Cabriolet front reinforcement panels

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Stubbsy5
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Mon Apr 13, 2020 10:27 am

Hi

Since I am now staying at home for the next 4 weeks I decided to get the car out of the garage for the first time in a few years to sort some of the rust I was aware of in the front foot wells. After digging around it’s a little worse than I originally thought. There appear to be 2 additional panels installed on this car from a saloon I have previously done, one I can find on RealOEM, but only one side is showing as available. Does anyone know if they are available anywhere else?

Or has anyone had a similar repair to complete? As you’ll see in the pics below the panel behind the front wing is now removed after hours with the Dremel to make sure only one skin was cut, the other I intend to remove today, but it’s in poor condition so ideally I would like to replace.

I presume without the extra panels, it is the same as a saloon? If so does anyone have any pictures of how this should look as I have none to refer to.

If there are any pictures of a similar repair been completed, anyone know where to get the panels or advise it would be greatly appreciated.



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Many Thanks

Chris
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