quasimoto
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Looking into fitting wheel arch extensions to cover wider alloys. Seen all the arches available for sale most on fleabay but rather than pop rivet or screw on plastic or fibre glass arches to the panels was considering what appears to be neoprene strip with a bead on the edge around 125 mm wide and minimum 3 to 5 mm thick that fits under original arch radius. Have found plenty of neoprene strip in various length and thickness but still trying to source same with an outer bead. Any info or photos what members have used appreciated before deciding what to purchase.
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1984 Rover SD1 Vanden Plas 2600 Auto 1985 Rover SD1 2300s Auto 2005 MG ZT 1.8 Manual
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quasimoto
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interesting options
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I made some mudflaps for my last rally landrover which extended up the a post. In total they were 850mm long trying to get something like that off the shelf was never going to happen. So I looked online for a rubber wholesaler and there's one local to me who sells all types of rubber and pastic sheets/rolls They cut it to length and for all 4 was quite cheap. They have all types of material and thickness so might be worth while looking up some where local as it will most probably be cheaper
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EmDee
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Last Edit: Jan 2, 2016 12:26:08 GMT by EmDee
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markbognor
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This one? retrorides.proboards.com/thread/44478/make-archesBiggest problem I can see in the plan outlined in the OP is that there will need to be loads of arch gap, because the tyre will be underneath the original arch lip where the new extention is fixed on. Not GR8 for lows. The slater technique above with the original arch lip cut out (or heavily rolled and pulled till it was bacon)would be the way to go.
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markbognor
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I just rightclicked/saveas'd this Fordson pic for my shared thread, but realised that it fits pretty well here too. He's used stainless for the arch extensions. Edit - on closer look it looks like he's just sliced a trailer arch and fixed it into the original arch.
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What about a couple of truck plastic wheel arches, you'd get 4 out of a pair, a slight return/radius that you could trim to the depth you wanted which meant no separate edge trim required.Shame we weren't at the airport still, you could have had a couple of lengths of the curtains on my welding bay door......
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quasimoto
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if i was still at LGW this thread would not exist / truck plastic wheel arches i am going to look into
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I used lorry mudguards for my Fugitive.
Very cheap, easy to work with and if you warm them up you can reshape them so they don't have to have the correct radius when you buy them.
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quasimoto
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lorry / hgv mudguards is the route i am going and your comment swayed the thought Update Just purchased 3.5 brand new pairs of hgv mudguards via fleabay at a very reasonable price so will have plenty of spares if needed and got them delivered to a relative for me to collect end of the month.
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Last Edit: Jan 3, 2016 15:39:53 GMT by quasimoto
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