Panels

[ginger9991]

I need a rear panel for my escort as its rotten. Anyone know of some good places? sites or whatever?

[bluliz]

how rotten?

 

Most places with cut out the rusty bit and weld in the correct sized peice

 

however if you need a whole panel.... i thinl Sel-Imperial do them.

[ginger9991]

how rotten?

 

Most places with cut out the rusty bit and weld in the correct sized peice

 

however if you need a whole panel.... i thinl Sel-Imperial do them.

 

Well the fuel cap keeps bubbling and its been treated loads of times! and the arche has pretty much been rebuild with fibre glass! So a whole ring will prbs be the best option.

[gwillgti]

just search car panels on google, hadrian are a big panel distributer, should find a supplier via them. Look on ebay, a few car panel shops selling them on there. obviously ford for original for best quality as pattern parts can be crap, however currently rebuilding my fiesta, got a rear panel, inner wheel arch and full rear quarter (hadrian) for £100 ish all of an acceptable standard.

[THOMMA55]

theres a off side rear panel for a 3 door on ebay

[zetecgirl]

just buy from ford if you want it perfect or stick to isopons p38 or 40

[JC]

i'm guessing he doesnt need the pannel now:

 

clicky

 

[ginger9991]

i'm guessing he doesnt need the pannel now:

 

clicky

 

 

Yeah i dont think i will need them! im preying they dont right it off but i cant see them not! Theres an engineer coming out from the insurance. What are these guys like? nice help you out? or sh*t and wont help!

[JC]

sorry to say looking at the pics matey they will write it off.

An idea is to buy it back from the insurance if you want to keep it

In my limited experience they tend to be ok, offer them a cup of tea usually goes down a treat!

[ginger9991]

sorry to say looking at the pics matey they will write it off.

An idea is to buy it back from the insurance if you want to keep it

In my limited experience they tend to be ok, offer them a cup of tea usually goes down a treat!

 

Yeah i wanna try and sweet talk this fella into cuting the car some slack and helping me out! i will perform acts of naughtyness if i have to! (God i hope its a woman!) I have the car valued at 800 squid! any idea what they are going to offer me? Anyone with an educated guess!

[gwillgti]

just buy from ford if you want it perfect or stick to isopons p38 or 40

 

you really need to cut the rust out completely, if it's anymore than surface which you can grind back, it will come back through, if it's rotten through watch the filler soak it up like a sponge and give your car huge blisters in about 2 weeks this time of year.

 

just cut it all out and put some good metal in.

[Escort_Kid]

just buy from ford if you want it perfect or stick to isopons p38 or 40

 

you really need to cut the rust out completely, if it's anymore than surface which you can grind back, it will come back through, if it's rotten through watch the filler soak it up like a sponge and give your car huge blisters in about 2 weeks this time of year.

 

just cut it all out and put some good metal in.

 

if your a complete amateur at bodywork and dont know how to repair something with fibreglass and filler, properly

Edited December 12, 2007 by Escort_Kid

[gwillgti]

if your a complete amateur at bodywork and dont know how to repair something with fibreglass and filler, properly

 

Fibreglass and filler will always allow water through and cause the blistering etc,etc how disheartening to see it come back through after a few hours labouring away? don't get me wrong it's fine for dents but not holes in bodywork it's just a quick fix for arthur daley's. If you want to do it on the cheap. cut the rust out get some thin gauge plate, cut it to size and pop round to a small engineering firm or garage where they can weld it up for you, you can then use filler etc to finish it will work out cheaper in the long run and won't come back through.