I AM GOING TO FIT SOME FIBREGLASS GROUP 2 ARCHES ONTO MY CLUBBY ESTATE BUT I DONT WANT TO SCREW THEM ON. I'VE HEARD THEY CAN BE BONDED ON. IS THIS EASY ?
THANKS IN ADVANCE.
Bonding On Wheelarches
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buxvan
, Nov 22 2009 03:51 PM
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wassupcrew
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Posted 22 November 2009 - 04:01 PM
you have to get some bonding agent, have a look at absmotorsport.net. the remove all the paint where the arches are going to fit, apply boding agent to steel and the fit the arch in place. then you have to smoothe the join in with filler etc to make it look good. quite a big job to make them look good
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Posted 22 November 2009 - 05:11 PM
you have to get some bonding agent, have a look at absmotorsport.net. the remove all the paint where the arches are going to fit, apply boding agent to steel and the fit the arch in place. then you have to smoothe the join in with filler etc to make it look good. quite a big job to make them look good
does this stuff work like a grab adhesive or will i have to clamp the arch in position whilst the bonding sets ?
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Posted 22 November 2009 - 10:49 PM
I just fitted some rallye arches to a 205 GTi. I first mounted some bolts to the back using fibreglass resin, you can't see them from the front and they're really just for extra hold. I then used Evostik Serious Stuff to bond them on to the body. It's slightly flexible when it dries which will hopefully allow for vibration in the body. I haven't had them on long but they seem fine upto now. You have to clamp them up while it dries for which I used some cheap little clamps from B and Q which were about £5 per pair.
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Posted 24 November 2009 - 02:05 AM
You could bond studs into the back of the arch and just use these to hold them on - similar to how the genuine Sportpack arches are fitted. The problem with bonding them on and then filling the joint, etc. is eventually it will crack the paint at the joint and if you have a minor bump it's major work to fix it.
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Posted 24 November 2009 - 08:40 AM
i did this to some of them awful sportspack copies, they were all over the shop, but i used sikaflex (its really strong stuff!) to bond the arches on, and then drilled a hole in the arch and filled it with expanding foam, it pushed the arches out in all the right places when it expanded, n they looked and were as strong if not stronger than the genuine ones!
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