Wheel arches...
So an embarrassing moment almost kicked me in the behind when I was fitting the rear floor carpet in my van.
I made a template (thankfully!) of the right hand side around the wheel arch and almost transferred it to the carpet on both sides, thinking that the wheel arches were identical. Fortunately I double-checked and realised they are totally different.
What's the story here?.... and who has ruined a brand new roll of carpet like I almost did?
"Measure twice....cut once" is very sound advice.
Vans.... This is the 2nd time round the block, 40 years later! talk about turning back the clock!
Lol. That has caught a lot of ute owners out when making rubber mats. I think it has something to do with the fuel filler location in station wagons and they are the same wheel arches. I may be wrong but it rings a bell.
Still the same in VG to VS utes.
I almost made the same mistake with my VZ ute, driver's side is way bigger and an entirely different shape to the passenger side. I was cutting a rubber ute mat, to try and prevent putting ding's in the tray.
"Proud To Be An Old Fart".
Oh good!
I felt like a bloody retard! At least I'm not alone.
I've owned dozens of Holdens and been in the back of every model van ever made and I can't believe I hadn't noticed it before. I've got a ute sitting under my house that I look at every day and now that I know it, it's obvious. It's amazing how something can be right there in front of you and you don't see it.
Vans.... This is the 2nd time round the block, 40 years later! talk about turning back the clock!
I'm a carpet layer and I learned that trick years ago the first time I put carpet in the back of my van...
Easy mistake to make.
Yeah, you just don't even think of it being different, and it's amazing how you don't notice it.
Vans.... This is the 2nd time round the block, 40 years later! talk about turning back the clock!
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