[200q20v] RE: wheel well liners and 17" rims

[Bernie Benz]

You could force a bulge and join the crowd.

> From: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>
> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:39:25 -0500
> To: "'Phil Rose'" <pjrose at frontiernet.net>
> Cc: "'Brett Dikeman'" <brett at cloud9.net>, <200q20v at audifans.com>,
> <quattro at audifans.com>
> Subject: RE: [200q20v] RE: wheel well liners and 17" rims
>
> Well-
> I checked my liner today and no bulges of any kind. Weird.
>
> Taka
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 200q20v-admin at audifans.com [mailto:200q20v-admin at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Phil Rose
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 8:42 PM
> To: TM
> Cc: 'Brett Dikeman'; 200q20v at audifans.com; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [200q20v] RE: wheel well liners and 17" rims
>
>
> At 6:27 PM -0500 11/12/01, TM wrote:
>
>> Have you tried removing the wheelwell liner and reinstalling it? I
>> guess it's possible that either it was removed at one time and not
>> properly reinstalled or something broke and it is not properly mounted
>> any longer.
>
> Most '91 200q20v cars (that I've checked) seem to have this defect, so
> appears to be a "factory defect" not result of damage, reinstallation,
> etc. It's typical of what will happen when the liner and fender have
> slightly mismatched dimension (radius of curvature, mounting
> holes,...)--something's gotta give, and the plastic liner is what
> "gives". On my car the liners were bulging on both passenger and driver
> side--in same relative location toward the front of the wheel arch.
> Heating the area with a hair-dryer (while applying some clamping
> force--a small C-clamp works fine) fixes this in about 10 minutes (plus
> some cooling time). If the bulge returns (later
> on) it might mean the temp wasn't  sufficiently high and/or the heated
> area wasn't large enough.
>
> Phil
>
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> Phil Rose    Rochester, NY
> '91 200q    mailto:pjrose at frontiernet.net
>
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