Is it possible to replace the rear quarter panels on the P38,,
My NSR quarter is fill of filler and dents..
The corner has been caved in and filled with filler!
I can't even get a strong magnet to stick to the corner!!
Cheers
Anything is possible, but to be honest, the amount of work involved doesn’t make it viable.
I can assure you there’s lots of p38s running round with filler in the rear quarters
Sad news, my rear left wheelarch is very second hand these days after I brushed a stone wall :(
The rear quarter panel is part of the main bodyshell so not easy to replace. It is available as a separate panel (see http://new.lrcat.com/#!/1234/88265/88266/6965/88481) but you are looking at around £500. Your best bet would be to find a decent bodyshop who can grind away the filler and do it properly.
Cheers, the previous owner sent me a pic and the entire corner had been caved in..
He filled it with a bucket load of filler and then painted it/
Hopefully a bodyshop will be able to sort it!!
Cheers..
Morat wrote:
Sad news, my rear left wheelarch is very second hand these days after I brushed a stone wall :(
It’s a bugger when those walls jump out , I had a skip do it to me many years ago.
That’s the usual point they get hit, shouldn’t be that bad to sort it out, as mentioned, a good panel beater would portapower it first, then set to work by hand, will still cost a fair whack I would imagine, maybe look at maybe sorting out as is, or completely redoing.
I did see a panel for £75 on ebay (collection only) and doors are available. I was hoping someone could cut out the wrinkled arch and flush weld in the new but it's in the "when I've got a spare grand" category of stuff that will never happen :(
For now it's lathered in rust prevention - yes even the alloy bits - and I'm living with it.
I'd recommend avoiding metalwork that is significantly cheaper than the majority of the competition.
Having bodywork welded in and painted is an expensive job that no one wants to do twice.
I needed two sills on my Focus a few years ago, found some that were almost a deal too good to be true. Got them welded in and painted (by a main dealer body shop, so the quality of the work should have been top notch) and they'd both rusted through again in under 24 months!
RutlandRover wrote:
I needed two sills on my Focus a few years ago, found some that were almost a deal too good to be true. Got them welded in and painted (by a main dealer body shop, so the quality of the work should have been top notch) and they'd both rusted through again in under 24 months!
That’s the quality of the metal nowadays, look at cars in the 70s, they were built like tanks, no metal fatigue for years ( unless it was a fiat, lancia or Datsun)
Metal was of better quality for sure back then.
RutlandRover wrote:
I'd recommend avoiding metalwork that is significantly cheaper than the majority of the competition.
Having bodywork welded in and painted is an expensive job that no one wants to do twice.
I needed two sills on my Focus a few years ago, found some that were almost a deal too good to be true. Got them welded in and painted (by a main dealer body shop, so the quality of the work should have been top notch) and they'd both rusted through again in under 24 months!
I agree, but that was touted as a LR original part. It seemed to have the stickers to prove it. Of course, there's no guarantee on the Bay of Fleas.