Fitting of sportspack arches
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Hi guys im wondering if you can help..

I have just purchased some sportspack arches from our trusty friends at huddersfield mini spares and they havent come with any fitting instructions. The man i have doing the work is pretty clued up so it shouldnt be a massive issue but i have seen a template that comes with the arches normally and shows you where to cut out..

Does anyone know where i can find this?

Many thanks

TurboLiam

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try the minspares website - you can download the fitting templates - just make sure when you print them off that they are scaled at 1:1 as my first atempt was at 97% and the holes didn't line up!

Edited by Rob Gavin on 3rd Jun, 2010.

Legend Rob thank you....

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Just a note, the fitting instructions are designed for genuine arches, the cut line should be fine but obviously with fibreglass or rubber arches the mounting holes will be in a slightly different place so line them up first :)

I found the oposite, I fitted genuine arches and used the minispares template and the fixing holes were a fair chunk out! That was in 2005 but I see no reason why it wouldnt be any different now. I ended up opening out the fixing holes to get a reasonably decent fit, but the rear arches are in the wrong position.

I have fitted two front ends on this car and the last twice I have done the front arches, I have done it one hole at a time, bottom fixing on the leading edge first, then one on the trailing edge and then progresively work up to the indicator.

On the rear, make sure that the inside leading edge of the arch lines up with the grease niple, one mistake that I made, whether it was the template or my own doing, I cannot remember, but I have seen so many cars with sports pack arches with this mistake, and obviously wrongly positioned fixing holes which tends to pull flat spots on the arch when the nuts are pulled up.

The biggest problem with the sports pack arches is that once you have fitted them, its difficult to change to something else as the fixing holes are so high up

have to say I fitted the cheap rubber ones and took them straight back off again because u couldn't get them sitting correctly - in fairness it was the arches and nothing to do with the template i'd used

I thought the templates were utter shite. the front arches were in the total wrong place, and i wasnt best pleased to have to weld up a load of holes in a newly fitted front end.