Scuttel pannel

[Sash_332]

Seen that e30's suffer with these,i was servicing mine last week....leant on the scuttel pannel closest to the bottom of the windscreen on the pass side and my palm put a whole through it... the other side has alot of fiber glass over where i think the previous owner did the same... it looks shoddy as hell.. whats best to cover the hole??? and of course respray after.

Thanks in advance

[Blitz]

Weld a patch of metal in place. You might have to take out the windscreen as well.

[ImysE30]

Weld a new scuttle panel in, still available from the dealer IIRC

[darkchild]

Weld a new scuttle panel in, still available from the dealer IIRC

They're about £50 iirc when I enquired recently.

Mine was rotten at one end and I had it repaired by a bodyshop - screen out, new metal welded in and plenty of wax behind. Not cheap but hopefully should be good for another decade!

[kieran325]

This was the size of a 5 pence piece...

[Nath325i]

i got a new scuttle panel for the tech 1 last month and it was £38

[minicooper172]

It's a pain in the arse. Brazed panels, what idiots.

[Kos]

It's a pain in the arse. Brazed panels, what idiots.

[bss325i]

It's a pain in the arse. Brazed panels, what idiots.

+1.

[Cook318IS]

Where abouts are the scuttle panels on realoem/ bmwfans.info? i can't seem to find them

[skipunda]

why does the scuttle go on the drivers-side?

[Kos]

its boths sides that go

i usualy see them go on the passenger side, but seen drivers side too

[minicooper172]

It's a pain in the arse. Brazed panels, what idiots.

+1.

They braze the joint, meaning that you need brazing kit to fit new metal, or remove the brazed joints. You can't weld to braze.