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#1 Sunshine

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Posted 19 June 2004 - 06:52 PM

OK, we are confused here!

Went to try to see how to fit my new chrome wheel arches on, but not doing very good. We tried on the side where I had taken the old one off to clean up the rust :sad: but it looked odd. The screw holes are no where near the wing. We then tried on the other side using the arch for it, but looked like it is meant to fit over the old one. That looks rubbish.

Does anyone know how I am supposed to fit these on? I have a full set and they are all marked with where they are to go on.

If I can't get it sorted out I might just sell them, but paid £40 for them. Still have them in the palstics bags - never taken out we just held them to the car in the wrapper.

#2 miniman5

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Posted 19 June 2004 - 09:27 PM

hey ive got some on mine by the looks of things (on my mini) they just screw on over the original tacky grey plastic one hope ive helpped :grin: ile be selling mine soon guna stick some sport packs on her!!

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Posted 19 June 2004 - 09:28 PM

hey i tell ya what ile do because we r geting picys of m edriving tomoz ile ge tsome picys of how mine are fitted n show u mine ok :grin:

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Posted 19 June 2004 - 09:31 PM

Thanks!! That's how we thought they would go, but didnt know how it would look. If you can post the pictures up it would help me to get mine on... hopefully in time for dragwars

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Posted 19 June 2004 - 09:38 PM

okie dokie well i should think they will be on here by lunchtime tomorrow :grin: im guna drive my mini for the 1st time tomoz its guna b great im only 15 :grin:

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Posted 19 June 2004 - 10:27 PM

yeah ive got these on mine. ive got mine riveted on the plastic arches but still not happy with the fit. they look fine until you get very close up on them and in some places you can see the original arch

if you fit them make sure you do the sill strips aswel otherwise it can look a little stupid

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Posted 20 June 2004 - 06:22 AM

yea mine look ace until ure abotu 2 foot away from the car :sad: lol that sill strip collects water like a bucket!! were it slides over is buberling up with rust i need to get that sorted. i think mine are screwed on im not sure tho ile find out later when i drive her!!! YAY :grin:

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Posted 20 June 2004 - 07:56 AM

where you driving her if your only 15?

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Posted 20 June 2004 - 08:11 AM

The M! only kiden lol my dads work car park we got permission :grin: ile have all the picys on here later :grin:

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Posted 20 June 2004 - 11:33 AM

hey mark had to go so i didnt get time to get n e picys sorry :sad: ile ge tsome later tho ok :D

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Posted 01 July 2004 - 08:53 PM

anyone know if we can modify the wheel arches or am i going to have to do a custom job on the wings to fit these for sunshine???????
they look cr@p just stuck on!!!!!!

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Posted 02 July 2004 - 06:33 AM

he he mind have little screw on em but they are looking tatty now :sad: bu twere guna get sports packs etc on her

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Posted 02 July 2004 - 06:57 AM

Are these the arches you have ? if so they fit over the plastic arches as fitted as standard , mine came with little self taping screws , I fitted them by taking off the wheel and fitting them with "vice grips" using some cardboard to stop them marking the chrome , when i was happy with the fit i screwed them on :grin:

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Posted 02 July 2004 - 09:19 AM

thats good thinking

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Posted 03 July 2004 - 12:41 AM

the easiest solution to fitting them over the old plastic arches without using screrws is to uretahne (bondng glue) them onto eachother....... that way if you ever have to remove them your fu**ed

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