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exaktaman
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Rear Wheel Arches
« on: Jun 5th, 2011, 5:06pm » |
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Hi, I have asked a couple of small body shops about repairing my rear wheel arches and have been told I would be wasting my money.
Is there a 'permanent' fix for this? Carrying on from that can anyone tell me how good the wheel arch trims are on ebay?
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Matt
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Re: Rear Wheel Arches
« Reply #1 on: Jun 5th, 2011, 5:11pm » |
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How bad are your arches?
ask a few of the people breaking them in the for sale area if they would be willing to chop the arches out of their breakers
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gozz
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Re: Rear Wheel Arches
« Reply #2 on: Jun 5th, 2011, 8:20pm » |
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on Jun 5th, 2011, 5:06pm, exaktaman wrote:Hi, I have asked a couple of small body shops about repairing my rear wheel arches and have been told I would be wasting my money.
Is there a 'permanent' fix for this? Carrying on from that can anyone tell me how good the wheel arch trims are on ebay?
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You would only be wasting your money if the underbody is in a terminal tinworm state.Mk3 Granada arches fit,you or your body bloke can get these from a panel factor for not a lot of money.Best not cover rot with silly trims.
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Paul B
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Re: Rear Wheel Arches
« Reply #3 on: Jun 5th, 2011, 9:26pm » |
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My Scorpio has been off the road for quite some time now, but I want to get her out again. But one thing that would need doing sometime is the rear arches. They're only a bit bubbly but bound to be worse underneath.
Whats the going rate for getting these done and painted? Any ideas? 
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Chieftain
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Re: Rear Wheel Arches
« Reply #4 on: Jun 6th, 2011, 10:05am » |
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Depends on who you ask, I have had quoted ranging from £250 to just over £900, there are several on here who have had this done abd I am sure they will chip in. On the quotes it is hard to tell as the cheap one was in a back street in Porthmadog but the cars he was working on a were parked around looked brilliant.
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Re: Rear Wheel Arches
« Reply #5 on: Jun 6th, 2011, 2:20pm » |
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I had both mine lead filled 2 years ago for £300.
Both still looking good with he passenger side as good as the day it was sprayed but the drivers side I've noticed a small bubble forming in the last few weeks, right where it meets the bumper.
Good luck finding someone who can do lead filling now though - it's a bit of a black art.
The only permanent cure is to weld new metal in - well until that replacement metal rusts as well that is!
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exaktaman
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Re: Rear Wheel Arches
« Reply #6 on: Jun 6th, 2011, 9:23pm » |
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Thanks for the advice folks. I'll have further scout around some other body shops.
Exaktaman.
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