Metal wide arches for Mk1/2/3 Escorts?
30-01-2007, 10:53 AM
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Metal wide arches for Mk1/2/3 Escorts?
As per title really, what ones are available in metal rather than fibreglass, and where hell you get them from?
Actual arch extensions rather than an X-Pack sort of thing.
Cheers
Actual arch extensions rather than an X-Pack sort of thing.
Cheers
30-01-2007, 10:57 AM
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30-01-2007, 11:12 AM
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montes are the biggest really... like dingy's,although i think the ones i have are like monte rears but with the lip cut off so are just as wide on the rear and wider on the front. (see my thread in restos if you don't get what i mean! but you can't get mine in metal (gp2 zakspeed) anyway)
then i think it goes tarmac then forest.
also bubbles. i think expressed do the bubbles, then someone like prepfab, gartrac ralloy etc for the others mate
they sell them at rally design too iirc.
then i think it goes tarmac then forest.
also bubbles. i think expressed do the bubbles, then someone like prepfab, gartrac ralloy etc for the others mate
they sell them at rally design too iirc.
at the prices at Prefab compared to fibreglass smith n deakin jobs
30-01-2007, 11:55 AM
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prepfab aren't the cheapest by a long way.. do you know specifically which type you're after?
and yes,. the alloy will always be more expensive than the fibreglass... especially bubbles. (and smith and deakin aren't the best for fibre glass either from what i understand)
and yes,. the alloy will always be more expensive than the fibreglass... especially bubbles. (and smith and deakin aren't the best for fibre glass either from what i understand)
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31-01-2007, 06:56 AM
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in that photo your arches don't actually look any bigger than mine i think Paul.. maybe it's just my eyes not seeing it right.. 
what size rims can you get under there with the tubs? have the rails been narrowed at the back?
what size rims can you get under there with the tubs? have the rails been narrowed at the back?
31-01-2007, 10:51 AM
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Re: Metal wide arches for Mk1/2/3 Escorts?
when you talk arches on a escort there is only 1 company to think
of and thats WWW.GARTRAC.COM
yes they may be dearer but all the other companies are copying
what gartrac did,the mk 3 ones were the best arches imo
and made of alloy
of and thats WWW.GARTRAC.COM
yes they may be dearer but all the other companies are copying
what gartrac did,the mk 3 ones were the best arches imo
and made of alloy
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Originally Posted by NORTH YORKS RS SPARES
Mine are by Ralloy
Monte rears , + 1" , the biggest you can get
Monte rears , + 1" , the biggest you can get
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Re: Metal wide arches for Mk1/2/3 Escorts?
Originally Posted by cozzfather
when you talk arches on a escort there is only 1 company to think
of and thats WWW.GARTRAC.COM
yes they may be dearer but all the other companies are copying
what gartrac did,the mk 3 ones were the best arches imo
and made of alloy
of and thats WWW.GARTRAC.COM
yes they may be dearer but all the other companies are copying
what gartrac did,the mk 3 ones were the best arches imo
and made of alloy
gartrac for rallying maybe, but how can you get any harder than this:
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Originally Posted by NORTH YORKS RS SPARES
Originally Posted by dingy
what the fook does he do with that ,,,,tractor pulling
looks fucking stupid imo
31-01-2007, 06:48 PM
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Personally if the car going on the road and you dont want mudflaps to protect the paint , you cant go wrong with the Gp2 arches, just a shame theres no call for them as they would be avalible in Ally ..
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Re: Metal wide arches for Mk1/2/3 Escorts?
Originally Posted by retromotorsport
Originally Posted by Markb_s1
but how can you get any harder than this:
i'll rephrase that....
can't get any harder than that for a flat front.
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Originally Posted by retromotorsport
Personally if the car going on the road and you dont want mudflaps to protect the paint , you cant go wrong with the Gp2 arches, just a shame theres no call for them as they would be avalible in Ally ..
they just look nasty!
can't believe anyone would do that to a nice mk2.
01-02-2007, 07:06 AM
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Re: Metal wide arches for Mk1/2/3 Escorts?
Originally Posted by Markb_s1
Originally Posted by retromotorsport
Originally Posted by Markb_s1
but how can you get any harder than this:
i'll rephrase that....
can't get any harder than that for a flat front.
