tom if i can find the pictures ill show you why the arches ended up like that , the rust worm had got very carried away .

i listen to the voices in my head saying cut back the rust cut back the rust

did the same on my front arches steve . ive posted some pics of mine this evening . i used the plastic curtain they use on factory doors to extend mine

yes tom rears needed more doing but i got to the point i just wanted it finished and get out again . it need more work now these are quite old pics now.
the colways at top where 31s , the khumos are also 31s but where bigger and rubbed more so hence the chop but the rust was vert bad when i got going

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Id stick with the vl if you got to cut out rust anyway going a few more inches makes no odds , that way you can fit bigger rubber without the expense of lifting it another way

Steve there is a sticky post on tyre sizes I the wheels n tyres part of forum

They do vary I had 31 colways they were smaller than current khumos has to chop back to get khumos on when the colways had been ok

Forgot you might need spacers or off set rims to stop 31s rubbing springs on lock too . But it worth it to get the ground clearance

When I put the 31s on mine had to cut arches back just in front on the doors as they rubber on full lock so bear that in mind dont just chop upwards