rear quarter panel question
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rear quarter panel question
ok, as much as i hate to admit, my bronco is getting a little rusty. the majority of the truck is in great condition, but the rear quarters are getting bad, over the wheels and behind the support post.
my oringinal thinking was that i could get fender repair panels and have my friend help me weld them in. but my father (whos in the restoration business) said i should just buy new rear quarters and have a body man put them on. i looked through the NPD catalog, and found originals for alot of money. so that idea went out the window for a while.
now today i decided to give the body work a goin-over before winter gets here, and well it aint pretty! the fenders are desintigrating, and the support posts are rusted through.
so my question is i found rear quarters on Broncograveyard.com for $215 each, but i dont know if they will work with the swing-away spare tire rack.
will these work? http://broncograveyard.com/bronco/i-..._aft_right.htm
my oringinal thinking was that i could get fender repair panels and have my friend help me weld them in. but my father (whos in the restoration business) said i should just buy new rear quarters and have a body man put them on. i looked through the NPD catalog, and found originals for alot of money. so that idea went out the window for a while.
now today i decided to give the body work a goin-over before winter gets here, and well it aint pretty! the fenders are desintigrating, and the support posts are rusted through.
so my question is i found rear quarters on Broncograveyard.com for $215 each, but i dont know if they will work with the swing-away spare tire rack.
will these work? http://broncograveyard.com/bronco/i-..._aft_right.htm
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I cut out my rust rings and used Fusor body panel adhesive to glue in patch panels. It still looks pretty good after a year and a half. I say pretty good because I never took it past the epoxy primer stage, and willl now need to do a little touch up before finish paint is applied.
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Check with the guys at the Graveyard before you buy but I'm pretty certain that the passenger side rear quarter that they are selling already has the tire carrier reinforcement gusseting in it. If you buy it and you don't have the external carrier you won't know the difference anyway. They look the same on the outside.
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The panel adhesive is a way to apply the panel if it is not a structural part, which the quarters would not be. Plus may be better corrosion wise since you aren't burning through paint welding them in. We use to put truck box sides on with the panel adhesive and only needed to spot weld up behind the cab and back by the tailights. Fusor, duramix, usc, all have the panel adhesive if you wanted to go that route. I believe fusor has some instruction on use on their site at fusor.com, but you will need a lot of clamps to install it, clamping while it is curing gives it strength. Browns of two rivers has a lot of replacement panels for older vehicles at decent prices, but they have aftermarket parts so I don't know how fitment would be. My uncle did get some fenders from them many years ago for his f150 that I put on and they fit allright. Be prepared for a bit of work if you are replacing the whole quarter panel. lots of spotweld to drill out and weld replacing a quarter.http://www.browns-of-tworivers.com/577.htm
Last edited by kenseth17; Sep 26, 2005 at 12:42 AM.
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