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lee celtic:
how do I know when I have cut enough of the arches out ?

I have trimed enough to stop the tyres rubbing when cornering at speed and jumping speed humps at 35mph but how do I know when I've gone far enough , you see I have black plastic arch trims fitted and don't realy want to distort the line of the arches too much if I can help it :shock: I have been up a local lane that does cross the axles quite a bit and it was fine  :D but I'm going to the mayday mud fest and don't really want it to hold me back :twisted:

Mace:
The general rule is you need to cut, from the bottom, at least 1" in horizontally and they taper it up in a straight line to arround the height of the plastic edging strip. Mine runs a 1.5" lift and 235/85/16's. I also took a nick out of the lip on the front edge of the rear arch too.

You can just make out the black line on the masking tape in the photo...

Dave:
Have you any ramps put one at the front left and one rear right and see if it will clear ok.and vis a vis.
http://members.mud-club.com/profiles/dave/gallery/Tyre%20fit/0

Thrasher:
Or.....be radical and do this :-

http://members.mud-club.com/profiles/thrasher/gallery/ArchCutting

That's the proper way to make sure you do not get bent rear panels :-)

lee celtic:
Yes Thrasher I know you can cut off loads but then the black plastic arches don't fit no more ... :shock: (nice pics by the way)

The way mace has it looks just dandy I'll get the grinder out tonight  :wink:

I've already removed the front valance so do I still need to trim the bumper ends or is cutting the valance off enough on the front??

Thanks for the replies by the way :D

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