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[*franky*]

has any one got any advice on fitting / shaping these to the shap of the car. pics would help if pos. just that i have just getting these. thanks

[mike.]

The look nice - Where are they from?

The thing about FB and CF parts is that the moulds are usually pretty inaccurate and don't have much flex to them either.

Anyway, with my miglias i have to spend about 7 hours, sanding them to the shape of the car.

Once i had cut the slot in the front ones to clear the seam i just held them against the car and pushed them in, like the would be once fitted. This reveals where any high spots are which prevent the rest of the arch fitting flush. I then just marked these bits with masking tape, sanding a few mm off and went back and tryed them again.

I just did this process until they were about as good fit as there were going to get. I was pretty happy with how they came out.

[*franky*]

The look nice - Where are they from?

The thing about FB and CF parts is that the moulds are usually pretty inaccurate and don't have much flex to them either.

Anyway, with my miglias i have to spend about 7 hours, sanding them to the shape of the car.

Once i had cut the slot in the front ones to clear the seam i just held them against the car and pushed them in, like the would be once fitted. This reveals where any high spots are which prevent the rest of the arch fitting flush. I then just marked these bits with masking tape, sanding a few mm off and went back and tryed them again.

I just did this process until they were about as good fit as there were going to get. I was pretty happy with how they came out.

got them form the carbonwheezel. i need to shape them to the car and sent them back to get the final clear coat on and the fixing brackets on. i have de-seemed my car like. mike have you got any pics of your arches fitted? thanks

[mike.]

Yeah was going to say they didn't look very glossy - Didn't want to say though incase that was the finished product

Heres some pics of mine. Mine are fibreglass though and there not as wide as i wanted them either but i like em:

[*franky*]

lol. nice car by the way

[feybrand]

pay someone else to fit them thats my advice
i know im not very helpfull

[*franky*]

pay someone else to fit them thats my advice
i know im not very helpfull

good advice but i have done every thing to my car by myself (little help from ma dad) and i want to do it. just to say at the end that i have build / restored / modified that car. you know what i mean.

[afro bob]

Yeah they look well cool iv just placed an order for the same ones and I'm looking forward to getting them. I'm not 100% on how i will be fiting mine up but I'm sure it will be a lot of sanding hear and there

[mike.]

Yeah i was pretty gutted when i first held mine against the car. The shape/fit was sooo bad i knew i'd have loads of work to do.

I spent a full day sitting on a stool sanding

But yeah - A good thing to do is to by some thin rubber trim to go on the arch. I got some from a show and superglued it along each arch and this helps cover any small 1-2mm gaps.

[*franky*]

does any one know where i could get some of that rubber trim from?. looks like a lot of sanding ahead of me.

[mike.]

You can get it from most mini places. Minispares or minisport will do it - Its the same trim as used on sportspack arches.

[jwb_moto]

Mask the edges of arches that will butt up against the bodywork.

Hold it roughly in place and then get somebody to hold a perm marker flat against the bodywork and run it along the edge of the arch (so that the tip of the marker is 90 degrees to the arch) this should highlight where most of the material needs to be removed.

Remove the excess mterial gradually and keep checking to see how it fits.

[imaparana]

franky what wheels you got and what colours your car

[gav]

I used SPL0059 from minispares, didn't need any sanding went straight on no probs and there is no gaps. Mine were from curley by the way.

[imaparana]

was it a good finish and was the weave showing and how much