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DEF WHEEL ARCH FLARES

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Matt_H:

--- Quote from: "GaryP" ---Have a look on E-Bay. I know it's still not cheap but theres a company selling copies of the Rangie spares/ECR type arches that are sold for nearly £300 in some other places . they are going for about £145...
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have you got a link at all - I tried a search but couldn't find anything

Matthew

Matt_H:
I was going to fit a set which I bought from ebay for £50, but to fit them you have to have a flanged edge to attach them to.

Fitting any of these arches you loose the inner wing cover which keeps unwanted mud at bay.

A friend a fellow landy owner has a family run plastics business and we've fabricated up a new wheel arch liner from some special plastic which heats and then molds into place.  

I cut back the arch by around 2 inches (to the first bend line) the plastic was then pop riveted to the cut edge then bent to form a liner mated to the inner wheel arch (after welding up the holes and rusty bits!)  The cut edges are then covered with knock-on edging to tidy the whole thing up (the stuff like you use for a door seal but without the seal part).  It looks neat, and quite aggresive too :-)  When we've finished the second one I'll post up some pics.

Ok so it doesn't overcome the wide wheel problems but as mine are 235/85/16s I've not really got that problem.

Matthew

GaryP:
If you type in 'discovery wheel arches' into the e-bay search box you will see the arches.

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