Body kit for 1986/7 800's

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Body kit for 1986/7 800's

Post by TDHFastback » Sun Sep 07, 2014 10:04 am

Crikey. I didn't realise they were making body kits as early as this. 3 years before the Tickford. :shock:

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I found this flyer on e-bay and thought it would be quite nice to have as part of my archive.

There is a picture from a magazine article from 1988 of one in motion which I posted up last year which can be found here but its not as early as the one above.

http://www.rover800.info/forum/viewtopi ... =6&t=11253

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Re: Body kit for 1986/7 800's

Post by Bert3 » Sun Sep 07, 2014 10:41 am

Oh yes .... bro in law had a full bodykit from new on his 825 (I'm talking Honda C25, not KV6)...... everywhere the kit was attached (self tappers, mainly) was rusting within 5 years.

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Re: Body kit for 1986/7 800's

Post by BlueRover » Sun Sep 07, 2014 3:03 pm

The proper TWR kit had the same fittings as the original Rover bumpers so no rust there. I think the side skirts also had clips so no drilling required. The ones in the leaflet certainly look like TWR ones (apart from the skirts) so I wonder if either TWR copied that or Auto engineering licensed the design to them (or TWR stole the idea :roll: )
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Re: Body kit for 1986/7 800's

Post by CHR15E » Sun Sep 07, 2014 3:46 pm

The skirts fitted with the TWR kits were screwed underneath out of sight. Though into proper fittings it still introduced a weak spot.

Some of the bumpers were not fitted as well as you'd expect either, I've seen a few with very ropey looking brackets.

I suspect the better more OE types came later after they realised the kit was popular?
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