Has anyone ever grinded or cut their rear arches back?
Because i'm lead to beleive that if i do it will separate the inner and outer arch

The thing is, my wheels scrape on my arches when i go over bumps and whatnot, and i know you can bend them back, but mine are starting to bubble. And i don't want to leave that untreated and then bend them.
So my original intentions were to cut off the lip, back to the arch and then underseal the f?ck out of it.
But i have since been told that it would make the car fall apart haha.

:S

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She's still alive! -23/02/2017

i did, made quite a big difference then i just hammerited them up

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The Fat Fake Xr2i

I would roll them back, cutting them will just expose metal and will rust and slowly get worse.

I rolled mine on my old fiesta and had no problem, infact I done it with a rubber mallet lol. If your worries about cracking paint, head the arches up.

But as you said its bubbling, why not just sand them back, roll them and then paint them? Will be the best thing for it!

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I was thinking cut them off, attack with underseal?
Or would that still rust :S

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She's still alive! -23/02/2017

that would probably still rust, as above use a rubber mallet use some tiger seal or some other decent seam sealer where the arch lip meets the wing on the inside and then use underseal and then stonechip protect it problem solved!

Ok. New plan then, grind arch and lip down to bare metal to get rid of bubbles, rust prevent it, bend lip back, seam seal it, underseal it, stonechip preventer, put xr/rs kit on, job done?

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She's still alive! -23/02/2017

Yus

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lmao, it feels like yesterday we were talking about this, you were saying you were going to get it done on a nice day and i was waiting to see how it went :p

i did grind mine back a little bit, took fucking ages though. might attempt the rubber mallet. danny... did it not crack the paint?

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fifi

No I didnt crack the paint at all on my old car, I just done it and it was sweet as a nut lol. I dont think I have any pics, if i did i'd show you

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ahh crappy, try get some you heat the paint first?

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fifi

Easiest way is with a hair dryer, just get the paint nice and warm. All it does it soften it up a bit, which prevents it cracking Try do it on a warm day too if you can, then the whole body will be warm and it will be easier to do and less likely to crack

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that's what i was looking for was saying to myself lastnight, 'he must have heated it up!' lolies guess i have to wait for summer then

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fifi

When I done the arches on my old car, I didnt heat the paint up - but it was a warm day, so that helped

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hmm odd. because effectively you are stretching it, which should crack the paint? hmm ill see what happens when i get round to it :p

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fifi

Yeah in theory it should crack, but i was lucky and it didnt

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so if it cracks, it's your fault, right?

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fifi

ohhhh no. Its like saying 'so if i piss on the toilet seat rather than in the toilet, its the toilets fault.. right?' lol

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yeah but that's something i do everyday, so it's actually my fault :p

will you be at FITP?

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fifi

lol.. sort it out then

Yeah i should be

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lol right so that's where i'll take my revenge when it goes tits up

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fifi