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replacement rear arches
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:43 pm
by paulfatmess
soon enough i am going to repair the rear arches on my 320 want to do as much myself as possable i am a mechanic by trade but could do with any advice tomake the process easy
Re: replacement rear arches
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:54 pm
by Duke137
inner arch repair panels are dealer only, outer 'repair panels' can be bought as pattern from carz2.co.uk
HTH
Re: replacement rear arches
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 9:22 pm
by polsta
its not a mechanic you need to be, its a very skilled welder/panel beater/body man, there are some good threads on here with lots of pics and info
just about to have rear inner and outer arches done on my e30
Re: replacement rear arches
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 9:26 pm
by harry_p
Sticking a new arch on is a piece of piss.
It's repairing / replacing the inner arch properly that's the tricky, and more expensive bit.
Re: replacement rear arches
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 9:30 pm
by paulfatmess
can any one give me a link to pics/build dary so i can see whats envolved
Re: replacement rear arches
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 9:36 pm
by redcar
paulfatmess wrote:can any one give me a link to pics/build dary so i can see whats envolved
Hi mate, there are some really nice threads on here with lots of pictures replacing the inner arches.
Have a search using search function, for inner arch rust, specifying using search for all terms...