pics of rrc arch trimming please

[turbonutter]

looking at trimming the arches on my missis new rrc
just bought it and took it for test drive off road and its catching on the arches , its fitted with 265,75,16 insa dakars
its got a small lift but we have  2" spring spacers to fit so shouldnt be as bad but want to trim the arches as well , want to keep its as cheep as poss so may not fit extended arches but still want it to look good

what have u lot done ?
pics please

[ChrisW70]

Some info here and pics here

[bullfrog]

No pics but if you just trim the lip off (about an 1") Looks ok if you leave the flange part !
I did it on a 3 door and used edgeing strip .

[turbonutter]

iv lifted it now , with the 2" spacers its sat it far enough from the arches not to catch

think ill see how it does at the weekend off roading be4 i do any arch cutting , i shall keep a eye out for sum cheep extended arches i think , i can then cut the arches right back

[bullfrog]

What size tyres has it got then ?

Always best to test in real world sittuation befor cutting

[turbonutter]

its running 265/75/16 insa dakars

[clbarclay]

On what wheels and/or spacers?
changing the track with will also effect how the tyrescatch the wheel archs


This was to fit tyres measuring 33x10.50 with 7mm negative offset wheels so you shouldn't need to trim as much as this

Wheel arches trimmed with nibbler + grinder. 50mm radius increase all round


conveyor belt extensions held on using angle barkets + rinvuts so can be easily removed/altered. The tyres stuck out past the body a bit too far without them


I find the first part to catch on bigger tyres was the section of inner body just inside of the rear doors that sticks down towards the tyre. This got pruned to half its origional height and doubled over which gave more than enough clearance.


Also worth a read
http://rangerovers.net/rrupgrades/trimarches/index.html

[squaddie_fox]

have a quick look here: http://www.lrboards.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=7818&start=45

and a couple of pics.........




all i did was trim the internal lip up around an inch and only needed to cut the door enough to clear the tyre as you can see in the pic.



on the front i did cut a considerable amount off and then folded a lip into it so there was no sharp edge.



it doesn't sit too badly, and because the wheels haven't got a massive offset i don't need huge arch extensions to cover them. small loss in turning circle but not too bad.