Arches - which ones to buy?

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Arches - which ones to buy?

Post by theboy » Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:14 pm

Im looking for some proper wheel arch extensions

Does anyone know where I can get these in the picture? The advert seems to be advertising a lift kit from Thailand and not the arches -
http://autoexclusiveinter.trustpass.ali ... TS_5_.html

Or can you tell me which Landrover arches will work best?

Or have seen these on Ebay and would be interested to know if anyone has used them? Are they just landrover arches at a slightly inflated price because they also fit an SJ?-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-SJ-ADA ... 0901906176

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Re: Arches - which ones to buy?

Post by donkeychomp » Sun Dec 01, 2013 10:17 pm

I used the Defender ones on my SJ...paid a tenner for 4 on ebay. They fit easily, drill a few holes for bolts/self tappers.
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Re: Arches - which ones to buy?

Post by Jordi » Sun Dec 01, 2013 10:23 pm

Most have just made arches from steel or rubber.
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Re: Arches - which ones to buy?

Post by theboy » Sun Dec 01, 2013 10:28 pm

A tenner?! That's cheap were they just a lucky find at that price?

I would love to find some at that price!!
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Post by donkeychomp » Sun Dec 01, 2013 11:52 pm

That was 9 years ago! Keep looking, they do come up cheap from time to time.
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Re: Arches - which ones to buy?

Post by theboy » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:44 am

Thanks for the info all,

Would be interested to know if anyone has used either of the arches in the links above also?

thanks

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Re: Arches - which ones to buy?

Post by Boyes » Mon Dec 02, 2013 12:41 pm

Vitara Mad on here is from dronfield and I noticed him selling some recently.

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Re: Arches - which ones to buy?

Post by theboy » Mon Dec 02, 2013 3:45 pm

Boyes wrote:Vitara Mad on here is from dronfield and I noticed him selling some recently.
thanks I will send him a PM, i cant see the advert when I looked through the for sale section?

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Re: Arches - which ones to buy?

Post by Jay18 » Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:50 pm

Depends what you want I suppose, dan and Scottie have done a similar thing using rubber or plastic? Looks a nice simple way of doing it and looks smart! But if you want to e complicated like me then you could use steel trailer arches which I think turned out nice on my SJ, have a look at my build thread if you want :D
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Re: Arches - which ones to buy?

Post by Rhinoman » Wed Dec 04, 2013 2:38 pm

Those are Bushwacker style arches, the genuine article are quite expensive, copies are more affordable but not cheap either:

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/suzuki-samurai-fender-flares
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