Quick question - Do i have you use these (http://www.lrseries.com/shop/product/listing/2419/AFU1075-EYEBROW-RIVET.html) to fix my wheel arches on, or can i just use a Washer and Rivet instead?
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storm99
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Yes, you're best using those plastic things..get a few extra, they have a tendency to break...but they can be re-used too.
Get the oem at 19p too...i think theres 8 on each arch.
Get the oem at 19p too...i think theres 8 on each arch.
lanny man 90
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i don't think the rivet will be thick/long enough to grip
Landroverstormer
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And allocate an hour per arch and get someone to help. Probably the most hateful DIY job I've done on my 90!
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"And allocate an hour per arch and get someone to help. Probably the most hateful DIY job I've done on my 90!"
Eh?????? Had to do mine again a few months ago and they only took about 10-minutes each corner single handed, why the problems?
One tip I do have is to put the slightest of tapers onto the end of the pin and they slide into place much easier, aftermarket or genuine I have had the same problem with both but this makes it a breeze. I always keep a supply of the clips in the gararge, I usually manage to recover most/all of the pins but in case I can't I have some to hand to let me complete the job.
Eh?????? Had to do mine again a few months ago and they only took about 10-minutes each corner single handed, why the problems?
One tip I do have is to put the slightest of tapers onto the end of the pin and they slide into place much easier, aftermarket or genuine I have had the same problem with both but this makes it a breeze. I always keep a supply of the clips in the gararge, I usually manage to recover most/all of the pins but in case I can't I have some to hand to let me complete the job.
Landroverstormer
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You don't leave near Tring Hertfordshire do you as I'd happily pay you some beer tokens to swap my arches as it took US so long to fit one that we didn't bother with the rest!!
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Seriously? I put my front and rear OS arches back on today, it took me 5 minutes an arch and was a doddle.
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i used these:
http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00UvKEyeMYHThV/Hex-Washer-Head-Self-Drilling-Screw.jpg
so much easier... drop it into a socket on the drill, buzz, in. Easy.
http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00UvKEyeMYHThV/Hex-Washer-Head-Self-Drilling-Screw.jpg
so much easier... drop it into a socket on the drill, buzz, in. Easy.
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odd, mine have 10mm hex bolts and small receiver plates, takes 30 seconds with a drill to undo em....
Litch
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As it turns out i'm not too far away but I am more interested in why it was such a pain of a job for you, what was going wrong?
Landroverstormer
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The holes in the arch seem to be very slightly too small for the plastic clips, plus the area where the holes seem pushed in if that makes sense?
Was joking about fitting them! On the list (inc snorkel and bulkhead bar) for when it's MOT'd at the end of the month! I'll chuck it all in the back and hope it's all fitted when I collect it the following day.
Was joking about fitting them! On the list (inc snorkel and bulkhead bar) for when it's MOT'd at the end of the month! I'll chuck it all in the back and hope it's all fitted when I collect it the following day.
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I used those exact ones with no problems but do get a few spare.
I know this is an old chat but I'm putting some on my 96 defender and when taking the old arches off the front theres a 4 inch gap now inside where the wheel lining met the old arch and the new big one sits on the outside.
Dosnt look right what have I done wrong????
Dosnt look right what have I done wrong????
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Photos of the problem may help us….
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I recently replaced one and I used this technique, and it was brilliant
Hicap phill
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Cut the old arches up to cover the gap. That gap is there on 90/110
Fix them back with self tapping screws
(That’s how mines done.you can still access the wiring if there is a problem)
Fix them back with self tapping screws
(That’s how mines done.you can still access the wiring if there is a problem)
Are the front the same as the rear for your new ones, They shouldn't be? As you have discovered the original front arches are a different design to cover the gap between the wing and the inner arch. Either your extended arches are incorrect or they expect you to build a spacer piece to fill the gap.
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