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(Message started by: Gingerbeer on Nov 6^th, 2014, 10:28pm)

Title: Rear arch repair
Post by Gingerbeer on Nov 6^th, 2014, 10:28pm

Does anyone know if it is possible to buy weld in repair panels for my Scorpio. It's an estate but I imagine that the arches are the same on the saloon?
Cheers
Colin

Title: Re: Rear arch repair
Post by Andycan on Nov 6^th, 2014, 10:33pm

If I remember correctly you can get the granada rear wheel arches and adapt them with a little modification.

Title: Re: Rear arch repair
Post by Dave2302 on Nov 8^th, 2014, 4:34pm

IIRC the Granada Scorpio and the Scorpio Estate rear ends are so similar from the rear doors backwards that the Estate arch panels fit without mod.

As Andycan correctly says, the Saloon ones only require minimal tweaking to make them a good fit ;)

Check your rear chassis very carefully, when the arches start going it can indicate flexing due to the chassis rotting from inside out.............Seems very prevalent on Estates but not so much on Saloons, and is almost irrepairable...............

Yeah, you can weld a plate over the top, but that isn't gonna put back the strength and stop the flexing.
These chassis are triple skinned, and have different structural shapes inside, so a strong repair is almost impossible unless you cut out and re fabricate a whole section :(

Cheers Dave

Title: Re: Rear arch repair
Post by amigafan2003 on Nov 12^th, 2014, 9:56pm

Yep - you can use either Granada Estate or Saloo arch repair panels - both can be fitted with minimal mods that any competent body shop should be capable of:-

Before:-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/amigafan2003/IMAG0329_zps853ed5ad.jpg

After:-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/amigafan2003/IMAG0408_zps6e388357.jpg

Granada sills can also be used:-

Before:-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/amigafan2003/IMAG0334_zps677b5855.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/amigafan2003/IMAG0328_zpsbfb223ae.jpg

After:-

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/amigafan2003/IMAG0412_zps61b9dfb2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/amigafan2003/IMAG0406_zpsa107019d.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v25/amigafan2003/IMAG0407_zps2025ec69.jpg