rear inner arches

[bigdek]

whilst changing the rear pads on my sport i noticed that my inner arch is away at the bottom and the outer under the small side pod is non too clever either

are inner arches available or do i just make it myself ?

[toptints]

I just sorted mine out. I rust treated all the bad areas (and there were a few) then i fibreglass fillered the holes. Quite easy to do if you apply in strips. Inner arches are apparently a nightmare to fit and i have been told you need to remove the rear quarter pannel to sort it properly. Just my opinion, and what i have been told.

[Ant]

I've done a couple now, not fun but can be done.

I cut strips of sheet metal to fit the required dims and then let int in with the gold old Mig

not seen complet inners avail as a repair part, be nice though for those cars where the rust bug got hungry and ate the inners and outers

Cant condone F/glass in this area, its loaded structurally

[A1BMW325iSport]

my old 325 probably had the worst rust ever in that area, complete arches are available from bmw but they are not cheap in the end i reshelled mine

[liam012]

jesus ant are you serios about the fibreglass there? how is it structually holding the car? or maybe the inner arch is the part behind tthe wheel going up over the axle and not the skin on the inside of the outer arch?

[bullitt]

just make it myself ?

Use the curved part of a front wing, any car will do these make excellent repair sections for your inner arches

[bigdek]

good idea m8