Project 1 hour a day 916 wannabe, Coated and plated pedals assembled |
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Project 1 hour a day 916 wannabe, Coated and plated pedals assembled |
ONTHEGRIND |
Nov 16 2012, 11:07 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 286 Joined: 10-November 08 From: California Member No.: 9,738 Region Association: None |
Going to widen the rear flare and repaint looks like a little more work then expected
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gothspeed |
Dec 7 2013, 02:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,539 Joined: 3-February 09 From: SoCal Member No.: 10,019 Region Association: None |
You are doing an amazing job!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) you are making great progress for only an hour a day (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
I widened my rear steel flares a little, mostly to get the upper flat panel of the rear flare closer to the verticalish angle of the front. This was because after i installed them, i noticed the rear outer flat part tilted inboard as the panel went up. Whereas the same flat part on the front flares were near vertical. I widened the rear by cutting along the top of the rears about 5/8" inboard of the top tangent point of the top outer fender bend. Then cut all the way around stopping about 5 -6 inches from the bottom on each side. As i went down the sides i reduced the 5/8" to about 1/2". I then spaced out the outer part of the flare with wood spacers. I used 1/2" thick wood strips and located them about 10 and 2 oclock. After this you wil find the outer 'pushed out' part of the flare no longer matches the seam where it was cut from. I corrected this by making perpendicular cuts, 1" on the outer and 1.5" long on the inner part of the flare, about 5" apart from each other along the length of the first long cut. This allows the inboard part of the flare to be reconciled with the outer. By forming the now independent tabs to match each other across the 1/2" opening. Then i made card stock paper templates of the 1/2" gap, cut them out in steel and butt welded them in. Then hammered and flattened the interface. The overall shape of the rear flares now look like the way they 'should have been'. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) I think this method can work well with the 1" that you want to add to the rears. If i were to do this again i would have gone 3/4" to 1" instead of the 1/2" i went with. But it looks far better now than it would have, had I not widened them at all. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) If you are interested, i can dig up some pics i took of this process. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) |
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