need to roll my arches to get these to fit, best way to go about it? heat gun and hammer or magazines or a baseball bat or cut and weld? what have people found the best method?

The paint was already shot on mine so I just used a combination of an arch roller and a hammer. Heat will help save the paint but it is 25 years old so still a chance you'll chip it.

You might want to think about raising it up a tad first though as even with a rolled up lip the arch itself can still make contact with the wheel over bumps.

realisticly you will wreck the paint and no amount of rolling will clear those

needs some expensive skilled bodywork if you want it right

Can vouch for what these guys are saying on the paint aspect, happened to me and my car was not long painted. Now one of the arches needs repainted!

you keep asking on here and facebook , they dont fit simple as that

take a look around 99% of breadvans on wider wheels look like a dog has chewed the rear arches , the other 1% have spent ALOT or work in a bodyshop and made a good job of it , its much much more work that jamming a phone book in there , its not like a front wing where you can swap on another unmolested wing when you regret it , thats a majot part of the car

steveo3002 is right.

Really with a lowered breadvan you want to be sticking to OEM Polo wheels, so steels, 13" BBS RAs something like that. Or something with a near standard offset like ET38.

Fitting 14x6 ET13 would cause issues on a lowered coupe nevermind a breadvan.

Don't get me wrong they are nice wheels, but how far do you go before you realise you're making the car fit the wheels when really it should be the other way around.

If you have deep pockets you could get them pulled or even convert to coupe arches but then people will wonder why you didn't just go and buy a coupe to start with.

I'm gonna roll and add a little camber and see where to go from there

post some pics when youre done

"This week on scrap heap challenge..."

Whats the news, have you decided against. The car is a rare colour too

If you have deep pockets you could get them pulled or even convert to coupe arches but then people will wonder why you didn't just go and buy a coupe to start with.

this or golf mk1 arches similar to this http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f215/specialredtrain/PICT5138.jpg

If you have deep pockets you could get them pulled or even convert to coupe arches but then people will wonder why you didn't just go and buy a coupe to start with.

this or golf mk1 arches similar to this http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f215/specialredtrain/PICT5138.jpg

Looks lovely that, just annoying that the straight line from the quarter is still there before the round arch but there's not much can be done about that, still looks better than the original flat arch though

and unless you can diy it , thats £1000s to get done right at a bodyshop

Yeah true that. I wouldn't mind a go myself on mine after I get more welding time in. Could look gash if it's not perfect though.

Surely cutting the crease then welding plate so it sits half an inch further out is a decent option that would keep the original lines of the car...something else I've thought about. If you can practice with a hammer and dolly kit you might find half an inch without even being able to tell it's been made wider

still an insane amount of work ...slicing it wont allow it to move , then its joined to the inner which would also need cutting

just hurts to see some clean arches F'd up , fine on a rusty old dog thats near the end of its life but not a clean car thats survived 25 years

still an insane amount of work ...slicing it wont allow it to move , then its joined to the inner which would also need cutting

just hurts to see some clean arches F'd up , fine on a rusty old dog thats near the end of its life but not a clean car thats survived 25 years

I was thinking more along the lines of arch cut away then adding material between and welding back on (Obvs inner and outer), Still a massive ballcache though. mine are rolled very well, I had no other car at the time for work and the only legal tires I had where on those alloys which rubbed. Regret it now but I had no choice then. now i have normal size wheels i want the lip pulled down again and then dolly it nice and flat how it was...I know you never see it when its folded or not anyway but I know its there..so it has to go

Joel have you thought of swapping for some g40 wheels? You could then polish the lips by jacking your front wheels up and sticking the car in gear so its almost like a lathe...you could use some fine wet sandpaper and some polishing compound then when thats done paint the centres? Would barely even tell the difference I bet.

Will be better than having bacon arches which some people on here have done and then left it!

If you have deep pockets you could get them pulled or even convert to coupe arches but then people will wonder why you didn't just go and buy a coupe to start with.

this or golf mk1 arches similar to this http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f215/specialredtrain/PICT5138.jpg

Looks lovely that, just annoying that the straight line from the quarter is still there before the round arch but there's not much can be done about that, still looks better than the original flat arch though

Use coupe quarter panels.

If you have deep pockets you could get them pulled or even convert to coupe arches but then people will wonder why you didn't just go and buy a coupe to start with.

this or golf mk1 arches similar to this http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f215/specialredtrain/PICT5138.jpg

Looks lovely that, just annoying that the straight line from the quarter is still there before the round arch but there's not much can be done about that, still looks better than the original flat arch though

Use coupe quarter panels.

or buy a coupe

That car looks to be in good condition, if you leave it as it is, it will hold its value.

Once you start butchering it, whilst it might suit you, you will reduce it to scrap value.

Regards

Not a hope, you'll have to stretch the metal way too far. Best bet is aftermarket arches, but like the man says /|\, get it wrong and it's scrap.

Only other option is properly rock hard suspension, but then it'll drive like crap.

How much clearance is there between the inner edge of the tyre and the shocks? How much meat is there on the hub-mating face of the wheel? May be possible to machine 1/2" from the rear face if there's enough material

I'll have to put them on and have a look has anyone done that before?

I've heard of it being done, but you'll want to take it to a trustworthy and responsible machine shop as there is a risk you could weaken the wheel of too much is taken out

Seems like a sound idea that, don't see why it wouldn't work. Better make the wheels fit the car than the other way round

this guy done a similar thing, i got some flakk for trying to stop it. end result though is he no longer has the orignal wheels and has wrecked arches, shame as it was fairly tidy

http://www.clubpolo.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=341714