Arch repair photos from last winter.... (nasty s--t!)

[keri-WMS]

This is just to show how I rebuilt my passenger side rear arch/sill - not as a "how to", just an example. It turned out to have been bodged with filler in the past!

BEAR IN MIND: all that showed through the paint before I attacked it were a few rust bubbles! The extent of the missing metal was very dangerous (close to seatbelt mount and suspension mount), note what happened when I tried to remove the mudflap!!!
:eek2:
The car is now a LOT stiffer!!!!!! :driving:

The photos are in my gallery ( http://twobrutal.co.uk/vbpicgallery.php?do=view&g=77 ), I can't get them to appear here properly though.. :cry:

It just links to the image even with the [ I M G ] tags etc, for example:

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[keri-WMS]

Imageshack to the rescue, bit of a pain verses linking from the gallery? Anyway:

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...I have a theory that particles on the surface of a car helps to break up the airflow and reduce drag - it's not that my car doesn't get washed as often as it should honest!!!! :mrgreen:

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[mart1975]

thats probably as bad as mine was when i got it, the rusted arches filled with fibreglass filler by the previous owner,

[Marksman]

That's dedication for you.

I think you can stay!

Cheers,

Owen.

[adamh]

great info keri, this is what i need to do on the front of the rear arch, helped me tons!. off to order jdg panel now!. ive got to flare the rears (somebody has not me!)... but first i will have to sort the arch out as best as poss..

[keri-WMS]

great info keri, this is what i need to do on the front of the rear arch, helped me tons!. off to order jdg panel now!. ive got to flare the rears (somebody has not me!)... but first i will have to sort the arch out as best as poss..

No problem! :-)

Are you fitting a wider kit over the arches, or flaring the existing metal ones? If you're flaring metal I'd do it as one job if I were you, it'll be much easier! The trouble with welded arches like mine is they become VERY stiff - you'll never, ever get them to bend, they'll warp the quarter-panel instead!

Put it this way, I had to use a proper MALLET to get the little kink out of the rear half of the arch!!!! :shifty:

[adamh]

i'd be flaring the existing metal ones, although i wont be doing this work, im shopping it out. im just repairing all i can be froe it go;s out for finishing. im not worried aboutt he arc otself, thats really shagged, just the front lower carne i will do and the rear quarter, i'll leave the rest to them!.