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blackwolf

Member Since: 03 Nov 2009
Location: South West England
Posts: 17778

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 DCPU Stornoway Grey

Hufflepuff wrote:
bankz5152 wrote:
Shockingly. Britpart.

They've just started doing oem looking +30mm arches with internal fittings

I would very much like to see a Defender with these attached. The pictures they have in the magazine adverts look identical to standard ones, eg:

https://www.flatdoguk.com/defender-wide-arches-+30mm~2762

I am slightly sceptical that these are really +30mm over standard, if they really are then its a winner in my mind.

To my eyes the vehicle in the photo has arches that look conspicuously wider than standard (it would have been handy to have a standard vehicle alongside for comparison). They do look very "genuine" though and in my opinion much better than most wide arches.

Has anyone on here fitted a set yet and able to offer feedback? As Hufflepuff says, if these really are as good as they look in the photo, are +30mm wider, and have the bit inside the wing, and are better quality than some other Britpart offerings, then they could be a winner.

31st Jan 2019 11:37am

benniferj

Member Since: 20 Oct 2016
Location: Basingstoke
Posts: 361

@benniferj, what size are your wheels and tyres and are you running off set rims or spacers? Am busy saving up for a new set of rubber.
My 90 is just an off road toy does about 1500miles a year if that, pay and play and greenlane trips. it used to sit bonnet deep in mud most weekends lol

They are -35mm offset 15x10j Modulars with weld on beadlocks. Tyres are Maxxis Creepy Crawler 35x12.50x15. Definitely no spacers, its better to do it all with the wheel itself and less failure points! If you're using a car as a toy like that definitely do a setup like mine! Mind you it's a fortunate to prep it all for it with Ashcroft... everything... shafts CVs, XCess (Nige) pegged diffs...

3rd Feb 2019 10:08am

isacs

Member Since: 28 Aug 2015
Location: Leamington spa
Posts: 404

Like the previous have said.. dirt defenders.

IMHO going down the full extension route is over complicating things. Unless you desire the artic truck look

3rd Feb 2019 10:23am

BogMonster

Member Since: 05 Feb 2008
Location: Stanley
Posts: 403

2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Corris Grey

camelman wrote:

Bear in mind, you'll still have to cut the front wheel arches if you want to maintain the inner wing protection as these +30mm arches are only the external half of the arch.

I had the same thing with the +50mm arches,

Not sure I understand, if the Britpart ones fit on the same mountings as the normal arches (which I take to mean that they fix on with the usual plastic push-in rivets) then why would you need to cut anything (and what?)

Having spotted these I am quite interested in getting some as all three of our vehicles have wide wheels and the vehicles get messy. ---
2006 Defender 110 SW 300Tdi • 2011 Ford Ranger XLT crewcab • 2015 Defender 110 Station Wagon Utility TDCi

3rd Feb 2019 11:05am

gazman

Member Since: 17 Aug 2015
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 652

I have the industrial style but I quite like em

Click image to enlarge 2014 - current ..... 2003 defender td5 90 (my car)
2009 - current .... 2005 zx10r

3rd Feb 2019 1:33pm

camelman

Member Since: 27 Feb 2013
Location: Peak District
Posts: 3401

BogMonster wrote:
camelman wrote:

Bear in mind, you'll still have to cut the front wheel arches if you want to maintain the inner wing protection as these +30mm arches are only the external half of the arch.

I had the same thing with the +50mm arches,

Not sure I understand, if the Britpart ones fit on the same mountings as the normal arches (which I take to mean that they fix on with the usual plastic push-in rivets) then why would you need to cut anything (and what?)

Having spotted these I am quite interested in getting some as all three of our vehicles have wide wheels and the vehicles get messy.

The original arches have an extended inner section to stop crap getting to the inner wing area. See item 18

Click image to enlarge

4th Feb 2019 7:35pm

GREENI

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

Having fandango wheels now, I remembered this thread and decided order the Shtprt arches, just to see how they looked.

Last weekend I had the trials bike on the back and had a bit of arch rub on spring compression, which when looking at the arches I concluded that these would eliminate that.

Another factor was my original arches weren't in the best of shape either. So I decided to go balls deep and fit the Shtprt arches.
Apart from having cut your front arches up, the quality seems good, don't know how long they would last with lane rash though. Not that I'll be doing a heap of that....

Sorry Grafty, I'll do some pics as requested, soon.

23rd Feb 2019 8:07pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4801

No rush

Tempted to get a set to keep the defender cleaner, interested to see the profile

2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE
Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200
Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html
Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html
RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html
Instagram http://www.instagram.com/george_grafton

23rd Feb 2019 8:47pm

JOW240725

Member Since: 04 May 2015
Location: Suffolk
Posts: 7925

2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Orkney Grey

They look great, wouldn't tell they were wider at a glance, which to me is a good thing. Thought about colour coding them?

James
MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html
MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641
MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557
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23rd Feb 2019 9:46pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4801

I'll certainly be colour coding them if I get them.... 2002 90 Td5 Station Wagon
1990 Vogue SE
Triumph Tiger Explorer 1200
Td5 90 Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic50767.html
Tdi 110 Thread https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic69562.html
RRC Thread http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic54492.html
Instagram http://www.instagram.com/george_grafton

23rd Feb 2019 10:03pm

GREENI

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

I'm not ruining anything else with a paint brush.....

Except my fat bike.

23rd Feb 2019 10:40pm

grafty99

Member Since: 15 Aug 2012
Location: North Devon
Posts: 4801

Roller?

23rd Feb 2019 10:52pm

Andy80

Member Since: 31 May 2013
Location: Essex
Posts: 492

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 HT Cairns Blue

gazman wrote:
I have the industrial style but I quite like em

Click image to enlarge

g

I love the Utility look of your 90

Working towards Carry on camping!

24th Feb 2019 9:20am

Hufflepuff

Member Since: 25 Oct 2014
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 727

GREENI wrote:
Having fandango wheels now, I remembered this thread and decided order the Shtprt arches, just to see how they looked.

Nice! Did you happen to take any pictures of butchering the original inner arches for a matter of interest? I'm wondering how you fitted bother together - did you lay the outer arch over the remainder of the inner arch, and just put the plastic pins through both together, or is there an alternative more obvious method which I am overlooking? 2005 Td5 90 XS
1989 V8 110 CSW

24th Feb 2019 5:46pm

GREENI

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

I just cut them, I figured there'd be a gap no matter how much care you took. A decent join would have been lucky. I'll mask them up in summer and do a nice filler with silicone, make them all join up nice.

24th Feb 2019 6:20pm

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