Corsa_T
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in a moment of stupidity i decided to pull the arches off in order to get them sprayed, in doing so broke all the clips, now could some one plz tell me how to get the front arches back on?? i have tried tiger seal but was shit, i am going to try fibreglass at the weekend if all else fails, but any help would be much appreciated! 
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corsamad_87
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The only thing i can think of is silkaflex m8!!
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Corsa_T
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yea was gonna give that a bash, but it works the same way as tigerseal, will try anything really, just dont want to have to buy new arches and get them painted again! 
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corsamad_87
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silkaflex shuld work fine!! try ruffenin up tha surface so that theyll stik betta then put clamps around arch and leave for as long as poss!! make sure u put cloth in between arch and clamp so that it wont damage paint work!!
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Rileysport
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epoxy resin the clips back on !, i'm gunna try that!
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Corsa_T
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lol i wish i could epoxy the clips back on, but i broke them off good and proper! might fibre glass new bolts on  or just drive about with no arches! cheers for the help tho
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Rileysport
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nutter
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Corsa_T
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Rileysport
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get some new uns from sel imperial mate , n be gentle
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waynep
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i gaffa taped mine on  just guna bond em on soon bodyshop shud know the best stuff for it i hope
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Corsa_T
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SRi-Co
posted on 24-06-2004 at 06:22 PM
get some new uns from sel imperial mate, n be gentle
you sound just like my missus mate, lol i was trying to be gentle, the screwdriver n hammer did the damage! how did you gaffa tape them on corsa crazy?? its just the front ones, the tigerseal worked on the back, there is just not enough contact to bond them back on at the front
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1600power
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tigerseal shud b fine, just make sure u tape or clamp them in place then leave over night, they will have set rock hard i guarentee!
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3CorsaMeal
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fibreglass the bolts on, this is what i did....
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kain
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timber max em mate. sets harder than concrete and sticks anythin to everything. done it on mine
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martin@BBG
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...goto vauxhall and buy new ones! d'oh.
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