Where can i buy inner rear arches?

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Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:55 am

Does anybody know where i can purchase good quality rear inner arches for a convertible?

Have asked parts department on here and they say there is a back order for these with no available date....
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Thu Dec 10, 2015 9:41 pm

Either wait or make them up....
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Fri Dec 11, 2015 1:51 am

i got some repair panels from ebay
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Fri Dec 11, 2015 11:49 am

Bmw cotswolds £90 a side with zone discount
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Sat Dec 12, 2015 4:31 pm

Iv tried BMW cotsworld who informed me there is a back order on these with no available date.
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Sat Dec 12, 2015 4:36 pm

scottybeemer wrote:i got some repair panels from ebay
It's your best best, £30 a side on eBay, given how little there is to them, £90 a side is a rip off.
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Sat Dec 12, 2015 4:56 pm

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scottybeemer wrote:i got some repair panels from ebay
It's your best best, £30 a side on eBay, given how little there is to them, £90 a side is a rip off.
they do fit well aswell
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Sat Dec 12, 2015 5:08 pm

The fit is very good, good luck trying to bend sheet steel by hand, how bad are they? Some have used another outer wheelarch if just the lip to curve has gone
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Sat Dec 12, 2015 6:01 pm

scottybeemer..... are these the repair panels you are referring to in the link you posted?
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Sat Dec 12, 2015 6:11 pm

I believe its just the lip thats rusty at the moment although rust does form from inside and spread out hopefully its just a case of the inner arch lips that need cutting and welding.

I doesn't look bad on first glance although grinding down the outer quarter panel lip reveals rust which i believe to be the lip of the inner arch. Hopefully its not deeper then this.
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Sat Dec 12, 2015 6:55 pm

fudge_sta wrote:scottybeemer..... are these the repair panels you are referring to in the link you posted?
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