A spot of arch rolling...

[retrocarclub]

Today I went out to inspect my new Viva and have a prod at the rear wheel arch rust.

To cut a long story short, the rear of both rear arches (where mud flaps had been fitted) are now rather 'rolled' back:




The culperate, with most of the wheel arch still attached!



Is this a filler (bodge) job or can I get hold of replacement repair panels?

Cheers.

Christian.[/img]

[flexbuttcheck1]

you will struggle to find one if you want one tommorow but if you keep your eye out on ebay they do turn up!

[retrocarclub]

you will struggle to find one if you want one tommorow but if you keep your eye out on ebay they do turn up!

Ok I'll cover it up for now and keep my eyes peeled.

[MAGNUM 2300]

Today I went out to inspect my new Viva and have a prod at the rear wheel arch rust.

To cut a long story short, the rear of both rear arches (where mud flaps had been fitted) are now rather 'rolled' back:

The culperate, with most of the wheel arch still attached!

Is this a filler (bodge) job or can I get hold of replacement repair panels?

Cheers.

Christian.[/img]

Ouch! That would be tricky to make from scratch. Fill it up with fiberglass filler or even more easy; use ducktape until you find a new wheelarch to weld in.

[droopsnoot]

Wheelarch repair panels have been remanufactured and are available from DSG spares, maybe from other places too. They're not cheap, though, so maybe keep your eyes peeled at autojumbles etc.

[pbottomley]

Could always join the club and ask Adrian for some ? I mean best ask the club who forum you are using first!

And before you ask http://www.vauxhallviva.com/join.htm

Please feel free to drift around the website for information, history, etc

[retrocarclub]

Could always join the club and ask Adrian for some ? I mean best ask the club who forum you are using first!

And before you ask http://www.vauxhallviva.com/join.htm

Please feel free to drift around the website for information, history, etc

Thank you, I was actually planning to join the club, but I was interested to see if anywhere similar to Hadrian Body Panels did them.