BogMonster Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Just seen a link to these on Defender2: https://www.flatdoguk.com/defender-wide-arches-+30mm~2762 Has anybody on here got a set? Any chance of a photo of how they fix on if so? Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 In the text it says fits the same way as the standard arch flares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Finally someone doing some nice looking arches. Just a shame I don't have a defender anymore. Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith1984 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) I bought a rear pair of 30mm wide arches (265mm tyres) for my 1984 defender 110 Hcap for about £80. They came with plenty of the nice little clips to attach them. What I hadn’t appreciated was that they would turn up in a nice box with ‘Britpart’ written on it. After some investigation there were two issues.. 1. The lovely clips were less useful than hoped.. so I went to my main dealer to buy oem ones.. much more robust. 2. The oval holes in the arches didn’t come very close to lining up with the studs in my vehicle bodywork arches. New holes to be drilled... ho hum To be fair though they look fine and seem sturdy enough so I won’t be sending them back. Method for putting them on.. a) remove dirt etc from studs inside vehicle bodywork arches b) drill holes in new extended arches to marry up with studs on vehicle bodywork arches (if they don’t fit) c) clip into place using good quality clips Hope that helps Edited February 4, 2019 by Keith1984 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 If you don't tell em, they'll never fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rightfoot Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Talking to someone about these the fronts are the arches only, they don't come with the inner section like the OE ones. This mean you need to cut up your old ones to have the inner section when you fit them, makes it a bit of a non-reversible job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudmonkey Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I've just fitted a set of these to my project, I've only gone for the fronts as I have a hi cap tub so standard width arches should be ok on the rear. As said above, they fit into the normal holes under the wing using the usual trim clips with a bit of enlarging of the holes in the arch, you do have to cut up your old front arches to bridge the gap between arch and arch liner, or buy a cheap pair of arches to chop up if you want to keep your old ones. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 That's pretty, mudmonkey 👍 Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudmonkey Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Thanks Mo, its taken just over a year to get to this stage but all seems to be coming together now. I should really do a build thread but there's more pics here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 On 2/5/2019 at 9:51 AM, Mudmonkey said: I've just fitted a set of these to my project, I've only gone for the fronts as I have a hi cap tub so standard width arches should be ok on the rear. As said above, they fit into the normal holes under the wing using the usual trim clips with a bit of enlarging of the holes in the arch, you do have to cut up your old front arches to bridge the gap between arch and arch liner, or buy a cheap pair of arches to chop up if you want to keep your old ones. Thanks. Any chance of a photo of the inside of the arch where the fixings are, I am still not sure what the issue is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudmonkey Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Apologies for the bad picture. Your original front arches will have a bit which bridges the gap in the picture between the new arch and the arch liner, you need to cut this off and sandwich it between the extended arch and the wing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted February 7, 2019 Author Share Posted February 7, 2019 Ah, all clear now. Thanks! Makes you wonder why they didn't make the wider arches with that bit in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuko Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 The material used in these new extended arches, is it comparable to the Defender original arches with flexibility or is it like the cheap hard plastic stuff that crack the minute you put them near a trail? I to have been holding off on buying a full set till they became more popular and opinions began showing up on the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudmonkey Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 They're made of the same flexible type of plastic as the originals I think, they feel the same anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 On 2/7/2019 at 11:45 PM, BogMonster said: Ah, all clear now. Thanks! Makes you wonder why they didn't make the wider arches with that bit in I'm guessing that given the blue-box nature of the part, they're cost cutting by halving the size of the plastic molding tooling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cil111 Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 sorry for bringing this up again... but just fitting my new britpart arches at the moment... I wanted these since the other wide arches are tough, and if you hit them there is a tendency to warp the wing since they do not flex so much. I also like their look...looks pretty standard, just a bit wider which works for me. bungled up the first front one...you guessed it... I cut the inner bit wrongly.... managed to join it together and make it half decent using cable ties.... but the biggest issues is trying to put them back together using both the new arch and the old part (filler) in the same hole and using the same plastic thing... the plastic rivet is not long enough and it does not fasten properly as instead of one layer of rubber/plasic (arch), you have the new arch and the old cut up part acting as the filler, sandwiched together and you need to fasten in the same hole. in the end I ended up just stuffing the filler part in there, and drilled a few holes in the metal inner arch (6mm) and used the same plastic bits to keep in place... seems to have worked... alternatively one can consider using some nut and bolts (maybe not in all the holes to at least fasten this filler piece in place so it does not fall off. will actually consider this, remove a few of the plastic rivets and use nuts and bolts and it should work fine. will see what happens on the other side... cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cackshifter Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 If using nuts and bolts, best use plastic ones to avoid corrosion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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