T2 repair panels?

Grizzly · August 31, 2005, 06:13:57 PM

Do any of you guys know where i can get repair panels for my T2 Vert?

I am in the prosses of rebuilding it and fitting a kit etc, problem is being a Vert the hole inner Sill section and the back of the car has gone!! and i don\'t mean just stick a patch on it sort of rust!! I mean cut the outer sill and lower quater off it and fit a new inner sill and inner rear arch.

I will have to get some pics of this, You won\'t belive how it passed an MOT last year. But i have made it worse by proding it with a screw driver.

If all fails i will get a pall who restors Classic cars for a living to make me a sill and lower 1/4 and i\'ll make the inner (looks easy enough) then i\'ll stick it all together. I love a project

Just a tip to anyone that is thinking of buying one!!! make sure the Hood drains are clean and going out under the floor.

I have to say i\'m suprised becouse it looked sound, mainly becouse it had been Undersealed and the water that was inside the box sections and such had no where to go, SO it rotted the metal away leaving a nice looking layer of Underseal. So as soon as i saw the state of the back of the sill i had it up on the ramp and i spent an hour with a screw driver trying to find some more to no avail.

SO somone PLEASE!! tell me that somone make repair sections or this is going to become a pain in the rear!!

Brett · August 31, 2005, 06:43:30 PM

I\'m not aware of anybody in the UK who makes panels for the FC, you may have more luck looking at the US or AUS.

FD3SNuttah · August 31, 2005, 06:43:55 PM

you can buy em from mazda directly

might take a few days or so to get them you can buy that whole back section for not much,

maybe you could cut one off another dead mazda? im going to look at one on the weekend so i could have a buitchers if the rear panels are ok?

Grizzly · August 31, 2005, 07:37:50 PM

I spoke to Mazda today about buying two complete Quater panels, they said IF!!! they could find one for me it would be Expencive (Â£300 was mentioned each)

I did think about scraping my Vert shell and putting it all into a Coupe or just moving over to the Dark side and sorting an FD.

I could of course cut the outer off and then repair the inner and replace it? but there is one hole in the outer sill and the seam round the arch is going so that may be defeating the object.

I did think about buying a cheap NA of E-Bay for peanuts and cutting it up? but i don\'t think i could distroy a Rx7 and live with it.

grinder · August 31, 2005, 07:37:56 PM

Nas ,

when you look at the TII - can you see what the exhausts are like for me ??

Unless thats what your after ??

Ta

Stu

grinder · August 31, 2005, 07:38:43 PM

any chance of some pics Chris ??

is it THAT bad - can you not weld it up ?

Grizzly · August 31, 2005, 07:50:47 PM

its seen. if i don\'t do it properly its going to look a Dogs D**k.

Grizzly · August 31, 2005, 07:59:26 PM

If you don\'t mind me asking where abouts is this T2? is it in a brakers?

grinder · August 31, 2005, 08:12:00 PM

the TII - is down in northampton ( or from what i can remember )

Brett · September 01, 2005, 08:37:50 AM

Nas, Can you whip the pressure sensor off for me? Cheers

FD3SNuttah · September 01, 2005, 02:12:04 PM

pressure sensor? that thing that sits next to the FCD? - this thread is goin off topic so if anyone needs me to g-rip anything of the car PM me, unless your a non member then you will have to buy membership then wont you!? :wave

:p

Anyway mazda in doncaster say that they can get body panels no problem. so i dont see why it should be a big IF! Have you had any word

want me to take some pics of this motor?, im not expecting much mate, the guy at the scrappers said hes had it a whole year, and you know how badly these things rust!

Brett · September 01, 2005, 02:25:25 PM

Yup!

Grizzly · September 01, 2005, 06:12:31 PM

Quote from: TURBOIINUTTAHpressure sensor? that thing that sits next to the FCD? - this thread is goin off topic so if anyone needs me to g-rip anything of the car PM me, unless your a non member then you will have to buy membership then wont you!? :wave :p

Anyway mazda in doncaster say that they can get body panels no problem. so i dont see why it should be a big IF! Have you had any word

want me to take some pics of this motor?, im not expecting much mate, the guy at the scrappers said hes had it a whole year, and you know how badly these things rust!

Yep, they sure do rust. makes it worse every time it rains the drin pipes fill the sills up with water

As for Panels i\'ve had two wheather strips and a set of roof seals on order for over a month now so when he the guy at Mazda tells me (who\'s in the trade too) he may not be able to get them i\'ll be looking in months!! so i\'ll shop about first.

Chris

grinder · September 01, 2005, 08:13:27 PM

does anyone know what car is in the scrapper ??

TII , EGI Etc.. ?

FD3SNuttah · September 01, 2005, 09:23:16 PM

alright mate good luck, let us know what you come up with! grinder the car in the scrapper is a T2.