Discovery / 90 arch kit

[Microteck]

dos any one know if the 90 defender arch kits fit a discovery 200tdi. trying to widen the arches on a shoe string. :?:

[Xtremeteam]

you can fit the defender arches but it does look [!Expletive Deleted!]

[Guardian.]

seen several, looks ok for an offroader practical solution but definately not the best!
would also imagine they are a bit of a pig to fix on and have well stuck as you will be cutting off the lip they should in theory rivet onto.
some one will come along soon and tell you how to do it though.

[Budgie]

It maybe the cheap option but there is far more work involved and they just don't look good on a Disco.

Chuggaman, on here, does Roccia flares for a Disco which are good looking, easy(ish) to fit and don't cost that much.  

[barmiebrumie]

Did this on a rrc & thoght they looked ok & will be doing it to the disco soon but i have got 33's on & will be spacing the wheels as well  :roll:

[Microteck]

many thanks for your input :lol: . times are hard and i will have to look around. trouble is you do not hear of any second hand ones and every time one gos out you end up with the back tyres catching the weel arches. mmmmm will have to do some think about it befor i have a tyre blow out on me  

[Disco Inferno]

yes you can put em on

no they don't look overly great
BUT

they're cheap and they won't break when you lean em up agaist a tee or banking. If you want your motor to look arty farty and pretty then spend the 160 odd quid on the breakable expensive ones.
If you want summt that will take abuse then go for the defender ones

i put the defender arches on my 5 door 200tdi when i put the 33's on
fronts are dead easy, rears on the 5 door were an absolute pig, i'm not going to hide that
think a big mistake people make when fitting the defender arches is not trimming them
i fitted them complete then trimmed almost 2" of them in the middle, tapering them out at each end.

It also just so happens that i have a jig/te,plate here which acts as the cutting guide for both front and back
anyone is welcome to a free  copy of it if theyget a sheet of hardboard to me

you line the jig up onthe body and draw a line round the template on the bodywork, then draw another line 1" inside the first line. You cut the wing out to the second line, the cut up to th first line making 1" tabs
these need to be folded in to form the start of the new wing edge
next you need to get some 30mm wide 2mm alluminium strip, about 5' long
this is bent and insertind inside the back of the tabs and riveted to each tab, thus forming a rigid eddge to fasten to

once done you offer up the defender arch, pilot drill and secure using screwfix's finest self drillign sheet rooofing socket head self tappers, start at the middle and work outwards, bendign the arch in as you go

its fiddly and time consuming but looks  ok in the end

i canwrite up a proper article if you like, not got any piccies lyign about though as i did it 18+ months ago


all in i spent 1/2 a day on the fronts and 1 day on the rears
last time i saw the car they were still on it and hadn't been ripped off or cracked like the crappy fibreglass ones

you

[Microteck]

Thanks for your input Disco Inferno. we have two discoverys , j reg and k reg. both three door so i will be looking into what you say and will post the out come. pitty i dont have mony falling of my trees then i could spend spend spend and it would not be a problem  :lol:

[bullfrog]

Roccia do do a budget option .
Click the link below

http://roccia.co.uk/cgi-bin/bb000001.pl?ACTINIC_REFERRER=http://roccia.co.uk/cgi-bin/bb000001.pl&PRODUCTPAGE=Discovery__wheel_arch_flares.html

[Budgie]

If you want your motor to look arty farty and pretty then spend the 160 odd quid on the breakable expensive ones.

Chuggaman and Innovation 4x4 make plastic ones now which don't break.  

[Tyke]

Just got a set of Chuga's flares, in 3mm ABS, they will twist right through 180 degrees no problem so I reckon they will take a knock or two . . . .


They are not as wide as some of the alternatives either which will keep the overall width down when faced with narrow gateways and openings.


Will be fitting them soon, 5-door set, will take some pics and post them up when I do.