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kzycnn

Member Since: 24 Apr 2009
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 277

Britpart extended wheel arches

Hi

I'm running with 30mm spacers and 265 tyres. As a result I get a lot of muck spraying up the side of my car. Can't fit the Dirt D-fender that MUD supply as I have tree sliders fitted.

I've seen these beasties from Britpart...
https://www.britpart.com/parts/exterior-pr...its/da1978

Anyone have any experience of them? I'm tempted as they look OEM, should have the same OEM flexibility and, at 30mm wider than OEM, should put me back to where I was (muck wise

) before adding the spacers.

There seem to be loads of different prices out there as well so I'm a bit uncertain as to what would actually be supplied. For example, Britpart supply as front/rear pairs at (about) £92 but I found these as well
https://www.lrparts.net/lrc1418-set-of-fou...-pair.html

That seems sensible as a full set but why is cutting needed? I assumed you'd just unclip the originals and clip in the replacements?

Confused, as seems to be the norm these days

Tony

19th Sep 2019 1:03pm

dantastic

Member Since: 04 May 2010
Location: London
Posts: 367

The reason you need to cut is in the installation instructions
https://www.lrparts.net/mwdownloads/download/link/id/3/

That's a bit

. Would it have hurt them so much just to make a complete arch....

19th Sep 2019 3:52pm

GREENI

Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10383

I fitted some to the v8, yes you have to cut the fronts, so try buy some crappers off ebay and keep the originals.
I quickly hated the look and reverted back to standard.

19th Sep 2019 6:08pm

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11324

Have you considered the Gwyn Lewis mud flap extenders? They push the flaps further outboard to solve exactly this problem. Darren

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19th Sep 2019 8:25pm

Rad666

Member Since: 21 Jun 2016
Location: North yorkshire
Posts: 89

1998 Defender 110 300 Tdi DCPU Keswick Green

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I like em, inner arch needs cutting out, also have the gwyn lewis mudflap brackets

19th Sep 2019 9:41pm

GREENI

Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10383

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I was really unsure, Mrs G said she preferred original, so I switched back.

20th Sep 2019 6:42am

GREENI

Member Since: 22 Aug 2010
Location: staffs
Posts: 10383

Oops, that’s before.

After.

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20th Sep 2019 6:44am

dantastic

Member Since: 04 May 2010
Location: London
Posts: 367

I agree, looks better with the standard ones!

I have the gwyn lewis mud flap extenders mentioned. They are brilliant, no muck on the sides with sticky outey tyres.

20th Sep 2019 7:34am

kzycnn

Member Since: 24 Apr 2009
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 277

Thanks for the replies. I'll have a bash at the mud flap extenders and see how it goes. Not sure about the Britpart arches from the pics.

Tony

20th Sep 2019 12:12pm

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