Wheel arch spats

[smokyjoe]

Has anyone had trouble with wheel arch spats ( as in legging it) as the plastic clips dont seem very strong, any tips on makeing them stay on longer, and is it toyota only for the mounting clips.

 

[BlackWidow]

Yep they are a pain in the a##e, The only place that I have found is Toyota but they are not that expensive. There are two diferent colours, yellow and grey, I have not tested them for strength but could be that they are different. I just replace yellow with yellow and grey with grey.

I may have some spare floating around if you want them.

There is one thing that I have found, if you loosen the bolt that secures the back bottom of the flitch and mud guard in place it alters the load on the plastic arch and stops it from popping off. I f you slacken it of so that arch looks good and the clips stop popping, work out the gap and put washers onto the bolt to create the required gap that will help.

Hope that makes sense.

Steve

 

[smokyjoe]

Yep they are a pain in the a##e, The only place that I have found is Toyota but they are not that expensive. There are two diferent colours, yellow and grey, I have not tested them for strength but could be that they are different. I just replace yellow with yellow and grey with grey.

I may have some spare floating around if you want them.

There is one thing that I have found, if you loosen the bolt that secures the back bottom of the flitch and mud guard in place it alters the load on the plastic arch and stops it from popping off. I f you slacken it of so that arch looks good and the clips stop popping, work out the gap and put washers onto the bolt to create the required gap that will help.

Hope that makes sense.

Steve

thanks for your reply
Is that the bolt that also holds the mudflap on as i think thats why the spat came off.

 

[BlackWidow]

Yep thats the one, its hard to explain what I mean. But I found that when I did it up it started to pop the plastic arch off, the reason for this is that I had a...........altercation with a rock doing raid Asterix last year and I think that I have re-shaped the body some how and if I do that bolt right up the plastic arch starts to pop off. I found that if Iput the washers in and efectivly held the lot away from the underside a bit it stoppedb the arch from popping off.

Steve

 

[smokyjoe]

Will check that the morn as i am going to give the old girl a work over ready for the next play

 

[michael]

Would you mind if I asked Do you know if you can get the seal that goes between the arch spat and bodywork ?

 

[BlackWidow]

Not sure if you can or not, I will try and find out as I will be going to see my local Mr T. at the end of the week.

Steve

 

[michael]

thanks steve, its just it looks like someone has had it off before and made a mess of the seal.

 

[chris lc90]

i hope this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hutxj-_l49k
to help you..
in greece costs 450euro a brand new
so i repair all of them and believe me

the sikaflex 291 that i used make the patent more strong than the new..
first i used epoxic glue and after some hours sikaflex 291

 

[chris lc90]

and some photos ..
http://s815.photobucket.com/albums/zz71 ... d%20clips/

after this construction when i try to remove the repair part its steady and more strong than the original..
2 times under hard conditions took off again because of a tree but didnt brake the bases but some clips ..i have with me always some clips for those reasons