DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

I was wondering if anyone had any experiences with this company?
I'd not heard of them before, only Lokari. They seem cheaper and easier to buy from than Lokari.
They also list them for SWB and LWB

http://wheelarchliners.com/

Thanks
Tim

SVP .. very well respected. Domonic the owner posts on IB . I wouldn't have any problems using them

Thanks, I’ll give them a go and report back.
They’re such a good idea.

Link to IB thread where set DIY fitted.

http://www.impactbumpers.com/forum/inde ... opic=18869

I think Jason ( jb) has them fitted to his Targa


Chris

I've been thinking of fitting these to mine too.
Tim

Hi

Thought about these, but I have a concern that moisture behind them would not get enough air to dry out. I suppose you have to weigh this against great dods of mud holding moisture forever.

Barry

If they are similar to the Lokari, then they don't create a sealed space behind them, just stop spray from the wheels flinging mud and "stuff" into the corners where it can sit and gently corrode away your car !! I still believe the inner arches should be able to breathe
Just ring them up for a chat, they were happy to talk when I rang earlier in the year.

Tim

jury wrote:I think Jason ( jb) has them fitted to his Targa


Chris

Jason has lokaris on his Targa, as do I and Gary71 on our coupes and I'm sure there are others on here with them. Lokaris just work. I've had my car for 4 years now and have never mothballed it away in winter or because there is grit on the road.

If you are intersted in wheelarch liners then give Dom at SVP a call, he is knowledgable.

James

Hi
Bought a set of "SVP" liners this weekend on my way back home from UK. they look really good and Dom was very helpful. I'll pass on how they fit on my 1970 when I get them on. Saw them on a later car in the workshop and they fitted very neatly.

Barry

Hi

Just spent the last 2 days fitting the front liners. It is obvious they are designed for IB cars as there is no fixings unders the wings on my car. I don't what the inner front of a later car looks like but the fixing holes for the tywraps are redundant. I set about trimming the liners to fit the wheel arch I had to take a fair amount off the sill end it must be real different on IB cars in that area.

When I had a reasonable fit I started thinking about fixing them without making to many holes in the bodywork. I made brackets for each end to hold them in place like so



the smaller U shaped bracket fits to the lowest wing fixing bolt



and the larger one holds the front to the inner wing



this how the front and rear looks when fitted




Now to start on the rears.

Barry

Nice work!

James

Hi

Thanks James.

Barry

Might be worth mentioning (hijacking with) my own prototype rear liners on my 964. 964's are bad for crud collecting behind the rear lights, not to mention the 100mph grit blasting of the oiltank and lines. The question is, despite full liners at the front, why did Porsche only fit a half liner to the NSR arch and none at all to the OSR where the oil lines connect to the engine bay and the oiltank lives? The answer I figured was heat, which explains the mesh liners I saw fitted to an RS at the ring, during the DDK euro trip.

So I found some suitable mesh, HERE and have fashioned some liners, fixing them here and there to wing braces and oil lines, using teeny cable ties which thread thru the mesh holes (just). The ad is for 0.5m but he'll sell it in whatever length, I recommend 1.5m per full arch.

They are designed to be a heat permeable (and breathable of course) barrier to flying crapola, and probably will significantly slow spray down too. They were really easy to shape with snips/ heavy scissors and flexible so bend nicely concavely to fit the arch. There's no permanent fixings or metalwork. I'll snip em off in the summer and powerwash the whole shebang, spray some waste oil in and re-fit them. I have had them on a month (964 is me daily just now) and no issues with heat or flapping about.

Sorry about the pics, but to give the general idea:

This view would normally be oil-lines running to the oilfilterconnector as it enters the engine bay..



and behind here is the oiltank, with connecting oil lines, dipstick and sender and that..



Makes me happy that they are protected. I might of course end up with molten plastic on me trailing arms next time I do the col di turini in July, but so far no sign of problem, even where I deliberately ran the mesh near to the cat (which is unshielded on my car).

OK, as you were, hijack over...

Hi

Finally got round to fitting the rear liners. Made a bracket to fit onto the torsion bar cover



The piece fixed by the torsion bar blanks off the hole that fits around the front oil cooler pipes on the later models.

At the rear I just used the recommended tywrap attached to the bumper bracket



It was real job fitting these as they are designed for later models and require a lot of cutting/fitting. For £180 you have to think whether you would be better off buying a good pressure washer. Time will tell if they protect the vital parts. Hopefully Dominic will design liners that fit earlier cars to make the job easier, I guess it depends on demand.

Barry