WANTED; drivers side inner wheel arch
WANTED; drivers side inner wheel arch
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greymrj

Original Poster:

3,329 posts

233 months

Saturday 27th July 2013
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Sometimes you wonder how you miss the obvious!!! Silly boysilly

On the old spring/damper units I regularly got a graunch under the front wheel arch over a big bump. I fitted the new Gaz units and....damn.....still getting a graunch, although less regularly. Start to look for the cause and find that the offside inner wheel arch is touching because it has a bulge in it. Looking more closely I detect that the offside arch has been changed (the fastenings under the sealant are screws while the nearside one if firmly rivetted on. I then realise that they are of different construction and differ dimensionally in several ways. I think someone may have damaged/lost the inner wing and put something incorrect in its place.

I don't suppose that anyone has one of these lying around that they would be prepared to sell me do they?

phillpot

17,509 posts

212 months

Sunday 28th July 2013
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The smaller part, attached to the body?

small hole in this one where it's been rubbing the tyre.....






Rare as "hens teeth", don't know where you'll find one of those wink

Top Gear TVR

2,251 posts

183 months

Sunday 28th July 2013
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mine rubs a bit on full right lock when entering a slight incline!

S2Mike

3,065 posts

179 months

Sunday 28th July 2013
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If that rare how about taking a cast off one we can get hold of .?

greymrj

Original Poster:

3,329 posts

233 months

Sunday 28th July 2013
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Thanks guys. Yep, that is exactly the same problem and exactly the same wheel arch! I even detect that the inner flange isnt at right angles to the top, and there is an unnecessary kink in the inner flange which weakens it, both the same as mine.
So mine looks like it is 'right', just that TVR made a **** of it.
Have any of you noticed subtle differences to the left hand one (apart from obvious differences in recesses)which suggest they weren't designed/made at the same time? The inside flange of my RH one is miles closer to the tyre than the LH one.
Is it beginning to look as if I should make a mould that would work better?