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Oggie · Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:58 pm Post subject: Wide arches

Gentlemen, my beloved car should be having some major body work done in a few weeks , but Im still a bit undecided as to the kit to use, I may go down the Ed Gury (ex nick humphrey race 33 car kit) route but don't feel it gives a wide enough arch as my rear split rims are 20mm wide than the car!!. Any suggestions and info would be great. Ta.
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john 33_16v · Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:33 am Post subject:

Hi,

Google Images throws up these two ideas:

And

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Oggie · Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:04 pm Post subject:

Hi John, the first photo is the kit I can get hold of, I quite like the arches but not the rear door and the bumper on the second, too much boy racer style. I have seen a racer with the 155 dtm style kit but the owners can't be bothered to reply to my request (david thomas garages). Evil or Very Mad

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flat4alfa · Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 12:13 am Post subject:

Mr Thomas, I've noticed, has lost some of his interest these days, probably as the business is snowed with work. I overheard him turn work away many a time. If it's not Alfa work it's customers from far and wide as they are the local, trusted, MOT station

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johnboy · Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:32 pm Post subject:

Ed's boot and bonnet are now on my 33 Laughing

i do love that kit Cool

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rsfruitbat · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:18 am Post subject:

As a package the second photo is boy racer ish. However if you look at just the arches I think it suits the 33's shape a lot more. Its the same as Audi is doing with their RS variants.

I think the integrale kit is wide enough to cover your new wheels Oggie. Try measuring out from the waist line on your car and get a distance to edge of your new wheels. Can you then compare that measurement with the arch standoff on the photo?

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baiones · Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:58 am Post subject:

Here in Portugal there is an S2 that looks like this :

Those are recent photos taken by me .

I talked to the guy, maybe almost 10 years ago, when he made it, and he told me it's all done by him, not fiber glass, it's really metal, he works in an auto body repair garage, and tooke him nearly one year to do .

The wheels are from a bug ( VW ), reverse mounted .

I would prefer that mod on a complete series 3 or series 2, not the mix of both...

But it's very cool!!
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Oggie · Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:14 pm Post subject:

Well I have taken the plunge and ordered a set of arches (like the orange car) to be made up in fibre glass, they should arrive with me in 2 weeks time, in the mean time Im getting some rust sorted on the boot floor and around the original inner arches just to make sure its solid before the kit goes on and re-sprayed. I hope by the spring it will be back together and turning heads. Cool

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JetJackson · Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:19 pm Post subject:

the arches on the orange one look cool, who makes tham and how much are they?
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Oggie · Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:14 pm Post subject:

A chap called Bob Wright makes the kit on the orange bls race car, his company is called Alfa Panels. I have that kit now and its a bit rough round the edges and will take a bit of fettling to get it looking right. The kit (which consists of 2 front wings, 2 rear door skins and 2 rear quater panels) costs £600.00p Shocked

plus £20 postage, and to make it street worthy it will need a bit more supporting and fabricating around the front wings and rear quater panels (otherwise it will leak water and small stones!).
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33bits · Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 6:02 pm Post subject:

You're car will look amazing when done Iain, Edwards s2 with the wide kit was nice, would be good to see another 33 looking similar. His 33 is now owned by Dave Lambourn who has put the standard interior back in it, so it is now a wide bodied rd car, still with the 16v engine in. Good luck with the project sir.
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JetJackson · Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:17 pm Post subject:

could you post a few pics of the kit and the fitting in progress?

I've got a picture somewhere of a similar kit on a 'sud, that was a BLS kit too.
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bs33 · Alfa Arna Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Posts: 1

Good to hear you've got your bits Iain - I did say that they will need some work for a nice road car! My race car does'nt have to be completely waterproof but it did take quite a bit of work to make it reasonable! If you need any photos, etc let me know, I'll be over in Lincoln next week.

Oggie · Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:09 pm Post subject:

Thanks Bs33 (Brian i think its you), yes its taken a while to get it together but should be worth it in the long run (i hope). Confused

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BigAl · P4 Joined: 06 May 2003 Posts: 2990 Location: U.K Surrey

Thought you might like this

Stupid site wont let you view pictures unless you are ogged in, bobbber can you guess what site?
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Oggie · Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:47 pm Post subject:

Well my rear panel was shot and would need a lot of cutting and filling to make good, instead I have now believe it or not ordered the slam panel new from alfa dealership so work can continue. Interesting to know that he parts still available. Smile

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BigAl · P4 Joined: 06 May 2003 Posts: 2990 Location: U.K Surrey

Iain,
can we here have an update please and not be forced to sign up on the other site.
Thank you Laughing

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Oggie · Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:45 pm Post subject:

Ok , heres the story so far, the kit is on , i have new rubber boots on and its off to be primed this week, if I could work out how to post pictures on this site I would , Im afraid that Im not a wiz with pc stuff!!lol. http://www5.snapfish.co.uk/slideshow/AlbumID=1095125025/PictureID=35642053025/a=2256089025_2256089025/ these were taken by one of the employee's at Alfa Aid.[/img]
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BigAl · P4 Joined: 06 May 2003 Posts: 2990 Location: U.K Surrey

lol iain
when you go to make a post there is Img above the box where you enter the text. If you click on it you will get "[img]" at the start and "[/img]" at the end, with out the quotation marks. you then need to put the url short cut to the pic inbetween these two. E.G http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x73/bigal333/Clutchslavecylinderremoval.jpg
Even if it doesnt pop up, you should get a link to it.
hope that helps
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Oggie · Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 6:54 pm Post subject:

The car is almost ready, Im picking it up next Saturday.
I have seen the car with the new springs on and its real low, the downside is the body shop are going to get it back in after the Spa trip to re-paint and flat the paint work, its lets say very poor IMHO. Rolling Eyes

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BigAl · P4 Joined: 06 May 2003 Posts: 2990 Location: U.K Surrey

good luck

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Oggie · Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:03 pm Post subject:

http://www5.snapfish.co.uk/snapfishuk/slideshow/AlbumID=1095125025/PictureID=52955005025/a=2256089025_2256089025
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paulhide · Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:21 pm Post subject:

http://www3.snapfish.co.uk/snapfishuk/slideshow/AlbumID=3183720006/PictureID=150074235006/a=21914102_21914102/otsc=SHR/otsi=SPIClink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfishuk/

I dunno how you get a picture from there to here either, but,

cooooooooool Exclamation

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BigAl · P4 Joined: 06 May 2003 Posts: 2990 Location: U.K Surrey

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lee16v · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:01 pm Post subject:

Looking good Iain. Cool