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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:55 pm 
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would these fit a clubman with a bit of trimming?
and do you think its worthwhile getting them from the uk?
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leighton,

they wont fit a clubman, and being genuine i think theyre a rubber type compound so not very easy to modify to fit.

good price though!

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With a bit of trimming to the front of the front arches they could fit a clubby.
You'd have to be good to make it neat.
Sportspack arches have a recess in the front to line up with the bumper of a roundy.
Back ones will fit no problem.
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You can buy them from mini spares at Padstow.

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i put a set of sportspack arches on a clubby van i owned and sold to Peter Dunbabin, They do need to be trimmed on the front edge of the front arches, but it is only minor. I dont have a picture sorry.

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what did you use to trim them? was it difficult to make them look neat?
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not that hard to trim and make look neat, i used a thin cutting disc, then a sanding disc to shape them.
Just go a little at a time , take your time its not that difficult. you can do it.
1 thing i didnt do because i sold the car soon after was u need to fill the recess where the end of the bumper sits on a round nose.
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