front valance damage

[restall]

ive recently bought a 340 with a damaged front valance
is it possible to buy a new front valance or will i have to make and weld one together?
also will this affect the m.o.t?

[Ride_on]

Not available unfortunately. Not sure about MOT, its not structural so you might get away with it. There have been some threads on repairs, I depanelled and repaired mine by combining 2 cars, but made a mistake when reassembling, as a result the wing interface had a big gap. It was easy enough to fix but took a day.

[restall]

oh balls
i thought that was gonna be the answer
couldnt find a body ref code for that part anywhere.
might start a thread when i get round to repairing it
i bet a lot of the lowered cars have bashed in valances nowadays

[Ride_on]

If the original is not too mangled you could depanel, and get a panel beater to straighten it, then reweld it back together. More than likely it will need welding repairs aswell.

[Logan360]

not too sure about the 340 but they unbolt from the car don't they?

[classicswede]

No welded in and they are structural.

[Logan360]

balls. was hoping to unbolt and get some more fabbed up

[bogbasic]

... if its only the lower edge that is dented or rusted, a welder can repair them in-situ.