66 Volvo P1800 Custom Build ( Pro-Touring Ls1 V8, Body Mods, and Flush Mount Glass) by Iamtheonlyreal1

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Ok.... I am going to have so much money wrapped up in masking tape.... ha ha Anyway here are the steps I took to raise the rear wheel arch, I will be doing the other when I get the other arches delivered.. I am using wheel arches from a 60's Volvo 122 Amazon, and they appear to work out with a bit more pitch out and a slightly larger opening.. You can only get the complete rear arch, the fender arches are only available in the front and rear sections of the arch.. So I am planning on using 4 rear arches. I think I can get do this by using the left rear arch on the right front fender, then a bit of tweeking.

I will do all the finish welding as soon as I have all of the arches in place, and I can measure them all out to the millimeter... But for now, I have the trusty masking tape to do the job.. The funny thing is, by stretching the masking tape fairly tight, you can kind of see what is needed to be done.. I have never tried this before, but seems to save alot of time from bad cuts.

I cut the wheel arches out, and trimmed the inner fender to where it would be able to re-attach very easily.. I had to remove the lower parts of the original wheel arch and re-pitch them a bit to match the new flare pitch on the new style arch. It all went relatively easy, and I think the rest of them should be a breeze.

Here are some before and after pics, along with comparison from the rendition.. I think I got very close, I may be a bit lower with my arches than the rendition, but it was the best possible fit there.

The factory size and position..





Here is what that is has been changed to at this point..





Here are the rendtion pictures.. They may be about a 1/2 inch or less higher, but again, this is where they basically laid in the easiest. I dont think that this subtle difference is really going to stand out too much..