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Old 23 January 2016, 05:40 PM
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Default Saloon arched front and rear wide wagon

I've posted some of this already in an introduction post but thought I'd start an actual project post.
It started out as a daily runaround 2005 wagon but unfortunately


Managed to source a full car being broke and bought the front end, I'd already been looking at saloon front ends before the accident so the accident was a good excuse to do it sooner. Managed to get it back on the road and all for less than my excess )

Old 23 January 2016, 05:44 PM
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Then the fun part started, I also decided to have a go at the saloon rear quarter and bought them off the same doner car, they had a few knocks etc but knew they'd need plenty of work anyway so didn't matter.







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Massive job this, hope all goes well.
Old 23 January 2016, 05:54 PM
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Then the cutting started


Then the lining up, luckily saloon rear quarters are roughly 1" longer than the wagons so plenty to mess about with.





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Once I was happy with the location of it all, I had to widen the inner arches. The way this was done was with a number of slots the hammering the inner wings out to meet the new outer arch, I then folder the arch lip up to have the same affect as an arch roll.



Then fully welded all the edges









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Filler time =)







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Any finally this was today's mission, wide track arches and bumper mod. Still have to shorten the lower section of the bumper.






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like it mate, something different to the norm
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That's some great skills. Looks good too, and a little different.
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Jesus!! what a roller coaster of a thread, I like it! top work there.
Old 24 January 2016, 11:23 AM
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such a shame they didn't make wagons like this from stock

looking great
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Just looking forward to the fresh paint and getting it back on the road, miss driving it!
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Pretty cool Project
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Fair play!
Old 09 February 2016, 08:41 PM
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It's got some paint on it =)
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Like! ALOT
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Need some more pics

What colour is it?? Looks like Audi nardo grey!!!
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Won't be any more pics I'm afraid until after the weekend�� Except this one



It's porche grey/black, very similar to the lambo grey.
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nice!!!!
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Very cool, colour spot on

Look the bo!!ocks with the red calipers and a decent set of gloss black alloys on it.
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Still not 100% finished but just a few trims

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Saw this on FB. Tasty and I do like the colour. Are you running spacers, as the wheels do fill the arches very nicely? Top work.
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That is fantastic. Genuinely brilliant. The colour is great.I'm deeply jealous.
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No spacers, 18x9" et35








So happy to have it back, you forget how nice they are to drive.
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Rota Force wheels?
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Originally Posted by sprigeteer
Rota Force wheels?
Rota G-force, definitely wouldn't get away with them on a standard wagon without some massive camber.
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stunning Peskett, well worth the effort!
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This is great. Really nice job.


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