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Offline nelds

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Re: Rear Wheel Arch trim removal?
« Reply #10 on: 11 May 2008, 20:38 »
wish i'd left mine on now, the rear arch had a ferkin great dent behind it !!!!!.....looks w@nk, reckon i'll be getting the hairdrier and compressed air out  :grin:

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Re: Rear Wheel Arch trim removal?
« Reply #11 on: 11 May 2008, 20:43 »
wish i'd left mine on now, the rear arch had a ferkin great dent behind it !!!!!.....looks w@nk, reckon i'll be getting the hairdrier and compressed air out  :grin:

pics of dint??

use paintless dent removal company, shame your not up near leeds, my mate is very very good

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Re: Rear Wheel Arch trim removal?
« Reply #12 on: 11 May 2008, 20:51 »
Mine came off involuntarily!!

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Re: Rear Wheel Arch trim removal?
« Reply #13 on: 11 May 2008, 20:57 »
locked my photobucket account so will post pics later  :sad:

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Re: Rear Wheel Arch trim removal?
« Reply #14 on: 11 May 2008, 21:39 »
here's the ferkin dent



and here's the rust scab on the front


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Re: Rear Wheel Arch trim removal?
« Reply #15 on: 12 May 2008, 15:52 »
yea my mk 3 is Black too!!!  :grin:  I wanna keep mine, just wanna try and trim the arches a bit to stop the scrubbing, though I mite just change the tyres from 205/50 down to 195/50 and see if that helps.  My rims are 7" wide and have an ET33 offset as opposed to the normal ET43 that the originals are
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Re: Rear Wheel Arch trim removal?
« Reply #16 on: 12 May 2008, 16:08 »
yea my mk 3 is Black too!!!  :grin:  I wanna keep mine, just wanna try and trim the arches a bit to stop the scrubbing, though I mite just change the tyres from 205/50 down to 195/50 and see if that helps.  My rims are 7" wide and have an ET33 offset as opposed to the normal ET43 that the originals are

Just for info, if you downsize tyres from factory spec you might be best checking with your insurance company first, if you have a accident and they find smaller tyres fitted they could refuse to pay out due to the car being unsafe.

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