bolt on arches

rising son · January 05, 2012, 11:40:11 PM

has anybody ever seen an FC with jun style bolt on arches ? ive looked everywere and cant find any pics anywere of a car with them... is there a reason why? was thinking of fitting some as the wheels im fitting will hang out from the bodywork by a good inch, any help appreciated

Skifledanabit · January 06, 2012, 12:46:16 AM

I\'ve got some fiberglass arches that I haven\'t stuck on, they\'re not JUN, they\'re totally handmade from a shop up Colchester way. Will need fettling and/or trimming to your taste, but its an easy enough job, PM me if you\'re interested and i\'ll send over some pics.

flatout · January 06, 2012, 01:00:43 AM

Quote from: rising son;805157has anybody ever seen an FC with jun style bolt on arches ? ive looked everywere and cant find any pics anywere of a car with them... is there a reason why? was thinking of fitting some as the wheels im fitting will hang out from the bodywork by a good inch, any help appreciated

i have arches on my car, it took me 3 years to find them and a crazy amout of money and time to get the car low enough to fit them, its a big ask to have overfenders on a fc, i bought the jun arches and many more like them and all a waste of money. the prob is the kink that runs down the side of the car,

rising son · January 06, 2012, 01:07:03 AM

skifledanabit any pics?, flatout which ones do you have fitted any any pics? its the kink thats worrying me especially at the front arch... trying to figure out a way round it

flatout · January 06, 2012, 01:16:14 AM

theres no way round it, will post a pic of my wing without arch fitted in a min

flatout · January 06, 2012, 01:18:47 AM

m1tch · January 06, 2012, 07:53:28 AM

Ive specifically avoided all bodykits as they cost a lot of money to be able to fit properly, ive just gone with a wider rim that fits the stock body

If you do need a bit of extra arch you can get the arches rolled, works fine on the rear, but due to where the swage line is on the front wings its hard to roll them without damaging them lol

rising son · January 06, 2012, 02:10:03 PM

so what ones did you go for flatout?

Skifledanabit · January 06, 2012, 06:51:47 PM

Yeah I can get some pics, looking at them, they can easily be fettled around the swage line. I\'ll grab a few pics and post them up.

m1tch · January 06, 2012, 07:17:51 PM

I would go with Skifledanabit\'s arches due to the rounded nature of the FC making fitment difficult with ebay/JUN style arches if you are going to go with arches.

Skifledanabit · January 06, 2012, 08:48:19 PM

Right, those are the ones I\'ve got, thin enough to file away to fit the ridge of the line, but thick enough on the mounting points to be a solid fit.

B.Martin · January 06, 2012, 10:09:08 PM

There is a pic floating about of one with jun style arches, have you looked through the \'good looking FCs\' thread at the top of the 2nd gen page? It\'s a blue one if my memory serves me correct, if not someone might read this and remember the one in question and post a pic. I\'m sure I have a pic on my computer, but unfortunately that\'s in the uk.

nic3s · January 06, 2012, 10:49:54 PM

I\'ve seen quite a few with JUN type arches but always on the rear only which I\'m not sure about. A fella had one on DW which got crashooed.

flatout · January 06, 2012, 11:19:52 PM

Quote from: Skifledanabit;805279

Right, those are the ones I\'ve got, thin enough to file away to fit the ridge of the line, but thick enough on the mounting points to be a solid fit.

i cant see them fitting a fc, i am near 100% sure they are a copy of the first arches i had,i bought them on driftworks a few years back,

Skifledanabit · January 06, 2012, 11:22:55 PM

Yeah, they don\'t directly fit, but there\'s not very many body modifications that will, did say from the start they would need fettling.