My inner arches fell apart

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shaun_89
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Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:47 pm

Im yet to take some pics because its gone dark, but after i spotted a small hole i had poke around to see what was solid...

Turns out not much was solid! Im going to have to get both inner arches replaced/

Im now not sure what to do with the car, the rest is solid and has a good suspension setup, but the bodywork is tatty as its a track car and never been bothered about its paintwork.

I need to get it to a bodyshop to get a quote but has anyone on here had this done, trying to gauge how expensive this is going to be to fix

Im pretty gutted :cry:
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Fri Feb 18, 2011 5:50 pm

Ill get the pics up asap tomorrow, just thought id add on the o/s rear i can get an arm though one of the holes 8O
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Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:10 pm

quite a common area to have repaired, think you'll have to patch them as i don't think there are any replacement panels available for the inners?

might be worth having a look in behind the rear bench/seat to
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Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:11 pm

Inners are avalible from the dealers :)
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Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:26 pm

Alex wrote:Inners are avalible from the dealers :)
Thats some good news :)
Dont suppose you know how much these are?
Will ring them up tomorrow and find out anyway.

I will definatly need whole arches, one is gone along the edge on the outer arch.
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