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BAD RUST AROUND WHEEL ARCH HOW DO I REPLACE PANEL PLEASE

Posted: 13 May 2007, 15:35
by joebrown
(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

Posted: 13 May 2007, 16:06
by kevtherev
so you want to do this panel replacement yourself?

Posted: 13 May 2007, 16:26
by joebrown
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

Posted: 13 May 2007, 16:43
by kevtherev
Have you got the panel yet?

Posted: 13 May 2007, 16:55
by mrwood
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 :)

Posted: 13 May 2007, 18:32
by joebrown
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.

Posted: 13 May 2007, 18:48
by kevtherev
get the panel as then you can see what has to be removed.

practice welding on it

Posted: 13 May 2007, 21:23
by hakuna matata
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.
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Posted: 14 May 2007, 15:32
by patrick norway
how much do you pay for a replacement panel?

Posted: 16 May 2007, 10:59
by joebrown
there appears to be a few suppliers of differing quality and price,the top price being about £45ish.

Posted: 16 May 2007, 20:27
by kevtherev
schofields quality is good...