Anyone ever removed VR6 plastic wheel arch flares before?

[Pullstarter]

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

[DubSteve]

Drill them out they should come straight out after that.

Then re rivet them, I'm going to be doing this soon but taking them off permanently

[Pullstarter]

Thanks Steve, I guess I'd just need to use the same size rivet to re-attach?

[DubSteve]

Yep thats right I think they are 5-7mm rivets not quite sure but when you get it out just check to see what they are.

[Mrk_Mickey]

Steve let me know when you take yours off for good - so far I've tried like three things to get my dad's bloody messy cut 'n' compound residue off mine but they are still white and cloudy.

[DubSteve]

but they are still white and cloudy.

Mine are nice, black and shiney

[MattyT]

Lasers. Use Lasers.

[Pullstarter]

Lasers. Use Lasers.

You been chroming again Matty? Not talking about the plating kind either

[Mrk_Mickey]

Mine are nice, black and shiney

Nahhh, really? News to me..cause I swear that wasn't the reason I was asking..

What do you use on them? Sorry for hijack..

[Jon_Vr6]

Black shoe polish seems to work, then a wipe with armor-all.

but then theres the meguiars "Gold Class Trim Detailer"
Restores colour and richness to discoloured trim and mouldings. Also removes polish/wax residue. Good for all porous and non-porous black trim.

[Pullstarter]

I wanted something I wouldn't have to re-apply every time I wash the car, the VHT Hood and Bumper paint seems to do the trick in that regard. You just wash it the same as the rest of the car and chamois off the water it looks good as new

[tassie_euro_mk1]

hey guys

i just took off my arch flares. to repaint them, or leave em off. It looks good off. but it has left me with discolour on the bodywork where the flares used to be. How do I get rid of that??? polish?? Also it also has exposed 2 holes in each gaurd where it looks like a piece of side trim continues on. Where do I get those peices???

sorry if im hijacking

[Pullstarter]

I thought about leaving mine off too but like you wasn't sure about a trim piece for those two holes. Maybe the CL or GL have those? As for the discolouration I think polish should take care of it.

[golfvr6]

you'll have to get them from a pre-96 gl 4 dr. I did the same, but currently putting my arches back on .

they are slightly shorter in height than the vr6 door trims but still do the trick. any one want part no.'s?

(i will be selling the 4 pieces in the future if anyone is interested)

as for the discolouring - just use some polish - no doubt there is a mark along the arch where it rubbed - so the polish will help get rid of this

[bsting]

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.