. I have made a mould of the front bumper now and am now concentrating on getting some wheels sorted so I know where I'm going with this. I have decided on 11" wide all round with 315/30 tyres.

Here we can see the chosen wheels. Work of Japan MCO Racing in 11x18 et 18, kindly loaned to me by Driftworks and Rich Starkey.



It's too wide for the stock RB v1 fender, so I've done this.....



This is the start of a RBv1 fender getting widened by 33mm and raised by 15mm to get those massive tyres in and have the car low!!

[Nigelr32]

Originally Posted by DustinS

I was under the impression you went with the Brypar Front set-up. You have me intrigued.

No, too expensive, especially now with the exchange rates. All will be revealed soon, check out my Instagram pages and you may get a clue to what is going on.

[Nigelr32]

A busy day with saws, fiberglass and filler got me to this stage.



Loads more work required, but we can all see where this is going!!

[Thorpedo]

Building the car around the tires.

I dig, I dig.

[Nigelr32]

This afternoon was productive!



I like it, what do you think? Time to start making moulds.

[Nigelr32]

I messed up guys!! I made the first pair of bucks too wide!!

So, I've cut them down by 10mm per side. Old age doesn't come alone guys, I know we all make mistakes, but I am a muppet.

[Tareim]

Looks good, I would love a full arch wbk though instead of the half arches

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[Nigelr32]

So, I finally got the changes made and now have the front all done ready for final fitting of wheel and tyre and then add al the rads and fillets, primer and make moulds.





Here we can see it's slightly wider, 23mm per side but the biggest difference is the height, allowing bigger tyres/lower ride height.





In this pic you will spot a billion mods if you look carefully..





Finally, for anyone asking "Why oh why did he cut all that metal out of the inner fenders"? Here's your answer. look at the tyre inside the arch under the tower.





Thanks for looking in.. I'm working on the rears now, no wider just higher.

[Nigelr32]

And so, we have the rears being modified.. No wider, just taller.








Thanks for watching..

[Nigelr32]

After a long hard slog I finally have the rear arches sorted. I have also had a Toyo 888 fitted to my Work MCO 11x18 et 18. This is where the wheel will sit at about 60mm drop.





I have also trialled the wheel on my new Wisefab rear end. This kit is simply awesome, with loads of benefits over the stock rear end such as a massive weight saving and roll centre correction, even if youre not lowered, the roll centre on your car could do with raising.



Heres a couple of shots of the front end with the 11 x 18 on and modified arches.





Now you can see why I took out all that metalwork in the inner wheel arch

Thanks for looking in, more to follow real soon.

[DustinS]

Originally Posted by Nigelr32

Now you can see why I took out all that metalwork in the inner wheel arch

Thanks for looking in, more to follow real soon.

More info on that shock mounting