Wheel arch panel..

[greyhulk]

Hi guys, just having a look under the bonnet, moving over ignition coil & tidying up few things & it dawned on me i only have one wheel arch panel.. does everyone else have the two or just the one on the left side?

(do parden the old pic, its alot tider now )


Conveniently 'TVR-Parts' now have them listed & i noticed theres RH one, am i correct in thinking this is the one on my pic above & sits just above the wheel to stop mud etc? just checking before i purchase & get hit with £7 delivery



Thanks
Steve

Edited by greyhulk on Saturday 27th February 10:36

[magpies]

Yes there should be one on each side

[greymrj]

Yes there is a right hand one as well and it will have a formed recess to miss the servo piping. I would be interested to see how you get on with it. On the early cars the moulding of the offside/righthand inner wheel arch is distorted; the angle of the inner lip isnt 90 degrees to the top and they never seem to fit as well as the nearside. I have seen several cars like that. If the new panel has corrected this then I would be interested in one myself as mine is a bit damaged. Report back!!

[greyhulk]

cheers guys, will add it to my order list.. I just need to get hold of a RH drop glass now as mine has a large chip area out of the top & interior lamp (fiesta one i got off ebay looks very tacky)

[TVRees]

Are these the ones you mean ? These are off an S2. One has a formed recess, as mentioned earlier.

[greyhulk]

TVRees said:

Are these the ones you mean ? These are off an S2. One has a formed recess, as mentioned earlier.

Yes that's the ones, they look a hell of a lot neater than the old tatty one on mine, would they be the same fit as the S1's?

[Alan Whitaker]

How many have these on there cars,

Alan

[glenrobbo]

Alan Whitaker said:

How many have these on their cars?

I think everyone is supposed to have them Alan,
but Alan461 may have removed his as part of his minimalisation programme.

Later cars, S2 onwards I think, had additional arches fitted in the bonnet to join up with the rear arches, thus cutting down road spray even more.
I guess both sections are dispensable if you don't intend driving in the wet.

[greymrj]

Glen is right on that. If I remember correctly on the later cars these panels are also slightly wider, certainly those shown above look wider, and have a better angle between the main horizontal and vertical profiles. The later type as being sold by TVR Parts should fit the earlier cars OK, and be an improvement.

Running without RH arch, without other mods, would make the servo and bulkhead steering joint even more vulnerable.

[Alan Whitaker]

Ok better get a new pr then

Alan

[greyhulk]

I better get one on order, any suggestions on fixing them?

[Alan Whitaker]

So, where are these sold, is it a after market part.

Alan

[greyhulk]

Alan Whitaker said:

So, where are these sold, is it a after market part.

Alan

TVR-Parts mate, just about to order a RH one, price is abit steep at £48 + £7 delivery tho

http://tvr-parts.com/tvr-parts/part-details/tvr-s2...

[Alan Whitaker]

That's £105 quid for 2,

[greyhulk]

Alan Whitaker said:

That's £105 quid for 2,

very pricey for what they are to be honest.. maybe i should of signed up to tvrcc to get discount off

[Alan Whitaker]

Think it's time to get the Fiberglass out and make a pr, they know how to charge

Alan

[greyhulk]

my current one on the car is fibreglass but these ones listed kind of look like some sort of plastic? ..Unless its just the blingy picture doing them justice, let me know how you get on making one batch of orders might fly in

Edited by greyhulk on Sunday 28th February 14:48

[magpies]

Alan - I can pop down sometime soon and loan you mine to make a buck - if you wish

unless you are in North Yorks sometime

[TVRees]

glenrobbo said:

Later cars, S2 onwards I think, had additional arches fitted in the bonnet to join up with the rear arches, thus cutting down road spray even more

I took a few pictures of mine earlier. There are indeed two panels per side on my S2. In the photos below, the smaller one fixes to the body and the bigger one fixes to the bonnet.

1. Passenger Side (arrowed indent is actually for the windscreen washer reservoir)


2. Driver Side

Edited by TVRees on Tuesday 1st March 21:11

[Fibre-ron]

I have a set of moulds for both sides