Anyone ever removed VR6 plastic wheel arch flares before?

[shammy]

Hey Guys,
I'm about to respray my wheel arch flares with VHT hood and bumper paint (good stuff by the way). I noticed the flares are riveted on, should i drill the rivets out and re-rivet them back in, use screws or maybe there's a better method altogether for putting them back on? Any help is hugely appreciated.

Cheers
Simon

hey dude get those rivits in stainless steel so they don't rust and make sure that you put a plastic primer on before you paint them or they will flake off after a while sweet!!!!

[Pullstarter]

I used aluminium rivets, the paint I'm using has a built in plastic primer, it's especially made for use on plastics etc.

[Tl2ent]

If you are pulling the arch covers off a 5door - this is what you need to fill the four gaps at each corner - and it never hurts to replace the eight rubber bungs either - the green thing in the middle of the pic.

i know this is an old post hahah but where can these be found or bought?

[anthony--t]

They're just regular rear quarter and front fender trim pieces. Any non vr6 / late vr6 4 door in aus will have them. So try wreckers etc

[Mk3 AAA]

Wooooooooooooo, be careful with this thread man, it's an antique,

Those end pieces are a solid solution, BUT... the early unpainted VR side mouldings are wider than those GL/CL/Vento end plugs, so although they function fine and your average person wouldn't notice/care, to get it to match spot on you'd need to replace the door strip too... which are equally as easy to find, but then you lose the VR6 badge. Another option is to get colour coded ones.

[Tl2ent]

Cheers guys ill try the local wreckers over the weekend