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by **padd** on Mon Oct 13, 2003 2:55 pm

how about arches for a four door?

by **Superal** on Mon Oct 13, 2003 3:08 pm

maybe extreme should add these to his thread

http://www.btinternet.com/~cob/LinkHtml/Car/SS.htm

http://www.fiestaturbo.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=52687

by **eXtreme-fiesta** on Wed Oct 15, 2003 10:07 am

Good point, they would be handy!

I will speak to FakeXr2i and MaXsteri and check if its ok to add their guide to this topic as well :wink:

by **bluefiestamk3** on Wed Oct 22, 2003 4:15 pm

I brought a full xr2i bodykit for my mk3. ive only got the arches and skirts delivered so far, but i cant seem to get them to fit, iam doing it the right way!

On the front, the arches goes on, but it doesnt sit flush with the car, if its sat flat at the top the bottom is sticking 3 inch outward :devil:

Also mine has 2 black caps that pop off, one on the skirt and one on the back arch, i presume these are what you remove for jacking the car up?

I cant seem to get them to sit flush, just keeps scratching my arch, also am i drilling from underneath the arch and into the underneath arch of the metal on the car?

cheers

by **bluefiestamk3** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 1:32 pm

erm, i cant seem to get my arches to sit flush with the car, there is 4 rusty looking metal sqaure things behind the arch, one has fell off and it just leaves a black sqaure, shall i pull the rest of them off?

Cheers

by **E$cobar** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:04 pm

right got my arches today and lokin at how im gonna get them on , you say to put self tapers on inside , do you put these through the bolt things on the inside of the arch ? As iv just realised arch is hollow this job now looks ten times more of a c*nt

by **bluefiestamk3** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:10 pm

I m stuck too man, bumpers go on okay, so do side skirts but cant arches to sit flush to the wings without no gaps

by **phatboy** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:20 pm

u need 2 clamp them mate, mine dont sit flush wen i offer them up either, its the sorta plastic they are.

by **bluefiestamk3** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:27 pm

oh rigt, so if i get some good strong evostic k stuff and paste the inside of the arch with it, it will sit flush? ive got a clamp.

Ill get some self tappers tommoro and test it all out but wont glue them on.

Its going to take me pissing ages to sand the kit down, took me 20 mins to do 2 arches!!

cheers

by **E$cobar** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:28 pm

think when the glues on and theyre clamped down itll sit flush. But what do the self tappers go through ?

by **phatboy** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:30 pm

from what i understand u make small holes in the kit arches on the bottom bit, and this goes into the arch around the wheel, so u need 2 remove the wheel to get them in straight. This holds the bottom of the arch in

by **bluefiestamk3** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:32 pm

i think you take the wheel off, and screw through the plastic arch into the lip on the wing. :-?

by **bluefiestamk3** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:34 pm

ahh i was right then, so they are screwed from underneath and glued on from inside of the arch and they then stick to the wing?

by **phatboy** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:36 pm

the bottom part of the arch is screwed into the arch of teh car, and the top bit is glued to the car, and clamped till dry

by **E$cobar** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:41 pm

think thats the best descrition for what to do out the lot of these guides. got it now

cheers man

by **phatboy** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:46 pm

let me know how it goes, still got to do mine, just i have a 5dr!

by **bluefiestamk3** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:49 pm

ll take some pics for this guide so its a lot easier to follow when i get the cam.

Cheers

by **phatboy** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:55 pm

maybe a new post using eXtreme-fiesta's advise and stuff, and other peoples who have done it, and hopefully we can all create a total dummies guide to it, with tonnes and tonnes of pictures for everyone to print!

by **bluefiestamk3** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:57 pm

ill do the photos when i get the cam, step by step of what to do. my old cam got stolen so it could be 3 days or 3 months before i get a replacement, so if i get the cam then i can take pics, if not someone else will have too.

by **phatboy** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:59 pm

me probably can, at christmas wen i have money for spraying the kit!

by **bluefiestamk3** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:02 pm

christmas!

Or are you taking it to a bodyshop?

Im doing mine myself im confident enough. Just all the prepping work is a pain, but its worth it :lol:

by **phatboy** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:04 pm

no im paying a mate who works at a bodyshop to paint it for me, i dont think i can make a good job of it with spray cans.......... ill be fitting it all though

by **eXtreme-fiesta** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:14 pm

THE REASON IT IS NOT SITTING FLUSH IS BECAUSE YOU NEED TO CUT AWAY THE ORIGINAL FORD FIXINGS ON THE INSIDE OF THE ARCH ITSELF. THIS IS WHAT IS MAKING THE ARCH STICK OUT IN ONE PLACE AND FLUSH IN ANOTHER.

Not only do you need to pull the screws out, you also need to file down the sqaure shape rubber that they were sitting it, therefore making the inside of the arch tottaly smooth.[/b]

by **phatboy** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:26 pm

he seems frustrated............ :lol:

by **eXtreme-fiesta** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 10:41 pm

just so there is no more confusion and nobody can miss it if they scroll down quickly

by **Fiestasi-Andy** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:40 pm

eXtreme-fiesta :just so there is no more confusion and nobody can miss it if they scroll down quickly

It worked it caught my eye

by **eXtreme-fiesta** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:46 pm

thanks for lettin me know andy :lol:

by **Dookie** on Thu Oct 23, 2003 11:51 pm

by **E$cobar** on Sat Oct 25, 2003 2:50 am

phatboy :let me know how it goes, still got to do mine, just i have a 5dr!

got the same situation man , should look worth it though when its finished

by **eXtreme-fiesta** on Sat Oct 25, 2003 7:21 pm

for 5dr's i say the best bet is to speak to fake xr2i on msn!

He's a helpful young chap

by **phatboy** on Sat Oct 25, 2003 11:18 pm

i talked to maxteria, but he seems very bust with life

whats fake xr2i's msn contact? i canht find it

by **eXtreme-fiesta** on Sun Oct 26, 2003 10:22 am

Fake Xr2i

by **bluefiestamk3** on Mon Oct 27, 2003 2:20 am

i got my right hand side on , ive got the bumpers on front and back, i screwed the front arch on in 2 places, then the back, put the skirt on and there is ahalf inch gap between where the front arch joins the skirt

I cant get rid of this gap, its the only way it will sit flush, im gonna just get it sitting neat, you cant noticed it as its inline with the door gap.

When i screwed that rear one on a big chunk of my rear wing fell out, this cars a joke, its done 76 000 miles on a L reg and its just plastered in rust you cant see!!

and it keeps slipping back into neutral as well when i try and reverse

ive had a good weekend, night night

by **Ford_whore** on Thu Oct 30, 2003 1:10 am

since its annoying and hard to find decnt condition 2i skirts and archs so are the rjm ones any good

by **eXtreme-fiesta** on Thu Oct 30, 2003 11:24 am

I'm not too sure what you mean by RJM? I'm guessing they are fibreglass? If so and in all cases of buying aftermarket side skirts and wheel arches, you only really want the genuine set. These would be a lot easier to fit, and also look better. They also snug the car nicely as some aftermarket sets are slightly out of shape.

There was a post not too long ago about a lad who bought some aftermarket fibreglass ones, he got quoted something like £200 from a bodyshop just to have them fitted because of the trouble that fibreglass ones can cause.

Just keep searching, there are plenty of 2i's being broken at the moment, and remember..good things come to those that wait

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