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Wheel Arch Gaps

Started by minski1 , Sep 07 2010 07:55 AM

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#1 minski1

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Posted 07 September 2010 - 07:55 AM

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I need some advice on my recently fitted wheel arches. There are gaps between the body and the wheel arch and to me this seems wrong. Can I please get some advice as to whether this is acceptable or not. I really need some help. I have already had to send it back once and I am getting a bit upset about it now. Please, please, please can someone take a look at the attached pictures and give me some advice.

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#2 Bungle

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Posted 07 September 2010 - 12:01 PM

i'm guessing these are cheap sports pack copys

you get what you pay for

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#3 Slinky1313

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Posted 07 September 2010 - 01:09 PM

ive got that aswell on some arch's a friend of myn gave me, their fiberglass right? only thing ive been thinkin to do on myn is get some p40 and fill the gap

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#4 Slinky1313

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Posted 07 September 2010 - 01:12 PM

or sand the arch so its a similar shape and drill another hole to hold it closed

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#5 minski1

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Posted 07 September 2010 - 01:21 PM

i'm guessing these are cheap sports pack copys

you get what you pay for

I'm not sure what they are. I took it to a garage and paid a lot of money for the work done. They apparently didn't use the arches that they normally do as they were going to take 4 weeks to order. However, they had my car for 7 weeks and knew I wanted wide wheel arches as soon as I took it in. Do I take it back to them again?

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#6 minski1

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Posted 07 September 2010 - 01:25 PM

or sand the arch so its a similar shape and drill another hole to hold it closed

Is it possible for me to do this myself? I'm not sure about drilling holes in my car!!!
Does the P40 stuff look alright when it's on?
Is it possible to get thicker beading to put between the arches and body?

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#7 Slinky1313

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Posted 07 September 2010 - 01:33 PM

you can definately do it yourself, for myn we just drilled out the rivets for the standard arches and put some screws in there insted, can just drill a hole close to the bottom and do the same that would hold it pretty well, p40 would need some working to get it to look like the arch itself, need sanding priming painting etc, but if done right would look pretty nice.

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#8 Slinky1313

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Posted 07 September 2010 - 01:35 PM

and i doubt youd be able to find any trim thick enough to fill that gap, maybe a bit thicker but youd still need to drill it or something.

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#9 K.C

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Posted 07 September 2010 - 03:48 PM

I filled my arches, it doesn't take that long but with the rubbing down and everything you'd have to re-spray some of the wing and arches. Here's a pic of mine (front and rear):

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#10 minski1

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Posted 08 September 2010 - 01:08 PM

you can definately do it yourself, for myn we just drilled out the rivets for the standard arches and put some screws in there insted, can just drill a hole close to the bottom and do the same that would hold it pretty well, p40 would need some working to get it to look like the arch itself, need sanding priming painting etc, but if done right would look pretty nice.

Thanks for your help. I think I'll give it a go....once I've complained to the garage that did it!!

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#11 minski1

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Posted 08 September 2010 - 01:09 PM

I filled my arches, it doesn't take that long but with the rubbing down and everything you'd have to re-spray some of the wing and arches. Here's a pic of mine (front and rear):

That looks really good. Thanks