front valance damage

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restall
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front valance damage

Post by restall » 28 Jun 2014 12:44 pm

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?
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Ride_on
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Re: front valance damage

Post by Ride_on » 28 Jun 2014 12:54 pm

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.
1980 345 DL_______1987 360 GLE (project car restored to GLT spec and B230FT'd)
1984 360 GLT______1987 360 GLT
1983 360 GLS______1989 360 GLE
1985 340 GL_______1986 340 1.4
1985 360 GLS______1995 940 SE 2.3 Turbo Estate (daily)
1987 340 GL 1.7

restall
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Re: front valance damage

Post by restall » 28 Jun 2014 01:01 pm

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
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Re: front valance damage

Post by Ride_on » 09 Jul 2014 02:07 pm

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.
1980 345 DL_______1987 360 GLE (project car restored to GLT spec and B230FT'd)
1984 360 GLT______1987 360 GLT
1983 360 GLS______1989 360 GLE
1985 340 GL_______1986 340 1.4
1985 360 GLS______1995 940 SE 2.3 Turbo Estate (daily)
1987 340 GL 1.7

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Re: front valance damage

Post by Logan360 » 09 Jul 2014 07:58 pm

not too sure about the 340 but they unbolt from the car don't they?
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Re: front valance damage

Post by classicswede » 09 Jul 2014 08:32 pm

No welded in and they are structural.
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Re: front valance damage

Post by Logan360 » 10 Jul 2014 07:44 am

balls. was hoping to unbolt and get some more fabbed up
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86 360GLT
97 S90
92 960S, Royal
01 Subaru Lancaster 6
96 Volvo 854R

Owned
E90 320 M-sport wagon
S60T -Mazda Familia
850lpt -AU Falcon
855T5 -91, 95, 97 960
940TIC -Mitsi GTO TT
16x 360-Toyota corolla
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Re: front valance damage

Post by bogbasic » 10 Jul 2014 02:30 pm

... if its only the lower edge that is dented or rusted, a welder can repair them in-situ.
1988 340 1.4 GL, 218k, 5 door (Grey Bess). Gone to CBA.
1991 340 1.7 GL, 64k, 5 door, petrol blue (Deep Blue).
1988 360 2.0 GLE, 140k, 5 door, ocean blue metallic (Blue Bess).
1989 340 1.7 GL, 108k, 3 door (Red Ness).
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