Just to follow up on this from ages ago.

Had my old arches cut out and changed for Sprinter arches and some paintwork done by Jake's Autobodies in HoneyField Business Park on the Hartcliffe Road.

They were recommended to me by ADS in Bristol (who I'm sure many of you are familiar with), so know ...

Thanks g8dhe. I'd love to have the skills to repair the Bongo myself, and to the standard that Paul has achieved. Is he based near Bristol?

You could always give it to the Bristol dealer, who would put a reflector on the rusty arches for you. Seems to be good enough for him to self them on!

I better invest in some sparkly cushions and remember to always leave my headlights on while I'm at it, then! :lol:

After spending so much to ...

Hi all,

After a rather wallet-punishing MOT which required a lot of sill welding, it was also revealed that my factory arch covers were also hiding a load of rot and some rather crusty arches.

I would like to get them repaired and wondered if anyone had any experience of somewhere in Bristol to ...

Thank you for your assistance. Well, that certainly sounds like the sort of thing I could do.

I'll let you know how I get on!

Hi all,

New member here - hello!

I bought my Bongo a couple of weeks ago and, well, its a bit of a fixer-upper.

The previous owner clearly loved it but perhaps didn't care for it in the way that I would have liked. Normally I am super fussy when it comes to buying vehicles but I got so caught up ...