rear wheel well liner
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rear wheel well liner - 11/13/2007 1:26:58 PM
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wineye
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Our 3's rear wheel well is not well protected, comparing to the two front wheel wells.
Espacially on the rear left wheel well, from there you can see the muffler. Anyone have any idea how to add a plastic liner to protect the metal part of the wheel well, and also for the strut tower plate and bolts? I can imagin the rust will begin from there, this is going to be a really useful mod if we could put our heads together to figure it out......
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RE: rear wheel well liner - 11/13/2007 6:33:26 PM
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MrSpike118
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I put in rhino liner with a piece of plastic to protect all the wheel wells
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RE: rear wheel well liner - 11/14/2007 5:43:29 AM
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wineye
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quote:
ORIGINAL: MrSpike118
I put in rhino liner with a piece of plastic to protect all the wheel wells
Great! Mr. Spike, Would you mind to share some details? esp. how to attach the liner to the wheel well arch? Thanks.
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RE: rear wheel well liner - 11/15/2007 7:11:29 AM
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wineye
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Come on people, I know you are out there contemplating......we need to see your ideas. We can find 1/8" plastic pieces, my sticky point is how to attach it to the wheel arch, I don't want to drill holes there simply because that''' speed up the rust around the holes. There's a fin-like structure on the back wall in the wheel well that have a few holes that can be used to fasten the plastic.
Also I am trying to find a few bolt thread cover for the bolts on the strut plate (two each side), the thread started to show rust now. Any ideas?
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RE: rear wheel well liner - 11/15/2007 12:01:19 PM
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virgin1
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Win,
I have to admit that I haven't spent any time thinking about the rear wheel well. I live in Texas where things generally don't rust... too fast.
However, I think I have the perfect solution to saving the threads on your threaded bolts.
1. Clean the threads as completely as you can.
2. Plumber's Silicone Grease. GREAT STUFF, but costly too. (around $3.00 for a little "pot" but it goes a long way.) Completely waterproof, safe and very weather resistant too. I use this stuff on my sway bar bushings and they work quietly and very well.
3. Universal vacuum port covers. At any decent parts store, or buy a selection from good ole' JCWhitney. You can get a whole box of 'em in different sizes for around $15+/-.
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RE: rear wheel well liner - 11/15/2007 12:44:32 PM
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eastcoaster
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I cant ever amagine why this is a problem. You dont see cars rusting out like in the 70's or early 80's. How long do you plan to own this car? My dodge neon was 7 years old and had 115,000 mile and it didnt have any rust. the first 5 year of its life was in New England so it saw plenty of salt and snow.
God I'm bitchy today.
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