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I cut it down the middle and welded in a patch panel to fill the gap. They sealed and painted it for me.
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Epic. Looks like it came out beyond great, and fast too.
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Any pictures of the cutting and the patch panel?
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Seems like it would cut the labor to a small fraction of the original.
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08-15-2015, 08:32 AM | #28 |
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OP should have a metal cutout made, and sell for profit profit profit.
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I looked into the Rear Arch for the Prior Design kit but its fiberglass.. wish it was metal then we could all just buy those rear arches.
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This really would be great for a 3D Scan & Print for someone who has a larger machine. OP knows where the cut off is, could easily scan in the car and 3D print a set of arches.
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More time is spent planning your cuts before hand (and building up the courage to cut up your car) If you are decent with body work then all you need to do is cover the cost of painting or wrapping. Last edited by uberschnell; 08-15-2015 at 12:32 PM.. |
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1M OEM rear quarter panels are really expensive(about 1500€ in Europe), someone really need to make 3d scan and 3d print a set of metal arches if is that possible. I think this would interest many people, it would be no problem to sold many of them!
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http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showp...7&postcount=69 This guy was trying to make composite flares based on the oem panels http://www.1addicts.com/forums/showthread.php?t=963304 |
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looks great. awesome progress.
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Hey bud, this is looking to be pretty badass. Please PM me with your total cost because I definitely want to go about this as well without breakin the bank.
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I've not looked too in-depth at how other people have been doing this, but your method is very common when quarter panels are damaged beyond repair in accidents. The OEMs specify dimensions and areas where the panel can be cut and sectioned into the existing panel. Interesting that the part is so cheap. Makes this much more approachable. Excellent work!
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OK, picked it up from shop. I'm very happy with the way it turned out. In person you could not tell the difference between this and full panel replacement.
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Paint turned out great. New record time for 1m conversion for sure!
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And might i add congratulations on such a great job. Thanks |
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dam, never thought the difference between a 1m and 1 in the rear was that big! Great work
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