Back in the dim and distant past (last year) while I was still at the cutting up metal tube and welding it stage, I had some difficulty getting the curved sections for the rear panel of the chassis. To keep things simple (and because I don't like the tightening radius on the standard RC rear panel) I decided to use the same radius for top and bottom. It all went fine, and despite having tried to think of possible problems caused by doing this, I didn't think of any.
Fast forward several month and I receive my fibreglass bits (thank you Darren) and start to do the ally paneling, which goes fine, aided by the fact the I'm not contending with a composite radius. However, and I'm sure you've all seen this coming, with the suspension and wheels back on it suddenly becomes apparent that all is not well, the arches go further back than expected and there's approximately a 1-2 inch gap between the rear panel and arches.
Anyway, to cut a long story short (and it's been plenty long already), I ended up having to use expanding 2 pack foam, followed by fibreglass, followed by a skim of filler, followed by a respray of the arches (as if all that flatting wasn't enough fun the first time around!).
The upside of this is that since I was fiddling around with the rear arches anyway, I decided to mount and blend the rear light blocks, which I think looks pretty cool and I'm kinda fond of the swept rear arch look.
Here's a nice picture of the offending articles, the left hand one is properly polished and mounted, the right is just gently held in place.
Kingr
Rescued attachment IMGP0339small.JPG