I'm in the middle of building my Stylus RT at the moment.
I'm wondering if i really need to fit inner wheel arches as i am only really going to use the car on nice summer days so there won't be a great deal of water being sprayed around.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to whether i should or shouldn't fit them?
inner wheel arches
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alecmartin19
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stylussprinter
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inner arches ?
If you mean the arches up front to seperate the engine from the wheels etc --- YES !!! most definately or you might just get a stone under the cam belt or any other belt and cause total chaos , ie --- £££££££££££££££££ Liners/arches purely to protect fibre glass isn't essential and adds weight but perhaps a good thing in a road car ? (stops stones etc hitting the body at 100mph !)
Rob.
Rob.
I just love the Stylus but she keeps swallowing £££ !
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Alfa Red 159 2.4 jtdm ti 260bhp 365lbft / BilsteinB12 + Adjustable Powerflex camber/castor bushes. Red STYLUS 2lt zetec 231bhp 185lbft Dunnell . RED 1972 Alfa 2lt GTAm replica 170bhp.
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alecmartin19
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stylussprinter
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Alec , your RT !
Let's have a few digi pic's of your car so far , it's such an opportunity on this new website .
Rob.
Rob.
I just love the Stylus but she keeps swallowing £££ !
Alfa Red 159 2.4 jtdm ti 260bhp 365lbft / BilsteinB12 + Adjustable Powerflex camber/castor bushes. Red STYLUS 2lt zetec 231bhp 185lbft Dunnell . RED 1972 Alfa 2lt GTAm replica 170bhp.
Alfa Red 159 2.4 jtdm ti 260bhp 365lbft / BilsteinB12 + Adjustable Powerflex camber/castor bushes. Red STYLUS 2lt zetec 231bhp 185lbft Dunnell . RED 1972 Alfa 2lt GTAm replica 170bhp.
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Are you using the black and orange layout of the forum here? if not just go to your profile and change it.
When you use this layout you will see a link under the window "Add image to post" and this lets you upload a picture from your harddrive and a link is automatically inserted in the post window.
hope this helps out
When you use this layout you will see a link under the window "Add image to post" and this lets you upload a picture from your harddrive and a link is automatically inserted in the post window.
hope this helps out
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alecmartin19
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Thats brilliant cheers! All i've got to do now is find a digital camera.
Hope you won't think too badly of my RT. Its my first attempt at building a car and a very steep learning curve for me. I don't think its too bad though.
While i'm here, has anyone got any tips on spraying as i am attempting to spray the car myself!!!
Hope you won't think too badly of my RT. Its my first attempt at building a car and a very steep learning curve for me. I don't think its too bad though.
While i'm here, has anyone got any tips on spraying as i am attempting to spray the car myself!!!
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stylussprinter
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self spraying ?
Personally I'd never attempt it , the car will look great if done well but crap if not . The result , like most jobs , comes from preparation . I did everything else but paid £1000 for the prep and spray at Middleton motors near Aldershot , he's done loads of Stylus's. Leave it as it is to pass SVA then spray when you have the money ??? just a thought !alecmartin19 wrote:Thats brilliant cheers! All i've got to do now is find a digital camera.
Hope you won't think too badly of my RT. Its my first attempt at building a car and a very steep learning curve for me. I don't think its too bad though.
While i'm here, has anyone got any tips on spraying as i am attempting to spray the car myself!!!
Good luck , Rob.
I just love the Stylus but she keeps swallowing £££ !
Alfa Red 159 2.4 jtdm ti 260bhp 365lbft / BilsteinB12 + Adjustable Powerflex camber/castor bushes. Red STYLUS 2lt zetec 231bhp 185lbft Dunnell . RED 1972 Alfa 2lt GTAm replica 170bhp.
Alfa Red 159 2.4 jtdm ti 260bhp 365lbft / BilsteinB12 + Adjustable Powerflex camber/castor bushes. Red STYLUS 2lt zetec 231bhp 185lbft Dunnell . RED 1972 Alfa 2lt GTAm replica 170bhp.
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MattD
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Hi All
On the subject of inner arches, I went to Yeading for SVA in '03 & the fact that I didn't have them was
one of the half dozen points for SVA failure the first time round.
As Rob said, road debris rather than water is the issue.
I spoke to Tim at Stoneleigh & he mention SSC will be doing GRP inners shortly, worth a phone call.
Re: Paint finish...
I too went to Middleton's at Worplesdon nr Woking. Joe did a fantastic job on my car.
He reworked the door shutlines & edges. I'd spend 3 months faffing about with them & the hinges, & was so Pss'd off with the fit.
So for no extra cash & a few days of his xmas hols he sorted them out. Thats what I call service. The paintjob still looks good 5 yrs on.
Other comment is keep it simple.. I chose a nice plain colour, that you can get in a can or touch stick at Halfords later.
There's plenty of opportunity for battle damage repairs later, & matching fancy flip/flop metallics could be difficult !
All the best
Matt
On the subject of inner arches, I went to Yeading for SVA in '03 & the fact that I didn't have them was
one of the half dozen points for SVA failure the first time round.
As Rob said, road debris rather than water is the issue.
I spoke to Tim at Stoneleigh & he mention SSC will be doing GRP inners shortly, worth a phone call.
Re: Paint finish...
I too went to Middleton's at Worplesdon nr Woking. Joe did a fantastic job on my car.
He reworked the door shutlines & edges. I'd spend 3 months faffing about with them & the hinges, & was so Pss'd off with the fit.
So for no extra cash & a few days of his xmas hols he sorted them out. Thats what I call service. The paintjob still looks good 5 yrs on.
Other comment is keep it simple.. I chose a nice plain colour, that you can get in a can or touch stick at Halfords later.
There's plenty of opportunity for battle damage repairs later, & matching fancy flip/flop metallics could be difficult !
All the best
Matt
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alecmartin19
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Cheers for all your advice!
Obviously I want to pass the sva test, but if I do fail I want it to be on as few things as possible so I will definately be fitting inner arches to eliminate that problem. I will give tim a call in the near future and find out about the grp ones.
As for the painting its just a case of saving some cash now to get a professinoal looking job.
Obviously I want to pass the sva test, but if I do fail I want it to be on as few things as possible so I will definately be fitting inner arches to eliminate that problem. I will give tim a call in the near future and find out about the grp ones.
As for the painting its just a case of saving some cash now to get a professinoal looking job.