"tg" <tg (AT) sk8erboyz (DOT) com> wrote

Yepp, they usually come without anything, be glad you've received the rubber
;-)

First of all: you'll probably have to do some cutting to make them
fit(properly)
If they are the original W&P, then they will fit properly, but you've to
make a cut for the seam.
Copies of the W&P usually don't fit as well and need some cutting and
swearing ;-)

How to bolt them on:
They are fitted from underneath, i.e. you have to drill holes into the arch
and edge of the wheel housing from underneath.

I guess it's better to make some ASCII art instead of trying to explain in
my crude english...


W&P / ||
->/ || <-body shell
/ ||
/ ||
^

Hope, that makes it clear...

Cheers,
Michael

Hi Graham,

Thanks for the compliment. Probably my english is quite alright, I'm
sometimes just lacking some terms, i.e. the edge at the wheel house - how is
it called? Is it a "seam"?

Cheers,
Michael

Hi,

Aah yes, that's the word for it ;-)

Of course, you should always rust protect every hole you drill into the body
shell.

I forgot to mention that I'd riveted my W&P arches to the body. Use rivets
with a very flat head, so they won't penetrate into the wheel housing and
might contact the tyre with a sharp head or so.

Pop rivets are alloy, so they won't rust - but the combination steel/alloy
will always tend to rust, so don't forget rust protection!!!

regards,
Michael

Don't use stainless screws, they don't rust, what happens is the dis similar
metal causes electrolysis, & makers the mild steel round them rust, drill
your holes, paint them with some zinc primer, then topcoat & lacquer as
needed, then pick up some plastic fixings from maplin, they are like a
plastic mushroom with a pin in the middle, its put into the hole then the
pin in the middle is pushed to lock it in place, they are available in
various sizes, the 3mm ones that u need should be part number BK87U

Steve.

"Graham" <zebedee (AT) alphalink (DOT) com.au> wrote

many thanks for all the feedback.

i decided to go ahead with the maplin idea, they seem very tough and cleaner
to apply than screws i guess.

will let u know how i get on!