Wider arches needed

Diesel Do · Feb 23, 2016

I'm after a body kit for a facelift freelander 3 door. Any one got one or at least the bits that go on the bumpers?

3.5 efi · Feb 23, 2016

Stick some defender arches on it ?

Diesel Do · Feb 25, 2016

Wrong shape

Alibro · Feb 25, 2016

MacGyver · Feb 25, 2016

Arches would be an excellent and popular add on for our cars.

Bolt them straight onto existing Arches or in same holes and Wolla.

RealBeale · Feb 26, 2016

I looked at getting some arches made using the ones from the body kit as a sort of template. However the biggest hurdle was the bumpers. I wanted to make the arches a 1 piece item but then I would be limited to a facelift, as this is what my Freelander is. So a second set of arches would need to have been made for earlier models which would double the development costs. I toyed with the idea of 2 piece arches but would still need to have 2 different styles for the bumpers. Either way it would have been expensive. I gave up in the end. But I'd still like a set. I even looked at a full rally style wide body kit, mocking up different ideas on a scale model.

Diesel Do · Feb 27, 2016

I've considered making some. But just too involved. Rather have an off the shelf fix. Facelift ones are flipping rare

Diesel Do · Feb 27, 2016

Rscabrio · Feb 27, 2016

Wondered about these love the disco ones ya bolt on myself
Did wonder about if a decent 3d printer could make something but or maybe a spacer plate for behind the originals
Only thing is as reale beale says mk1 and 2 differant as is 3 door and 5 door

RealBeale · Feb 27, 2016

I think the Disco type will need too much of the bodywork removing. Ok for coilsprung D-Landers with massive tyres, but not for genuine Freelanders. Even the largest tyres would look lost. Less so with the larger but "round" arches on the orange D-Lander.
The wide arches on the Evoque are more like it. This is the thing I was thinking of.

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Diesel Do · Feb 28, 2016

The evoque ones are more what I was thinking. Plan in simple terms was cut stripey bits of body kit and fit. How big are evoque wheels ?

RealBeale · Feb 28, 2016

That's how I started with mine. I cut the ribs out and filled the gaps. Took them to my fibreglass guy who explained it wasn't as simple as I thought.They would need to be pegged and filled to make them wider. I'd have to have them built up on the vehicle which could ruin the paintwork, plus the vehicle would have to be left with him while he did the job, which would be done in between his regular fibreglassing work, which meant potentially being without the vehicle for months. The arches were "lost " at some point. Don't know where they ended up. If I could get a facelift set cheap enough I'd just modify the arches as I did before and stick them on. They're not really any wider but are deeper. But I think may give the illusion of being far bigger if fitted without the rest of that hideous body kit. I'm sure the bodykit was modelled on a Ju-52 !!
The ones on that Evoque above are exactly how I had envisioned the arches I wanted made up for my Freelander about 7 years ago. That's how far back I started the now defunct project. I had my old blue V6 back then..................................happy days.

Diesel Do · Feb 28, 2016

I was measuring up a pre facelift one and recon it was about 15 mm each side which would be about right. I have a friend that can do grp but it's a lot of faf as you say. If I was going to that much trouble if probably make a kit like on the yellow drawing.

RealBeale · Feb 28, 2016

I came across these when I was doing some research years ago. (currently on Ebay) Their website also had the same style for many vehicles including the pre-facelift Freelander in a silver/gold colour . ISTR they were damn expensive - around £400 Euros , and they never ever replied to my emails. I may have a pic on one of my old memory sticks. I'll try and dig it out. Exactly the same as in the Touareg in the pics, but on a Freelander.

Diesel Do · Feb 28, 2016

Something like that would be good

MacGyver · Feb 28, 2016

That would be exactly what I'd myself.

RealBeale · Feb 28, 2016

Freelander 2 test mule.(note F2 front end, wheels and exhaust) . The rear arches seem to be about right for what I'd want.

Diesel Do · Feb 28, 2016

Got spare wings. Had thought of trying that. Not so easy on the rear though

RealBeale · Feb 29, 2016

I used that for the wide body idea I had. I cut the flat top off the spare wing that's used to bolt the wing to the car and held it against the wing on the car with the bonnet closed. The vertical inside rear of the wing plastic seems a very natural template when using this as a guide against the vehicle and this gives approximately the right width for a bodykit. The front of the wing was then pegged/spaced the same width as the rear. Immediately you could see the effect . I held it in place with tape and it looked "right". I had a "why hasn't this been done before" moment.
Unfortunately I needed to do the rears, but being metal - and double skinned, it became another shelved idea. I had access to a couple of body shells via a breaker in Cannock but I needed to use an angle grinder to cut a rear panels out and it was so noisy people on the trading estate complained so I was asked to stop.
Then there's the bumpers to modify. Far easier on the pre-facelift.
If I had a garage I could have done it.

Diesel Do · Jul 27, 2016

I did it in the end

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