quest63
Active member
Hiya,I just wanted to mention my interest in this isnt very immediate for me at the moment, although it will be at some point,rather I am thinking of other members and ebay buyers. Just wanted to mention this so you or your dad dont go to any unneccesary effort just for me.
Yes the bottom of the stainless arches, or in other words the inside of the circular radius should have a lip that would turn in towards the centre of the car if that makes sense I'm not sure how deep the lip is off the top of my head but it would seem to be more like 10mm will have a look in a bit. I guess this would be the most skillfull part of doing it and might be too difficult with the 1.5mm thickness I think you mentioned, perhaps thinner stainless would be easier and also make bending in the bottom part mentioned earlier easier too.
Just took another look at your piccies and I think your template should go all the way down to the sill on the front of the arch so that the stainless arch will be usable for people whos arches are worse than yours was in that area. I guess ideally they would be able to cover any eventuality and variation in peoples rust, but they could trim off any bits they didnt need if say for example they didnt have rust low down near the sill.
Yes the bottom of the stainless arches, or in other words the inside of the circular radius should have a lip that would turn in towards the centre of the car if that makes sense I'm not sure how deep the lip is off the top of my head but it would seem to be more like 10mm will have a look in a bit. I guess this would be the most skillfull part of doing it and might be too difficult with the 1.5mm thickness I think you mentioned, perhaps thinner stainless would be easier and also make bending in the bottom part mentioned earlier easier too.
Just took another look at your piccies and I think your template should go all the way down to the sill on the front of the arch so that the stainless arch will be usable for people whos arches are worse than yours was in that area. I guess ideally they would be able to cover any eventuality and variation in peoples rust, but they could trim off any bits they didnt need if say for example they didnt have rust low down near the sill.