never have been a fan of the big holes in the engine bay that are the wheel wells, i know there is a plastic liner but its just not enough for me.




welded new metal in both of the holes.





and then a little grinding and prep work for paint and this is what u end up with

 

VERY nice work. reminds me of the 240 guys tubbing their cars. wish i had the skills and equipment to do it

 

was this strictly for aesthetic purposes? does it add any rigidity? either way awesome work.

 

this isnt a sticky, i just posted it cause i figured some people would be interested in seeing it.

First thanks for the nice comment, its appreciated.

And second, it serves both purposes, it looks way better then having plastic liners there, and it is very rigid. just as solid if not more then the rest of the engine bay. turned out more solid then i was expecting, all i used was .004 or .005 thick steel.

 

Nice, We usually do tub style for wheel clearance.

pic of a s13 as an example.

 

At first I was like "this is going to be stupid", but then I saw the pics and it's amazing. I really like how the engine bay looks the way you did it.

 

haha, thanks. my goal was to make it look oem. like it was suppose to be like that all along.

 

if only you could run the stock pop up headlights i would so do this stupid friggin plastic liner and there like 150 bucks to top it off.

 

im assuming youre running after market lights?

 

yes running sleek headlights.

 

Very clean work man

 

thanks, it was quite easy, only took a couple days! then another day to paint the engine bay.

 

Looks nice man. I too, was surprised.

 

Another owner tackled this project as well. Might as well consolidate for reference. Very nice work, btw.

https://www.rx7club.com/build-thread...-976632/page3/

 

This looks great! A bit fancier then mine...

 

I like this idea, when done properly it looks like it was done from factory. Does this have any impact on wheel fitment allowing more offset? Doesn't look like it, but just curious.

 

no issues at all. I have 8.5s in the front, still have plenty of room. I imagine that if done with intent of putting the widest wheel in the front you could squeeze another inch or so out of them.

 

Looks good - Nicely done