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Offline emery1990

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Re: Jacking points advice please
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Re: Jacking points advice please
« Reply #21 on: 20 March 2011, 10:51 »
If you want to do the whole quarter then get it from here http://www.vwh2o.com/vw.cfm?parts=Chassis-Repair-Panels&act=page.render&pageID=756&lang=EN&country=GB

And the very best of luck on fitting one of those!

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Re: Jacking points advice please
« Reply #22 on: 20 March 2011, 10:55 »
How come?

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Re: Jacking points advice please
« Reply #23 on: 20 March 2011, 11:02 »
I fitted one a few weeks back, the panel was a complete joke! in the end, I used only the wheel arch, and lower section, and joined just below the body side moulding,

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Re: Jacking points advice please
« Reply #24 on: 20 March 2011, 11:14 »
Ahh right, good to know, I wont be using it then!

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Re: Jacking points advice please
« Reply #25 on: 20 March 2011, 11:20 »
I'll try and find a pic later...

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« Reply #26 on: 20 March 2011, 11:22 »
That'd be useful thanks.

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« Reply #27 on: 20 March 2011, 11:54 »
Here we go, study the pic carefully, and you'll see that the sill section is miles out of shape, as is the window aperture, all swage lines are not pressed crisply enough, and the panel would fold in half! if lifted off the floor, holding the uppermost part of the arch! Anyone attempting to fit one of these, should only use the wheel arch, and sill section as far up as the 2nd swage, and discard the rest!
Big Boys Toys do an awesome job in supplying hard to find parts, so I'm not blaming them, though it might be worth them having a word with the supplying manufacturer to raise the quality of this important pressing. the upside of this, is that the steel was very good quality, and welded superbly, and given plenty of time, could be made to fit, I now have one very happy customer :cool: :cool:



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Re: Jacking points advice please
« Reply #28 on: 20 March 2011, 12:05 »
Cheers mate, guessing the floor plan will be just as badly manufactured then.  :undecided:

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Re: Jacking points advice please
« Reply #29 on: 20 March 2011, 12:46 »
I cant answer that, as I've not fitted any floorpan panels for a fair few years, but like any pattern panels, they have to be made to fit, luckily appearance of a floorpan is not as crucial as a quarter panel..

Thom