Cutting Arches to make way for 35s

Pieman95 · Sep 3, 2019

Hi guys im hoping to have the disco ready for its first outing in 10 years soon last little bits now and i have started into cutting my arches to allow extra room for the tyres i am just wondering for ayone that has done this in the past how did you seal up the gap left in the door skin after cutting the rear arches? im not particularly worried about it as the truck is only an off roader anyway but it would be handy to stop the gutters going inside the door skin
Thanks in advance Pieman

dieseldog69 · Sep 3, 2019

Pieman95 said:
Hi guys im hoping to have the disco ready for its first outing in 10 years soon last little bits now and i have started into cutting my arches to allow extra room for the tyres i am just wondering for ayone that has done this in the past how did you seal up the gap left in the door skin after cutting the rear arches? im not particularly worried about it as the truck is only an off roader anyway but it would be handy to stop the gutters going inside the door skin
Thanks in advance Pieman

I've never gone that big lol 33" on it now and not turned them on tar yet

Pieman95 · Sep 3, 2019

dieseldog69 said:
I've never gone that big lol 33" on it now and not turned them on tar yet

I did think about going for 33s to make life easier but I had the 35s in the shed from my old 90 pickup so seamed a shame not to use them. There are on now I have cut around 3.5 to 4 inches roughly from the arches. My plan now is to fill the gap between the rear door skins with a drop of expanding foam and then cut to shape and put some fillers over it then paint. Rough and ready

Henry_b · Sep 3, 2019

What is the point of 35" tyres on a Disco?

Apart frm making it near enough undriveable?

dieseldog69 · Sep 3, 2019

Pieman95 said:
Rough and ready

Not kidding

I would look for some 1mm ally sheet and beat it to shape and rivet it on if it were me.

Pieman95 · Sep 3, 2019

Here’s a couple of photos of now and when I first picked the truck up

dieseldog69 · Sep 3, 2019

Henry_b said:
What is the point of 35" tyres on a Disco?

Apart frm making it near enough undriveable?

If you have to ask that then you obviously don't off road enough.

Diff clearance, floatation, side slope stability from extended track width for a few.

Pieman95 · Sep 3, 2019

Henry_b said:
What is the point of 35" tyres on a Disco?

Apart frm making it near enough?

Main point would be the usual to gain more ground clearance on the axle for a start. For when off reading which is the sole purpose of this truck. In what way do you mean it will be undrivable I have had plenty trucks on the road with 35s before and found no issue with drivability. ?

Henry_b · Sep 3, 2019

dieseldog69 said:
If you have to ask that then you obviously don't off road enough.

Diff clearance, floatation, side slope stability from extended track width for a few.

I go off road, but not over mountains, yet!

dieseldog69 · Sep 3, 2019

Henry_b said:
I go off road, but not over mountains, yet!

The car park at Maccy Ds don't count young'un

Henry_b · Sep 3, 2019

dieseldog69 said:
The car park at Maccy Ds don't count young'un

Aww shyte!!

me fields are pretty muddy and rutty!

Pieman95 · Sep 3, 2019

dieseldog69 said:
Not kidding

I would look for some 1mm ally sheet and beat it to shape and rivet it on if it were me.

i had thought about that also but as it wont be going for an mot anytime soon or at all undecided yet thought i would take the lazy route btu though i would see what people had done in the past

kevstar · Sep 4, 2019

You should have asked earlier before cutting the panels....I have a full set of panels already cut & loads more

Pieman95 · Sep 4, 2019

kevstar said:
You should have asked earlier before cutting the panels....I have a full set of panels already cut & loads more

Too late now anyway it was a good excuse to use the plasma cutter

kevstar · Sep 4, 2019

Pieman95 said:
Too late now anyway it was a good excuse to use the plasma cutter

No excuses needed for using a plasma cutter id have a massive pile of scrap if I had one at home.

Marmaduke · Sep 4, 2019

Personally I wouldn't use expanding foam as it'll hold moisture and it'll help you disco rot quicker

Pieman95 · Sep 19, 2019

yeah never really considered that now. might just go for the wire mesh and fiberglass method and paint it

Marmaduke said:
Personally I wouldn't use expanding foam as it'll hold moisture and it'll help you disco rot quicker

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