Noticed yesterday that the lower bit of the rubber on just the one wheel arch rear off side, was lifting a bit. Rest looked fine and firmly in place, reckon its been a bad fit from new. Rather than rip it all off I decided to clean the rubber and paintwork down and use some superglue on it, seems to have worked but I will keep an eye on it. Picture not really showing it, but its now raining!
 2014 Freelander 2 XS TD4
Firenze Red

Replaced mine, what a terribly thought out idea by JLR they are just a muck collecting heap of .

Bit of a rant as I sliced my thumb open fitting new one




 If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

Yep not a great bit of trim once they start to flop down at the ends - I have binned all mine - not sure that there is any case for paying for new replacement ones now that my car is 12 years old. I suppose I should clean the arches and get some waxoyl round the rims - probably more cost effective.

They're a bit of an 'ayporth of tar' afterthought...

found one of mine hanging off the other day, just dangling on by the last few inches. One more is missing completely. Not sure if its been pinched or just fell off. the leading edge on the other two is lifting too so probably need to have em off and glue em back on.

Andy make sure you give up inside the rim a good clean before refitting



Ohhhhh. Matron.....




 If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

had a quick brush when I was looking at it and was suprised how much crap fell out. Use mine on stuff like building sites, farm tracks/fields and old pit tips at work so the arches get muddy pretty regular.

https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic32437.html No Longer the owner of a 2013MY Fuji White GS

"Fiat Lux" a philosophy not a car

AndyPP wrote:

had a quick brush when I was looking at it and was suprised how much crap fell out. Use mine on stuff like building sites, farm tracks/fields and old pit tips at work so the arches get muddy pretty regular.

The wheel arch rubbers have a steel core but they are just cut and the ends aren’t sealed, so they rust. Iron oxide or rust takes up more space than the steel so the ends swell and they lose strength and can fall off. Check the area that they are supposed to protect, I found a couple of areas of rust under mine.

worth pulling the remaining two off to check then