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inner front arch needed

Postby bj928 » Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:48 pm

where do i get the inner arch for the front, the inner wing is easy but the inner arch with the bit that the bumper bolts to seems hard to find.

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Postby gemini » Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:53 pm

either make the piece up or cut one from another van
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Postby UK_ANDY » Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:54 pm

Personaly i wouls cut that back to good metal and fabricat a panel to fit fabricating the bumper mount should not be to hard eather
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Postby Luke » Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:55 pm

hmmm ive just cut all that bit out of a mk4 for my ifs - but to be honest it wasnt exactly mint :lol:
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Postby gemini » Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:18 am

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Postby bj928 » Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:41 pm

been to ford today, getting the part tomorrow, its a ford only panel, i can get most things cheap because i know someone but this time i had to pay full price, but still not to bad £59.19 inc vat.
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Postby bj928 » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:12 pm

got all the bits i need now, inner bit came from ford, 2 rear front repair arches from a friend cheap, 2 new wings from local panel house arrive tomorrow, now just to fit them all and spray.
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Postby gemini » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:22 pm

bj928, could you post a pic of the piece you got from ford please
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