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Napster's SR MICRA
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squarepants
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yearh..the only thing you need bearings for is longer life the standard ones with spacers wont last long, so uprated ones are essential.
the way i see it is its best to spend the money now than have the stnadrd ones go and replace them and them go aswell! when you might aswell get some now to save money and mishaps later on. if you get me? thats what i would do! best to have it done properly than bodged!
the way i see it is its best to spend the money now than have the stnadrd ones go and replace them and them go aswell! when you might aswell get some now to save money and mishaps later on. if you get me? thats what i would do! best to have it done properly than bodged!
squarepants
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best way to fit them would be to drill and rivit them, but cover the rivts in waxoil and the holes so they dont rust around the holes etc, then when on just spray the inside of the metal (i.e inner arch) with waxoil, that should stop anyrust starting. then just cover up the rivet holes in the archs (outside) with fibre glass and filler (so will need abit more paint when fitted)
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i agree! the arches to look good require alot of pressure to "pull them onto the wings" so rivts being a good option etc! however unless i do what solarice did and cut it at the bumper, i wont be able to take my bumper off.......unless of course i dont secure it into the bumper only at the bottom with a screw and then remove the bumer "around" the arch!
i will have a better look when skirts are off on friday hopefully
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just buy the wide track kit from ayat in buy and sell, dig deep in your pockets though. but bearings won't keep going. his wide rear axle has discs aswell
haha, i was looking at his wide track kit earlier mate!!! its not cheap which is fair enough, someones going to get a bargain with it, but cant afford it :down: im trying to save lol!!! other commitments etc!!!
got some info coming soon bout spacers etc! see what that turns up!
thanks for the help swiper!!!
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depends..............if you have money, and can afford to use it to make a track car, do it!! if you way it up!!! lets say you have a job thats 12000 a year. each months wage packet is 1000.....so after a months work...you buy this wide track for 700 and have 300 left....
...although.......people on this wage renting a flat etc..........rent is 500, utilities together equal say, 100......food.....then car tax, insurance phone bill!!!!! it all adds up and then a month you can only save say £100 ....thats then 7months to get this!!!!
i hate putting things into perspective but these bloody days everything is concerned with "money + power" imo!!!!! and you have to be kinda careful!!!
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why do you need money to fit these mate? if anything i think ud need £20 max for screws, glue etc?? or am i missing something?
its time i havent got!! :down:
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ohh, my apologies Joel, i miss understood!!!
glad the golf arches are coming along!!! they look good in your blog!!! (Y)
ive got time tomorrow for abit more progress on the arches!!! more spraying!! aslong as rain stays off fwn
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Frank........haha..... :laugh: quite possibly!!!! i reckon he may like it though lol
sorry bout camera quality.......pic of 1 arch sprayed
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thanks! still require alot of time to spray the other 3 mate so should be alright timewise! got some quotes coming etc. im not in a rush to fit these, just some of my spare time will be used to spray these up! once thats done, ill need a day etc to fit them!!!
plus this crap weather isnt helping
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i hope so mate...........i hope so!!!! :grinning:
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its a good idea bud! altough id rather pay out for spacers / wheel hub adapters as i havent got those...where as i already have a set of alloys that i love you know mate!! i cant afford to pay out for new alloys really, depends on price though!!!! but then ill be paying for bearings with spacers, but wider wheels i wouldnt???
if i cant fill the arches just yet, im not going to worry!! people can take the mick
etc but im not really worried :blush:
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Ant.......as we have super s bumpers.....did you find a problem fitting your arches as i have has to cut into the bumper slightly? however i held these up to my old micra (with black normal bumpers) and it fitted better than it does on mine
but..........all that is require is either pressure from a screw / rivt etc to hold it tight against the bumper, thats all mine needs.......or if you slightly trim down the right hand side that should make it fold in closer!!!how the the back ones on yours?? the front underside wont fit against the arch...but the backs should as they have alonger / wider depth to them?
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i have cut a line only very so slightly (bout 4cms) into the very bottom of the bumper so that i can slide the bottom of the arch into it and get a lovely fit.....i had to cut into the bumper after i found out why the standard bumper fits it lovely and its due to having "no extra lip" compared to super s bumpers that do!!
solarice bonded his on, but did he use screws 1st i wonder?
im going to have a play once all are sprayed up etc!! or i have time to work on the front to decide what i need
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so how have you fixed your so far? any screws in? glue somewhere? with the rivits...you going to filler them over and make it all smooth or have the rivits showing??
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yeah but under the lip it really wont be visible except by looking up from the floor so thats a really good plan if i understand correctly......just the front "lips" dont reach the wheel arch? it also wont hold the "top / sides" tightly where you where saying about the gap??
this picture shows your theory of "this things modified for purpose not show" doesnt it which i agree i have no problem with as it looks lush with the screws / rivits showing!!
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agreed
that march looks ####ing awsome! think i have to get myself some golf mk2 gti archs of my mates
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either way.....that march......and those arches showing the rivits / screw looks awesome imo!!!! so either way mate im sure ull figure out a way
......the reason it works is that the rivits go all the way round the arches........so just fitting 1 or 2 onto the arches would look pretty bad.........well this week at some point ill spray the rest!!!
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thats not gonna work with the mulholland arches though, ill explain, to have a countersunk rivet there needs to be adiquate material on the rear of the arches to sink the rivets into. however on the mulholland ones there isnt, its just thin fibreglass. so if you drill a hole in the nismo arches they become a tunnel you can anchor the rivet against but the mullholand ones are just a hole.
heres a pic of what the nismo ones would be like around the rivet holes.
heres a pic of what the nismo ones would be like around the rivet holes.
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Craig sorry late reply mate! yes i have
cheers! yeah meet again is cool!
i could see this problem maybe cropping up, if i was going down this route but wasnt sure. think your right though, they are on the thin side!! hummm.....think!!!!
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whoo more pics, give me a roll of tissue and iam sorted for the night
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Not bad, that has helped decide my choice of wheel
Wonder where the vent came from...
ummmm.....sounds interesting mate!!! you have wide arches? if you come across a website.....maybe possibly let me know?? thanks!
got more cans of spray for the arches so i can spray all of them tomorrow
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kristains going do um for you anit he
squarepants
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as Swiper has shown mate! and as you said about not for show etc then your not worried about the rivits showing? although u said about not having enough width to countersink, but u have Nismo arches?
i have two arches sprayed now :blush: or one side down
squarepants
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so are they esay engough to fit?
