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Newish prelude owner, LewisH's old car

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Post by paul bristol uk » Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:08 pm

I think they look very good but I think they would better with the screw hole covered and the arches painted to mach the car.
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Post by Donald » Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:12 pm

paul bristol uk wrote:I think they look very good but I think they would better with the screw hole covered and the arches painted to mach the car.
This, unless it's balls out lairy AF 6000bhp/Merlin spec.
Smooth finish all the way for your average Prelude, I don't think the Prelude (in general) could carry such a mean kit unless it had the background to go with it.


Not saying this looks jobby btw, I still like it.

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Re: Newish prelude owner, LewisH's old car

Post by akiragost » Sat Jul 04, 2015 11:33 am

rob quilter wrote:Where did you get the arches from?
ebay! Lol but make sure u get the right sizes, there's so many different sizes

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Re: Newish prelude owner, LewisH's old car

Post by cebul » Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:52 pm

akiragost wrote:
rob quilter wrote:Where did you get the arches from?
ebay! Lol but make sure u get the right sizes, there's so many different sizes
What size are your? The same on the front and on the back? Could you drop a link here please?

Car look nice. Only thing is- you spent a lot of cash and effort, so why at the end you fitted fake rims...
ludes are ment to be driven, not wanking around on a stand like a Civic.

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Re: Newish prelude owner, LewisH's old car

Post by akiragost » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:05 pm

cebul wrote:
akiragost wrote:
rob quilter wrote:Where did you get the arches from?
ebay! Lol but make sure u get the right sizes, there's so many different sizes
What size are your? The same on the front and on the back? Could you drop a link here please?

Car look nice. Only thing is- you spent a lot of cash and effort, so why at the end you fitted fake rims...
I'll check the size when I'm back in UK, on a short holiday at the moment in Bangkok and Taiwan =) yea, not new to spending quite a bit of money on modding cars but couldn't justify too much on a prelude with real wheels being more expensive than the car =(

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Post by akiragost » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:07 pm

Oh and front and back were the same sizes

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Post by akiragost » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:15 pm


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Post by NafemanNathan » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:26 pm

Have you siliconed around the arches afterwards? They look to be sat or finished off with a bead of some sort.

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Re: Newish prelude owner, LewisH's old car

Post by akiragost » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:30 pm

Some people use silicone, I used a less permanent rubber strip, I think it's called welting, people use this for boats and retro cars on arches, u just lay it between the body and the arch, and on the edge, it's kinda rounded, if you google welting it would make more sense.

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Re: Newish prelude owner, LewisH's old car

Post by akiragost » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:39 pm

http://classicdatsun.com/new/ZG-flares_inst.html

This is done on a 240z but easier to understand how it's done

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