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VegaDude



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Wheelarch Strips Advice

My new to me FL2 has the "protector" Rolling with laughter strips missing.
I thought about just painting round the wheelarch lips with some stonechip paint
instead of fitting new ones.
Will be taking Landy off road now & then, so is this likely to be an issue?
Read through several wheelarch threads but not seen this Q discussed.

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Iain

Post #372524 24th May 2019 8:33 pm
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Deano64



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Metal edge protection from e-bay seems to do the job..can’t find the link but the company was called the metal house

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blueboy



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I think a lot take them off but I bought new ones. Took the plastics out of the wheel arches & painted behind the plastics with Waxoyl & also took it on to the lips of the wheel arches. There was no rust at all & when the Waxoyl dried I fitted new rubber strips to help with stopping stones chipping the paint.

Post #372529 24th May 2019 8:40 pm
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OLOSTEVE



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Common fault, renewed all on both the freelanders I've had, poor design they're not long enough or have enough metal to grip to. I think they are worth replacement as will protect from stone chipping.

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RealBeale



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Waste of time and money. Don't really do anything - except hold moisture against the wheel arch lip causing corrosion, then they corrode from the inside anyway until they deform enough to fall off. My Freelander didn't have them when I bought it . I'd have removed them anyway if it had. Useless cosmetic pointless waste of money.
As for protecting from stonechipping - they'll cause more corrosion once they start to go than stonechipping will. Whistle

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OLOSTEVE



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OLOSTEVE wrote:
Common fault, renewed all on both the freelanders I've had, poor design they're not long enough or have enough metal to grip to. I think they are worth replacement as will protect from stone chipping.

I do take them off every 3 moths or so and give the arch and trims a good clean as pointed out they will hold a lot of mud and road grit otherwise.

Post #372561 25th May 2019 9:19 am
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westville



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See this thread
http://www.freel2.com/forum/topic32437.html No Longer the owner of a 2013MY Fuji White GS

"Fiat Lux" a philosophy not a car

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Boxbrownie



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I would think if your going to go blasting across miles of desert road the paint on the extreme edge of the arch edge may well get eroded after a few hundred miles, but not many of us meet the odd sand storm.

For the occasional stone chip I prefer to rely upon anti chip paint. Regards

David

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VegaDude



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Thanks for the replies guys.
I'll have a good look at the arches.
Possibly best solution would be to paint them with stonechip & apply some wax to inside of lip.
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Post #372633 26th May 2019 1:51 pm
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OLOSTEVE



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Boxbrownie wrote:
I would think if your going to go blasting across miles of desert road the paint on the extreme edge of the arch edge may well get eroded after a few hundred miles, but not many of us meet the odd sand storm.

For the occasional stone chip I prefer to rely upon anti chip paint.


Can you recommend an anti chip paint? I might give that a try as going to be more maintenance free.

I have found, Hammerite waxol chip shield. that is over-paintable, anyone who has used it and over-painted, I would appreciate their feedback.

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Boxbrownie



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https://www.dinitroldirect.com/stone-chip-paint/

Rely on Dinitrol Thumbs Up Regards

David

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OLOSTEVE



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Thank you, Boxbrownie, I thought you would come up with an answer.

The 449 will be perfect for Pam and her hearing problems.

Post #372641 26th May 2019 6:14 pm
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