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 helbus
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| posted on June 29th, 2003 at 04:58 PM |
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Spats for bay (curvy) bus
Does anyone know of spats for bay bus's?
Will spats from earlier busses fit?
:o
Just interested to know. :repuke
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 KruizinKombi
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| posted on June 29th, 2003 at 08:26 PM |
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No, and no. 
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| posted on June 29th, 2003 at 10:29 PM |
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i liked the idea of spats a little while back so i could get my rear wheels off nice and easy and make it look like a rodder!!!
but i got my head chopped off by forum members of the time!!!
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| posted on June 30th, 2003 at 07:03 PM |
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Yeah that was probably me :P
I think that flares would be hard to make look good, purely because of the flare around the wheel-arch. They work great on Beetles and early buses,
and even type 3's, but I've never seen them done well on a kombi. I guess there's always a first time for everything though...
**Damned typos :o
[Edited on 30-6-2003 by KruizinKombi]
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| posted on June 30th, 2003 at 08:13 PM |
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DO IT!!!!!
Man, you just gots to put some spats on that thing!! ring Cauchi's auto accessories on 0412544651 he make spats for absolutely any thing!! If he
dosen't have them he'll make them for ya!!! He's in Melb.
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| posted on June 30th, 2003 at 08:49 PM |
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well said col
I'm with you col on early buses the arches dont have a lip so spats look good (if there your thing) but if you have a lip I recon you would never
get the right lines in other words you would look like a freek
recycle, restore, enjoy
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| posted on June 30th, 2003 at 09:52 PM |
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i was thinkin of cutting all the way upto the top of the wheel well and getting rid of all the arches so i could have it slammed and be able to change
the wheel easy!
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| posted on July 1st, 2003 at 06:27 AM |
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There seems to be a bit of confusion as to what spats are. spats are a sheet of metal that covers in the rear wheel arch, If anything would make it
harder to change a wheel.
[Edited on 30-6-2003 by PHAT BUG]
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| posted on July 1st, 2003 at 07:50 AM |
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yer i know but have it removeable. invent my own spats anyway im not gonna do it anymore so it doesnt mater!
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| posted on July 1st, 2003 at 07:13 PM |
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If it will be controversial then I think I may have to give the idea of spats a miss.
NOT!
I am going to get them now! :bounce
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| posted on July 1st, 2003 at 07:37 PM |
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Here's a pic I found....
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| posted on July 1st, 2003 at 08:16 PM |
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Here's some flares that were an attempt to overcome the flared wheelarch problem:
(Sorry about the image quality, I scanned them out of "Volkswagen Greats, Feb 1978"
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| posted on July 1st, 2003 at 08:20 PM |
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Wheel flare looks so good it actually looks "factory." Street critics have admired the wheel flares but they themselves considered the flare
as a factory piece-until we let the cat out of the bag!
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Yeah right, Whatever!!!:o
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