Arches

  1. Infrequent Poster Joined: Nov 2012 Crawley Posts: 158 Saxo vts
    #1
    Ok heard people not on here but when I'm out go on about rolled arches... What is this? How do you do it? Can it be done to a saxo? I've just bought 20mm and 40mm spacers to use on new alloys and so someone said I need to do this...
  2. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH
    #2
    what you do is you buy one of these. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FENDER-REF...item3cce217d2d then roll your arches with it. Gets rid of the lip that comes on cars from standard.
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  3. Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810
    #3
    thats pretty cool actually ^

    its not certain that you'll need to roll your arches, you just have to fit them and see. Saxos have a plastic vt arch over the metal arch so i dont think its necessary. Might just get away with binning the arch liners and trimming down the insides of the vt arches.

    With rolling metal arches, i think you run the risk of damaging the paint
  4. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH
    #4
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LSOfreak View Post
    With rolling metal arches, i think you run the risk of damaging the paint
    That's why the tool is good mate I got mine for 99p £13 postage. you set the pressure and go really slow then you don't damage anything the vw lads seem to love em as you can force some serious arch stretch with them.
  5. West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL
    #5
    You cant roll plastic arches.....

    Just file the lip off the inside
  6. Established Member Joined: Dec 2011 Derby Posts: 1021 Posi saxo, flatty, Peugeot bipper, Vauxhall vectra
    #6
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AlexB View Post
    You cant roll plastic arches.....

    Just file the lip off the inside
    I tried filing the lips on mine and it made a rite horrible noise, made paint peel and didn't work well at all. The garage rolled the lips and wasn't expensive. Also don't think the lips are plastic.
  7. West Midlands Joined: Dec 2007 West mids Posts: 23149 Supra,civic GL
    #7
    On a vt kitted car they are

    Ive filed mine several times with no problems with paint ect using a smoothish file
  8. L-plater Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 50
    #8
    jack the car up, take the wheels off, get a mallet and slowly make ur way round the arch knocking the lip up, sometimes that does it.

    IF NOT... like in my case, I had to get the andgle grinder out, get in the car pull the handbrake up and try and pull away get a mate to look where it looks like it may rub and grind that area back, bit by bit until the rubbing has gone.