Arch kit

Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:01 am

Alritee guys

Does anyone know of an arch kit i can put on the tourer,nothin vulgar or fckn max power,just a wee extension,cause am sick o the tyres sometimes catchin on the back arches.....somethin similar to the ix kit would be nice

cheers

Tam

Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:30 am

Your better of flaring the metal mate! You can get a really nice look if done properly!

Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:31 am

rosscoe wrote:Alritee guys

Does anyone know of an arch kit i can put on the tourer,nothin vulgar or fckn max power,just a wee extension,cause am sick o the tyres sometimes catchin on the back arches.....somethin similar to the ix kit would be nice

cheers

Tam

ive just tubbed my arches out on my tourer to take 9.5j 18's,
there not finished yet but il get sum pics

Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:13 pm

Zizzle wrote:Your better of flaring the metal mate! You can get a really nice look if done properly!

A know wat yer sayin m8,i've started on the fronts,and a quite like wat am seein so far,took the lip right out,obviously need to tidy it up a lot,but i'll get there

Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:17 pm

rosscoe wrote:
Zizzle wrote:Your better of flaring the metal mate! You can get a really nice look if done properly!
A know wat yer sayin m8,i've started on the fronts,and a quite like wat am seein so far,took the lip right out,obviously need to tidy it up a lot,but i'll get there

Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:27 pm

Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:32 pm

Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:33 pm

Like the back arches on the top one!

Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:36 pm

couldnt you buy bigger replacement metal arches for a different car and weld them on to the e30 for the desired effect? what cars have big arches you can think off?

Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:37 pm

rosscoe wrote:Like the back arches on the top one!

Me too, it's got a bit of a hotrod vibe to it.

Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:10 pm

fuzzy wrote:couldnt you buy bigger replacement metal arches for a different car and weld them on to the e30 for the desired effect? what cars have big arches you can think off?

Mk1 escort buble arches,modded to fit and trimmed back!!!!!lol

Sat Jan 17, 2009 7:12 pm

The second car I posted up has 2002 Turbo style arches, I'm sure you can still pick these up from somewhere, as getting genuine items will probably be damn near impossible!

Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:10 pm

fuzzy wrote:couldnt you buy bigger replacement metal arches for a different car and weld them on to the e30 for the desired effect? what cars have big arches you can think off?

Some suggestions

Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:22 pm

My rear arches are pulled and rolled to fit 8j (ET is for a VW too) on a 60mm drop.

It was done when the rear inner and outer arches were replaced and resprayed.

its just about visible in the photo.

Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:21 pm

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droooooollll ! That is spanking. Enough said.

Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:29 pm

If executed properly those style arches could look excellent on an E30.

Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:46 pm

These would work

AND they are different/rare in the UK
Excuse the poor photochopping
Just trying to see how they'll look on my tourer

EVen thinking of making them look abit like the 190 evo ones

Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:54 pm

^^ they dont look too bad at all, similar to iX ones......

Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:56 pm

benjy wrote:^^ they dont look too bad at all, similar to iX ones......

That is a genuine IX kit fella
Just photoshopped
The actual kit i have is blue and sitting in my shed at the moment

Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:20 pm

Just ordered an arch pullin machine,so i'll see wat happens wen it gets here,a did think bout the cossie kit as well,the 2002 kit looks alright!

Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:22 pm

an arch pulling machine? was it expensive? perhaps youd consider hiring it out?

Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:40 pm

fuzzy wrote:an arch pulling machine? was it expensive? perhaps youd consider hiring it out?

Wasn't too bad,delivered for £280 odds.......A dont see why a couldn't hire it out...Should be here by tuesday

A hope!

Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:42 pm

is it a rolling machine that doesnt damage the paint ? you could make the cost back easily by hiring it out but everyone at the meets will ave the same arches...

keep us posted with updates when you use it.

Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:47 pm

If you take yer time and use a heat gun to soften the paint then its possible to do it without crackin it,but am in no doubt watsoever that i'm gonna crack it....i'll keep you posted!

Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:08 pm

rosscoe wrote:If you take yer time and use a heat gun to soften the paint then its possible to do it without crackin it,but am in no doubt watsoever that i'm gonna crack it....i'll keep you posted!

an arch roller will only roll the lip up under the arch, if you try and use it to pull the arch out wider it will definetly crack

,
if youve got a solid one youl find they take sum effort to roll!

Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:11 pm

I want iX skirts

and have done for a while. I'll probably stick with tech 1's though. Anyone got some more pics of E30s with slightly rolled out arches, i like the look. But not those beasts shoved on like some above as they only suit rally cars IMO.

GrindCulture wrote:The second car I posted up has 2002 Turbo style arches, I'm sure you can still pick these up from somewhere, as getting genuine items will probably be damn near impossible!

Those arches are used on basically all fords that enter amature rallys (at least amature, doubt many pro's use old escorts and fiestas) but they do look cool. Just not for a road car IMO.