VW Beetle Boxter, Wing Extension, Wheel Arch Flare

 More tin work done, rad cover to compliment the front bay.

The A panel as a wee bit rough, rather than spend time filling it was best to cut out and replace with new metal.

On with the wings, had a look at many different styles on the net and you tube and there are many differing opinions on how to go about  extending etc, this is my take on it, front needed 60mm to clear so the round bar you can see is there as a guide to build on and will be removed once the arch is made.

The metal profile is the intended shape of the arch.

First mock up of the wheel arch, at the moment its held in place with self tapping screws.

Although not fully welded at the moment, the arch is now able to be removed, the form refined and cleaned, round bar removed and the original radius of the wheel arch can be cut back for clearance.
Both side fronts are now at this stage.

The rear wings need to cover an extra 110mm of rubber, the rears determined what was done on the front as extending the rear wings to cover the tires would leave a flat spot hence the front flares. A two inch strip had been added to bring the wing out to leave the same amount of rubber hanging out side of the wing as on the front.

Next update will show the same profile flare on all four corners, adding a few more rounded contours to the beetle cant be a bad thing and all real steel.

VW Beetle Boxter, Front End Rework

 Front end eventually had to come, fought with it to get it back in line and found it to be 10mm off centre as well as being on the piss.

Good time to grind back all the crap and tidy up.

Wings back on to assist with refitting the front,

New front valance fabbed and fitted

Rad re-mounted, starting to look more like a car.

VW Beetle Boxter, Belated Happy New Year

We hope you all had an excellent Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Work continues on the Beetle Boxter with the replacement seat mounts, unfortunately the original pressed  items due them being ballsed up by the last crew so here we have replacements.

Work at the rear finally sees the wings fitting better and the rear valance altered to flow with the wings.

A bit of a cut.

A bit of a infill.

 Mark brought across a used set of wings due to the after market wings being strained and stretched making it hard to get the correct lines, these fit bang on. 

Cleaned up the lines of the boot catch and made the mounts flush fit.

Sorted the gap around the boot lid as the upper panel had shrunk loads  when the Louvre's were filled in resulting in a poor fit.

Reworked the sharp edges and fully welded them around the rear grill, the seam was starting the split after the boot lid had been dropped shut a few times, edges now have a nice radius and will look better than a sharp edge when painted.