01-02-2007, 11:31 AM
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Re: Metal wide arches for Mk1/2/3 Escorts?
Originally Posted by Markb_s1
Originally Posted by cozzfather
when you talk arches on a escort there is only 1 company to think
of and thats WWW.GARTRAC.COM
yes they may be dearer but all the other companies are copying
what gartrac did,the mk 3 ones were the best arches imo
and made of alloy
of and thats WWW.GARTRAC.COM
yes they may be dearer but all the other companies are copying
what gartrac did,the mk 3 ones were the best arches imo
and made of alloy
gartrac for rallying maybe, but how can you get any harder than this:
in stavro's original post he made out he wanted metal not fiberglass.
gartrac are metal not fibreglass.
back in 1988 my very first ford escort was a zakspeed flat front
mk2 escort and it had the ford badges in the wings etc.
it was genuine stuff identical to new stuff i saw back in the day
but was fibreglass/plastic kit bonded onto the panels
the zakspeed stuff is
i have the pic you posted and a lhd sponsored by
brut faberge .....
nice cars
01-02-2007, 12:12 PM
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Looks wide but car has a lot of history...
Had an rx7 engine in it, a red vaux engine, cossie, bd, and a pinto...
On an RAC log book etc....
Horses for courses really....
Shame tim don't post
Had an rx7 engine in it, a red vaux engine, cossie, bd, and a pinto...
On an RAC log book etc....
Horses for courses really....
Shame tim don't post
01-02-2007, 12:35 PM
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Re: Metal wide arches for Mk1/2/3 Escorts?
Originally Posted by cozzfather
Originally Posted by Markb_s1
Originally Posted by cozzfather
when you talk arches on a escort there is only 1 company to think
of and thats WWW.GARTRAC.COM
yes they may be dearer but all the other companies are copying
what gartrac did,the mk 3 ones were the best arches imo
and made of alloy
of and thats WWW.GARTRAC.COM
yes they may be dearer but all the other companies are copying
what gartrac did,the mk 3 ones were the best arches imo
and made of alloy
gartrac for rallying maybe, but how can you get any harder than this:
in stavro's original post he made out he wanted metal not fiberglass.
gartrac are metal not fibreglass.
back in 1988 my very first ford escort was a zakspeed flat front
mk2 escort and it had the ford badges in the wings etc.
it was genuine stuff identical to new stuff i saw back in the day
but was fibreglass/plastic kit bonded onto the panels
the zakspeed stuff is
i have the pic you posted and a lhd sponsored by
brut faberge .....
nice carsyeah, i know mate.. they're also space framed iirc.. or at least if the pics i have of one in its dying days are correct! (hence my original post about the gp2 arches being the way forward - i have them on mine) but the thread's kind of gone off topic anyway..
when you say you have the pic i posted AND a lhd car sponsored by brut faberge.. do you actually have the car?
if so... i'll be round soon as for a looky.
01-02-2007, 01:08 PM
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no mate i don't own a zakspeed kitted car anymore, but until
2001 i owned a lhd rs2000 mk 2.
i have a pic of a zakspeed lhd mk 2 rs sponsored by brut,faberge
i also knew a bloke who had a zakspeed lhd rs2000 mk2 that belonged
to a saudi prince from the royal family,i have a few pics of that somewhere,its a full exept bonnet catches group 1 rs z akspeed.
anyway on topic gartrac arches for mk3's are deffo the best
2001 i owned a lhd rs2000 mk 2.
i have a pic of a zakspeed lhd mk 2 rs sponsored by brut,faberge
i also knew a bloke who had a zakspeed lhd rs2000 mk2 that belonged
to a saudi prince from the royal family,i have a few pics of that somewhere,its a full exept bonnet catches group 1 rs z akspeed.
anyway on topic gartrac arches for mk3's are deffo the best
01-02-2007, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by dingy
Has a 450bhp cossie lump in at present....
Cheers for doing the s1 BTW, drives and runs SO much nicer now. Clutch is nearly dead now though, lol.
12-02-2007, 12:15 AM
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BTTT as id also actually like to know who makes GOOD quality fibreglass versions of the arches.
Lots around, but dunno whats good, and whats shonky.
Lots around, but dunno whats good, and whats shonky.
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