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 928 Posts Member #: 326 Post Whore bradford, west yorks |
7th Mar, 2011 at 07:52:59pm
Hi, I have the rear subframe off of the car and I really want to tub the arches. I have seen jimsters thread and I'm happy with what it to be done. My question to those that have done it is,
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4309 Posts Member #: 1321 Post Whore Wiltshire |
7th Mar, 2011 at 08:15:02pm
look at 1380 riches build thread, he did it without damaging the paint.
On 7th Oct, 2010 5haneJ said:
yeah I gave it all a good prodding |
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150 Posts Member #: 8909 Advanced Member North Cornwall |
7th Mar, 2011 at 08:21:03pm
If you warm the paint up it will soften it so the paint won't crack which may help.
If in doubt... flat out! The words of a true legend |
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928 Posts Member #: 326 Post Whore bradford, west yorks |
7th Mar, 2011 at 08:29:45pm
Just seen the title. Bloody predictive txt!
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 484 Posts Member #: 4755 Senior Member warwickshire |
7th Mar, 2011 at 08:31:26pm
Yeh I got away with it.. Air saws alot easier if you have one. I used an angle grinder for one side and it took ages.
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 11046 Posts Member #: 965 Post Whore Preston On The Brook |
7th Mar, 2011 at 10:30:39pm
Hammer and chissel works every time. I've just started doing mine, one side finished. I chisseled out the section of the inner arch, then chisseled around the arch seam, leaving all the quarter panel in place. I then folded the lip back on the quarter panel to match the line of the inner arch. Spot or plug welding the plate in on this seam will limit any burning of the paint and any burning will be limited to an area behind the sports pack arches. a qick lick of red oxide, seam sealed, stone chipped, primer and touching in the top coat, with some sort of waxoyl when the arch is refitted will make it good as new. Doing it this way will also prevent any distortion of the quarter panel. On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be... So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'... On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........ |
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928 Posts Member #: 326 Post Whore bradford, west yorks |
8th Mar, 2011 at 11:20:25am
That's brilliant. Thanks for the help I will pass the info on to my friend that will be doing the welding. And I all be takin pics |
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 2742 Posts Member #: 637 Post Whore Hertfordshire |
8th Mar, 2011 at 05:53:48pm
is tubbing the rear arches a very difficult job?
My build thread..
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 1596 Posts Member #: 8027 Post Whore Thrapston, Kettering, Northants NN14 |
8th Mar, 2011 at 07:03:13pm
I'm scared to do mine for now, going to leave it till next winter On 17th Feb, 2011 apbellamy said:
I popped my first one out the other day... |
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4309 Posts Member #: 1321 Post Whore Wiltshire |
8th Mar, 2011 at 07:04:50pm
On 8th Mar, 2011 Rick.SPI said:
I'm scared to do mine for now, going to leave it till next winter I can't delay it any more, I just sold my coilovers and committed to buying the shorter ones! On 7th Oct, 2010 5haneJ said:
yeah I gave it all a good prodding |
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2742 Posts Member #: 637 Post Whore Hertfordshire |
8th Mar, 2011 at 10:54:44pm
thats a point the coilovers i have are the lowerd protec type!
My build thread..
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11046 Posts Member #: 965 Post Whore Preston On The Brook |
8th Mar, 2011 at 10:56:54pm
I put off doing it in 2006 to get the car back on the road quicker, and its taken me til now to actually do it!!
On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be... So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'... On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........ |
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4309 Posts Member #: 1321 Post Whore Wiltshire |
9th Mar, 2011 at 09:16:40am
On 8th Mar, 2011 JT said:
thats a point the coilovers i have are the lowerd protec type! will i need to tub my arches? No - I just sold that set and they were fine. A little bit of rubbing at castle combe, but I was at maximum attack. The spring platforms could have been wound up a whole inch if necessary, but I never got as far as the fine tuning stage due to making the decision to tub! Edited by minimole23 on 9th Mar, 2011. On 7th Oct, 2010 5haneJ said:
yeah I gave it all a good prodding |
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