BAD RUST AROUND WHEEL ARCH HOW DO I REPLACE PANEL PLEASE

Post by **joebrown** » 13 May 2007, 15:35

(have checked with wiki although helpful and nearly sent me off on a tangent doing other stuff could not help) it has just failed its mot due to a lot of rust around drivers side rear wheel arch if anyone knows of a step by step photo gallery guide that would be bloody marvellous.
I want to replace the panel and then on to a respray any advice ,comments,thoughts and donations gratefully recieved as allways thank you in advance and as allways i will let you know the outcome through this post.thanks bruv

Post by **kevtherev** » 13 May 2007, 16:06

so you want to do this panel replacement yourself?

Post by **joebrown** » 13 May 2007, 16:26

yes kev i have the time to give it a go and the neighbour with the gear.Do you think this is something that should only be handled by a experienced person I am very much undecided on that question myself therefore any wisdom you can share with me kev would be gratefully recieved mate

Post by **kevtherev** » 13 May 2007, 16:43

Have you got the panel yet?

Post by **mrwood** » 13 May 2007, 16:55

Hiya,

Some info regarding arches on the below link, I asked a similar question a while ago

https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... highlight=

Hope it helps

Post by **joebrown** » 13 May 2007, 18:32

no i have not got the panel yet however i will be getting a schofield panel as a little dicky bird tells me they are better than the jk panels kev.

Post by **kevtherev** » 13 May 2007, 18:48

get the panel as then you can see what has to be removed.

practice welding on it

Post by **hakuna matata** » 13 May 2007, 21:23

just done all four arches, used alan scohfeilds panels, done a few vans before not too hard, if you need any futher help step by step process call me . neil 07973-151117. heres a few photos off my van.

Post by **patrick norway** » 14 May 2007, 15:32

how much do you pay for a replacement panel?

Post by **joebrown** » 16 May 2007, 10:59

there appears to be a few suppliers of differing quality and price,the top price being about £45ish.

Post by **kevtherev** » 16 May 2007, 20:27

schofields quality is good...