Replacement wheel arches / spats

[Lloydy]

Hi all,

I have done a search on this subject but cant seem to find much useful info?

Basically i have rusty rear arches and they NEED some work urgently now.

My cousin can do the work but i need the arches.....

Is the general opinion that arches should be saught from a broken bongo or has anyone found a source for replacement metal / platic ones?

Any suggestions welcome as this is the next job on the list!!

Cheers tah,

Lloydy

[You've Been Bongod]

your best bet is to approach a breakers and ask them to cut out a section of the rear panel and have that welded in

done properly not cheap

[mikeonb4c]

Who was the geezer (somewhere in the Midlands? a few months back?) who got rust cut out and new uuniversal arches welded in, and they looked pretty good too. He gave details on here so have a search, in case getting authentic Bongo arches cut out from a breaking one proves too hard to source. Alternatively, BF member Stinch has had moulds done of wheel arch trims and they should be on the market soon. I suppose you could cut out rust, do functional welding then slap on the arch trims so what was underneath didn't matter, if you get me

[Lloydy]

That sounds like the best solution to me.... I will try and get hold of them and see.

Seems silly that we havnt got a decent solution for this common problem... Hope this after market ones will do so?

Lloydy