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Offline z3i

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Rear arch welding
« on: October 02, 2012, 10:20:47 pm »
Hi people, i new to this forum, and very new to polo's was expecting them to be similar to my mk2 golf oh how i was wrong :(
can anyone tell me, or send me a link for polo rear arches as mine are rusty (g40 ones if they are any different to standard) i went on heritage were i get all my golf part (wheel arches included) and noticed they dont even do any polo parts!!! genuine would be better as my golf ones were non genuine and it was like fitting an astra bootlid to my qaurter arch. much appriciated Taylor
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Offline hayesey

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Re: Rear arch welding
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2012, 09:21:30 am »
Hi,

not sure you can get repair panels for the rear arches.  I have seen whole rear quarters, they are available.  Occasionally sell on ebay for not much.

Hadrians do all sorts of pattern panels for polos though, they might have something.
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Re: Rear arch welding
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2012, 11:38:37 am »
what's the fit like with hadrains pattern parts?
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Re: Rear arch welding
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2012, 12:58:24 pm »
When I was doing mine I couldn't find any repair panels genuine or patten for the rear arches on a coupe. The only thing that might be available is a full rear quarter from VW but they are not cheap.
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Re: Rear arch welding
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2012, 02:15:19 pm »
Quote from: dub-disaster on October 03, 2012, 11:38:37 am
what's the fit like with hadrains pattern parts?

not brilliant but a decent bodyshop will be able to make them fit.
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Re: Rear arch welding
« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2012, 06:42:56 pm »
Thanks for your replies peeps
well thats the problem, i work for a bodyshop lol, i will be welding them on myself, but i dont want to bodge loads of bits of scrap metal ive found to remake an arch
looks like i will be saving up and taking a trip to vw for a whole qaurter :( are there many coupes kicking around in the scrap yards?
could just take the massive battery powered saw for cutting off chassis legs and tear off an arch lol
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Re: Rear arch welding
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2012, 09:55:11 am »
not really many in scrapyards any more, most yards don't keep things that old.  Some specialist VW yards might though.

Keep an eye on ebay, sometimes new old stock quarters come up for sale (genuine VW, not pattern).  They don't usually go for very much as most people don't want them or know what to do with them.

There's VW heritage as well, they might be better than normal VW parts desks.
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Re: Rear arch welding
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2012, 07:39:36 pm »
Quote from: hayesey on October 04, 2012, 09:55:11 am
not really many in scrapyards any more, most yards don't keep things that old.  Some specialist VW yards might though.

Keep an eye on ebay, sometimes new old stock quarters come up for sale (genuine VW, not pattern).  They don't usually go for very much as most people don't want them or know what to do with them.

There's VW heritage as well, they might be better than normal VW parts desks.

cheers mate, will keep an eye on ebay then. i did look on heritage but they dont do any polo parts?!?
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Re: Rear arch welding
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2012, 09:29:04 pm »
Ring or email them and ask. I've had lots of bits from them that aren't listed on their website.
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Re: Rear arch welding
« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2012, 02:07:18 pm »
they dont list polo but if you search polo in thier search field it brings back pages of relevant results.

poor show from the heritage team, not to make a section as its 15 minutes work for a web designer
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Re: Rear arch welding
« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2012, 07:22:02 pm »
Quote from: grungeisdead on October 05, 2012, 02:07:18 pm
they dont list polo but if you search polo in thier search field it brings back pages of relevant results.

poor show from the heritage team, not to make a section as its 15 minutes work for a web designer

yeah they sell loads of polo bits after i searched!? thats really crap advertising. i will send them an email as i emailed them about loads of golf parts they dont list but did have! pretty usless, like you say for 15 minutes work
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Re: Rear arch welding
« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2012, 11:56:58 pm »
Or get someone on here thats breaking their car, to cut the rear arches out for you then just clean them up and weld them on  ;D
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Re: Rear arch welding
« Reply #12 on: October 07, 2012, 03:47:40 pm »
Quote from: 1982mk1 on October 05, 2012, 11:56:58 pm
Or get someone on here thats breaking their car, to cut the rear arches out for you then just clean them up and weld them on  ;D
That is a plan!
if anyone knows anyone that is breaking a car please let me know, i will keep an eye out and post something up
but thanks
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Offline Andy

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Re: Rear arch welding
« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2012, 05:53:59 pm »
There's a cars breaking for sale section on Club Polo that might be of use? You have to sign-up and log-in to view it though.
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Re: Rear arch welding
« Reply #14 on: October 08, 2012, 10:10:42 pm »
Quote from: Andy on October 07, 2012, 05:53:59 pm
There's a cars breaking for sale section on Club Polo that might be of use? You have to sign-up and log-in to view it though.

Signed up for club polo, seemed like a decent forum at first, then i read a post about people wrecking threads, seems like its full off arse holes? i quite liked reading peoples build threads on there, and then they were just complaining about people wrecking them :S cant be as bad as edition 38 lol. i got told i was full of bullshit because i didnt post up pictures of a some bodywork i said i did. lots of lovely people on there.....

anyway to the point of rusty arches. thanks for the help, but i had a stroke of luck, my mentor at work, his sons mate is selling a polo coupe (rust free) with a blown engine, so im gonna buy that for cheap and use all the panels that arnt as rusty as mine :D result!!
thanks again :)
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