Wheels poking out arches.

and to think, we traded arron in for this guy

shame we cant ban him for driving for a month as well

Needs to grow up and learn to keep these mad comments away from people..

I just hope he doesnt get a mk1, unless its a mk1 Daewoo Matiz….

or a floppy

fulltiimejunglist said

Im at uni doing business managment as a degree, you think im really the sort of person to be selling drugs, please…

 :boohoo:

Coming back to the origial question;

You'll have no issue at all if you remove your front bumper as long as you fit indicators somewhere on the front of the car - mini ones are ideal

As regards wheels out past the arches, from a legal stand point it's the same as an unsecured battery.  Bizzarely your car WILL pass an MOT but it will be illegal for you to use it on the public roads.  How about Group 4 style arches (as on the green oetinger Mk1 rally car in the wolfsburg muesum)

Steve_Matthews said

How about Group 4 style arches (as on the green oetinger Mk1 rally car in the wolfsburg muesum)

Are these like the Berg Cup Arches?
Big arches means he couldnt have wheels poking out of them then, which would defeat the object!  :wink:

vdub_mk1 said

Steve_Matthews said

How about Group 4 style arches (as on the green oetinger Mk1 rally car in the wolfsburg muesum)

Are these like the Berg Cup Arches?
Big arches means he couldnt have wheels poking out of them then, which would defeat the object!  :wink:

That's the ones, they'd let him have the width of wheels he's after - although he'd probably run wheel bearings much more regularly than on standard width wheels.

the bumpers off, he'd end up with something that looked like this…

thats dank  


or


thats the nuts what arches are they?? i want

Steve_Matthews said

the bumpers off, he'd end up with something that looked like this…

That looks mean as hell, but woudl suit the tintop better..

I dont like……… :roll:  on a tin top yeah….. but not a cab

They are, as far as I can tell, Group 4 style arches.  Either that or Berg cup arches.  I've seen Group 4 arches on Mini's, Fiats, Escorts, etc…

There is a Mk1 Golf sitting in the VW Museum in Wolfsburg with these arches on.  It's a green one and it's an Oetinger conversion.  I think it did the rally of South america or something?

I've also seen these arches on a Mk1 Polo and it makes them look VERY WIDE!  I agree, they would suit a tip top better, but that black cabriolet was the best photo of a Mk1 with these arches that google images came up with - plus it's got the front bumper off so I thought it would demonstrate the look I think he's going for pretty well.

No idea how you'd go about finding a set of these arches, if it came down to it, a competent GRP fabricator could probably create a mold using Mk1 GTI standard arch trims grafted to modified Mini (Classic) Sportpack arches.

If someone wants to get some moulds made up, I'd be interested in a set of arches for my MK1!!

here ar fella have a look though this thread.

http://www.vwgolfmk1.o…ms&file=viewtopic&t=35274

WOW! - That's the one!!

That Gulf replica looks lovely!

I should post my berg cup mk1 car pictures… ive got loads haha!
Was thinking about going this route with my mk1, but decided not to now  
Dont like them on a cabby, but do look awesome on a hardtop