I had a look at Keith Akerman's finished car (if ever a Cobra is finished) on Sunday and it reminded me that I needed to trim back the wheel arch return. I have seen a photo of the result if you do not - cringe £££££!
The tyre needs to clear the wheel arch at full lock, with the suspension compressed. This is achieved by moving the suspension up, so that the mountings holes for the shockers are 10" (250 mm) apart. This is the maximum compression of the suspension. To achieve this I removed the shocker.
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| Shocker removed to measure the maximum compression |
By cutting back the wheel arch return, it avoids the tyre ever contacting the body .... in theory at least.
So out with the trusty Dremel and marker pen.
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| Line to cut back on wheel arch return |
The return was cut with the Dremel, then a sanding drum and finally rubbed down by hand using P400 paper.
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| Finished job |
This was a long job and very dusty, so a mask was used to avoid breathing in the GRP dust. But it was worth the effort.
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