K@R£N
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
Location: england
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just cleaned my corsa and i'm so proud of it lol. its my first car so dont laff lol. The only thing is, i've polished it and the red is a nice bright colour but the wheel arches are just grey. I've applied back to black and i even tried shoe polish but it just wont turn black lol. Can any1 help, pleeeaasssee !!!
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Ry_B
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Registered: 1st Dec 05
Location: Solihull, W Mids Drives: 45BHP beast!
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Same problem here.
Mine were white but after applying back to black many times they turned grey - still not black though!
Think to be honest mine were past the point of no return.
The only thing you can do really is get new arches mate
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K@R£N
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
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so much do wheel arches cost, and how much too fit??? its quite sad but its proper pissing me off, pardon my french
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Basscrazy
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we used to use some really greasy stuff that went right in and did make them black and shine nice then dulled down to normal black
also heard from other valeters to heat the rear arches and they do return to black with a heat gun
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K@R£N
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Registered: 12th Feb 06
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my dad got a heat gun but i'd av to take the wheel arches off 1st yeh, so how do i got about doin that??
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vx.racing
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Registered: 17th Feb 06
Location: Tyrone, Northern Ireland
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The mouldings are screwed onto the arch itself.. just have a feel underneath the arch and you'll have some plastic nuts to remove.. think there are 5 or 6 of these (memory is going). Once you've got them screwed off, the bumper and arch are pushed into one another.. pop them apart and the moulding will just come off.
[Edited on 03-06-2006 by vx.racing]
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