Riveted on arches [Archive] - Saxperience

Saaamon

19th May 2010, 19:51

Has anyone riveted on there arches(standard bodykit)? If so any pictures?

jeffchiz

19th May 2010, 20:22

my mate got fed up of his drivers front arch falling off his gti so he got some self tappers and a drill and drilled them on took about 2 min haha looks shit but its a track car so he doesn't care

DanViner

19th May 2010, 20:29

you could drill and self tap then on underneath the side indicators and maybe in the wheel arch if they keep coming off

Saaamon

19th May 2010, 20:44

my mate got fed up of his drivers front arch falling off his gti so he got some self tappers and a drill and drilled them on took about 2 min haha looks shit but its a track car so he doesn't care

Could you get any pictures?

Mystic

19th May 2010, 20:46

Why not just put rivets through the arch trim & use the standard method of attaching the trim to the wing?

Saaamon

19th May 2010, 20:51

I'm after that rough look to complement my fooked exterior, aswell as stopping them falling off.

oz_

19th May 2010, 22:15

It looks shit. Instead of looking like a hard ass rally car it looks like some knob thought a rivet would look good there.

Get some M6 allen headed bolts.

Saaamon

19th May 2010, 22:20

It looks shit. Instead of looking like a hard ass rally car it looks like some knob thought a rivet would look good there.

Get some M6 allen headed bolts.

If done poorly on a poor spec car agreed.

oz_

20th May 2010, 00:57

lol. Mine were done on my VTS before I bought the car. They don't work on the VT* arches because of the shape of them. It just pulls the arch in where the rivet is. I've now removed them all and replaced them with bolts - much easier if I clip the arch something on track/while racing.

jeffchiz

20th May 2010, 01:18

nah sorry no pics, i dont see him that much and when i do hes on his bike lol

off topic but are you the guy that bought my house mates comp2's?

Bound

20th May 2010, 01:26

Tigerseal/silicon the fuck out of it on, won't come off. + use the original clips. Won't look shit... probably won't ever come of unless you break it, (or scrape the tiger seal of - scratching the paintwork underneath.. but who cares, the VT kit hides it).

LSOfreak

20th May 2010, 11:55

can look really good sometimes. think its more of an oldskool thing to pull it off though

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1674182.htm

Lexxi

20th May 2010, 14:16

You mean like this? or am i completely mis-reading the topic.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Proton_Satria_GTi_%28rear%29,_Serdang.jpg

oz_

20th May 2010, 16:36

^^^ This is what I mean with the bolts. Rivets don't work because of the way they pull it all in

Saaamon

20th May 2010, 19:58

nah sorry no pics, i dont see him that much and when i do hes on his bike lol

off topic but are you the guy that bought my house mates comp2's?

Yeah i am mate, he mentioned your name funnyly enough.

Saaamon

20th May 2010, 19:59

^^^ This is what I mean with the bolts. Rivets don't work because of the way they pull it all in

Thats what i was thinking would happen if i used rivets.

jeffchiz

23rd May 2010, 02:58

i randomly saw my mate the other day and thought of you so i took a pic lol
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo16/jeffchiz/CIMG0044-2.jpg

blackie_2k5

23rd May 2010, 03:22

used to counter sink xr2 kits and rivet them onto 1.0 fiestas and fill it over, was spot on, no one knew the diference..... till you tried to race it lol