This original design was introduced in January 1997,
following the launch of the Sportspack Arches. It represented our creation of
the "Sportpack" derived bodykit concept as copied by a multitude of
suppliers. The whole kit was modular, in that customers could select whichever
elements they required, from just the arches, arches and sideskirts, or the
entire kit.
This kit has been by far our most successful kit, and is
currently selling at the rate of around 200 per year. It consists of the
conventional 8-piece arrangement of: Front bumper, rear bumper, sideskirts, and
four wide arches. The arches are based upon Rover Sportpack arches, which were
introduced, to cover 13’s when Rover eventually started fitting them. The
sideskirts were designed to bridge the gap between the front and rear arches,
and represent a combination of LAMM arches and Escort Cosworth ones!
The front bumper returns to the Mk6 Escort since the bumper
is based entirely upon the bumper fitted to the more expensive models - the
vents have hardly been changed. The rear bumper is based upon - you guessed it,
an Escort one although this time the vent was modified. This bumper has the
facility for standard fog lights to be hidden behind the odd shaped cutouts
giving the impression of the new fashion for odd shaped, and expensive lights at
almost no cost to the customer.
This kit is fitted in almost exactly the same way as the Lamm,
with wheel arch returns, bolted to the car, and the front and rear bumpers
bolted to the arches. The front bumper has an additional mounting under the
front grill, and the side skirts can be fitted to the floor due to large
returns.
The kit is available in standard version (5.5 x 13 to 7 x 13
wheels), for Saloon, Clubman, Pick-up, Estate, and Van plus an extra wide
version for very wide wheels (around 6 inches from standard metalwork).