Minilite however, will create a bespoke design wheel, so a 9" wide wheel with a backdepth of 120mm, finished in a matt black powedercoat is perfectly achievable. The normal offset is around 130mm but I've opted for a 10mm reduction in order to get a reasonable tolerance between the tyre and the suspension components.

Custom rear wheels

All this work is going to push the wheels outside the rear wings. I need some wider ones. Off-the-shelf options are:

Red Line Components: 38mm  increase in fibreglass

MOG/Fluke: 25mm or 55mm increase in fibreglass or carbon.

Widened carbon fibre rear arches are horrendously expensive, so I've come up with a plan to make my own. I'm going to salvage 2 offside and 2 nearside fibreglass rear wings from a fellow BlatChatter.

For each set, I'll cut the outer rim off one and the inner rim off the other, then place the 2 trimmed wings on top of each other, overlapping them so that i have an extendable rear wing. When I've established a width thatI want, I'll clamp them and slice through the overlap to create two perfectly-fitting halves. I'll glass the two halves together and can then give them to a bodyshop to fill and spray if necessary.

I've got the option then of taking my custom-made rear wings and using them as moulds for a carbon set. My thinking is that I can polish, wax and release-agent the moulds, then lay up some 4x4 carbon twill, impregnate it with epoxy resin and use this process to make my wings. The general consensus is to vacuum-bag the wings and heat them while they cure.. This produces better quality and stiffer components. I've got a medical suction pump designed to empty body cavities which I will use for my vaccum bagging. The wings will be heated to 50 deg C using a tunnel and a space heater. It probably won't work, but it'll be a laugh..

Wider Wings