exploring easier ways of fitting wheel arch liners
I have factory fitted wheel arch liners on all wheels. The front ones are a stupid design that feeds a large pile of dirt onto the inside of the front wing which you cannot get to unless you remove the liner. Dirt like that is never going to dry out even with the car kept in the garage.
The rear ones have done an excellent job of protecting the wheel arch but they do not cover the bottom part of the arch where it joins the sill. These liners are hard thick plastic and impossible to put back on again without removing paint and underseal from the edge of the outer wing that folds into the arch. That brown Tectyl on the rear wheel arches has been there since april 2012.
The plan is to make the rear liners bigger so they cover the bottom part of the sill and then to fix them with screws under the lip of the outer wing.
I want to do something similar with the front liners but it will not be easy to fit them to the outside of the wing without some modification.
The idea here is to have a way of easily taking the liners off and not ever have to do any cleaning under them, and not do any damage when the liners are put back on. I can live with the underseal coming off when the liners come off to be inspected but its annoying beyond belief to destroy all the undersealing when refitting the liners.
I want something that works easily rather than looks stylish.
I have factory fitted wheel arch liners on all wheels. The front ones are a stupid design that feeds a large pile of dirt onto the inside of the front wing which you cannot get to unless you remove the liner. Dirt like that is never going to dry out even with the car kept in the garage.
The rear ones have done an excellent job of protecting the wheel arch but they do not cover the bottom part of the arch where it joins the sill. These liners are hard thick plastic and impossible to put back on again without removing paint and underseal from the edge of the outer wing that folds into the arch. That brown Tectyl on the rear wheel arches has been there since april 2012.
The plan is to make the rear liners bigger so they cover the bottom part of the sill and then to fix them with screws under the lip of the outer wing.
I want to do something similar with the front liners but it will not be easy to fit them to the outside of the wing without some modification.
The idea here is to have a way of easily taking the liners off and not ever have to do any cleaning under them, and not do any damage when the liners are put back on. I can live with the underseal coming off when the liners come off to be inspected but its annoying beyond belief to destroy all the undersealing when refitting the liners.
I want something that works easily rather than looks stylish.
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