have you had your bubbling arches repaired?
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have you had your bubbling arches repaired?
im having a full respray and both rear arches repaired nxt week has anyone had this done? did the bubbling come back?
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buy a pair of old front wings , drivers side front wing lip fits passenger side rear and vice versa , ive had mine done and it looks superb after being done properly. by a j williams (the same person who done dozza's spec c ) the result is fresh metal and next to no filler
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rc1- how bad was yours?
mines just bubbling one side and the other side is not to bad at all.
steve- dont think there gonna cut all the bubbling out just repairing it, fingers croosed it dont come back, if it does then i will have to get it cut out, later on in the year.
mines just bubbling one side and the other side is not to bad at all.
steve- dont think there gonna cut all the bubbling out just repairing it, fingers croosed it dont come back, if it does then i will have to get it cut out, later on in the year.
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madscoob- how can i get hold of a j williams how much did yours cost , and did you get paint job aswell, cuz im thinking i need full respay so as the paint will look all the same.
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Before i spent to much on arches i would pull the carpets up and have a look.
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Quite often the bubbling arches are signs of the rest of the car. These get fixed because they show. Delve a bit deeper and you may find the car is riddled with rot where you cant see. These cars are getting old now especially when you consider a lot of bugs and even blobs are having floor pans replaced due to rust.
Before i spent to much on arches i would pull the carpets up and have a look.
Before i spent to much on arches i would pull the carpets up and have a look.
Don't people like you REALISE the amount of extra stopping power to be had by shoving a foot through a rusty floorpan?
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he lives in devon mate . so a bit far for you, but the front to rear arches thing does work ,and i was lucky mine had a full respray 12months previous, so paint was still fresh, so it matched perfect so good the drivers side he only did the complete rear quarter , no blow in to door required
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Yup, filler is porous and even if under sealed it will still allow some moisture through also the rusty metal needs to be chemically treated Ideally, you need to cut out the rusty arch and replace it
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cheers for the feed back people, the bodyshop im going with have gave me a one year guarantee , and are going to cut the arch out if needed.
seems fair enough .
seems fair enough .
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My o/s is being repaired over Easter while I'm away.
Which also means my car will be locked in a secure compound rather than on the drive for my lads to "have a go in" Not that they would, of course.
Going to cost me £180, with guarantee.
A further £80 if the new bumper skin I bought needs resprayed too.
Which also means my car will be locked in a secure compound rather than on the drive for my lads to "have a go in" Not that they would, of course.
Going to cost me £180, with guarantee.
A further £80 if the new bumper skin I bought needs resprayed too.
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I have started rubbing the arch back inside the boot, removing all the old seam sealer same with fuel filler cap. Mine has no visible rust but i want to prevent it.
I'm going to use a rust treatment on the arch seam just incase there is any rust i cant see then primer inside the arch/boot, apply new seam sealer and then paint. Same underneath the arches then underseal which should stop rust setting in.
Make sure you get the arches done inside the boot as its no good just repainting outside and not fixing the issue
I'm going to use a rust treatment on the arch seam just incase there is any rust i cant see then primer inside the arch/boot, apply new seam sealer and then paint. Same underneath the arches then underseal which should stop rust setting in.
Make sure you get the arches done inside the boot as its no good just repainting outside and not fixing the issue
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My o/s is being repaired over Easter while I'm away.
Which also means my car will be locked in a secure compound rather than on the drive for my lads to "have a go in" Not that they would, of course.
Going to cost me £180, with guarantee.
A further £80 if the new bumper skin I bought needs resprayed too.
Which also means my car will be locked in a secure compound rather than on the drive for my lads to "have a go in" Not that they would, of course.
Going to cost me £180, with guarantee.
A further £80 if the new bumper skin I bought needs resprayed too.
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You`ll disagree i know but for that money, it wont last many yrs, unless the guy really really likes you and is cutting all the rot out and putting new metal in for that price, fair play to him,otherwise, well, you know the drill
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My o/s is being repaired over Easter while I'm away.
Which also means my car will be locked in a secure compound rather than on the drive for my lads to "have a go in" Not that they would, of course.
Going to cost me £180, with guarantee.
A further £80 if the new bumper skin I bought needs resprayed too.
Which also means my car will be locked in a secure compound rather than on the drive for my lads to "have a go in" Not that they would, of course.
Going to cost me £180, with guarantee.
A further £80 if the new bumper skin I bought needs resprayed too.
My mate was 'learning to drive' in his dad's golf gti from about 14yrs old!