to de-arch or not...whats everybody's opinions!

[Mikester]

Would look nice on a black car more, wouldnt stand out as much that they are missing.

I think on a coloured car they look as if they are missing / non gti sleeper look.

[Shady Pioneer]

Do it! I think it's something too many people have on their Golfs, I don't personally like the look of the Golf with the black trim all the way around, looks better with everything colour coded 

Like mine.

[Guy]

im old skool. not a fan of the de arched look, i have however had mine off to look behind and mine arches are all good

yeah my arches are good... I am just fed up of cleaning them to keep them black unless theres a miracle product out there? I've tried everything exept the heat gun idea and lets just say i can see fire with that!!

take em off and live without them for a while and see if you like it...   I think arches look great if they are clean and black... otherwise they are a pain in the arse

thinking of de-arching myself and in the same [mk3] boat 

[boneybradley]

I think I'm gonna see how she looks when the coilovers are on.... if it still look's good i will keep them and if not ditch them
the main reason I'm thinking about this is my new skinny 195 tryes look really narrow (compared to the 205's which rubbed!!) and with the arches they make them even more narrow..

205 arch grabbers


and new 195's


You can see in the bottom pictures the tryes sit further in the arch and look well slim!

[Guy]

as you said... slam it first and then see! 

the 195's are nice!  i went for the 215's on my BBS RX II's and they have taken a bit of getting used to... a little bit chubby but fill the arches well

[nelds]

i have trim in my garage waiting to do mine, just not had time yet. I'm going to spray mine black so i too dont have to keep treating them, not sure whether to colour code bumper tops or leave black.....? any suggestions, also what primer would i need, just standard plastic stuff..??.

[Rmachines]

ONLY De-arch if you fit the fully colour coded bumpers...  The GTI ones with the black strip need the arches to keep up with the flow of black trim.. so to speak.  Else it looks odd and unfinnished.   if you have the smooth colour coded bumpers.. do it And you can join me in having a GTI that looks like a 1.4 and every other golf on the road 

[Len]

Mr Bradley if you are lowering then there is only one look and that is to de-arch!!
You know it to be true!

If you can find pics of Carl's old car as that was a minter! That will show you how good the de-arch look really is!
I mean you can look at mine but tbh the gold wheels tends to take the eye away from the arches.

[Wayne]

Quick question, how are they held on and if you remove them do you need to change the side trims.

[remapped]

i have thort of doing this many a time whit the right wheel off-set and drop the gti will look so much better if you keep the arches

but then the dearch can look spot on




i would say you have no rust try it for a week or more