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Old 16-03-2015, 01:04 PM
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My mk4 xr3i needs quite a lot of welding to the under side and a replacement chasis rail

Can anyone recomend somewhere in essex to carry out the work? Preferably someone who rely knows mk4s lol
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RPC in Rayleigh do all my paint work,
Really nice guy and wont rip you off
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Originally Posted by Harris.
RPC in Rayleigh do all my paint work,
Really nice guy and wont rip you off
Had any welding done by them?
Old 17-03-2015, 11:30 AM
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theres a place in billericay called brewsters . they do fantastic work
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Originally Posted by marky_g
Had any welding done by them?

Plenty
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When brewsters were based in Ramsden Heath I remember them having all the escort wrc cars to paint in the repsol colours and doing the steel wrc front wings
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When brewsters were based in Ramsden Heath I remember them having all the escort wrc cars to paint in the repsol colours and doing the steel wrc front wings
So there likly to charge a fortune
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I have given RPC a quick email hopefuly there keen to take it on
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Always a bit of a trek but my fabricator is second to none in my opinion, he's spent his life restoring rusty 60's, 70's and 80's cars! lol
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try C L Panelcraft in braintree, tell them Lee from ARI sent you.

they do loads of restoration work inc some RS's
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Originally Posted by marky_g
I have given RPC a quick email hopefuly there keen to take it on


Call him mate and say Dave with the 3 door cossie gave you his details .
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Spoke to RPC today he's gonna have a look at give me a quote as soon as he can as he's mega busy, hopefuly he'll take it and be reasonable
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Originally Posted by will@greenlight
theres a place in billericay called brewsters . they do fantastic work
Brewsters do a great job, competitive quotes and a fast turnaround as well
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Originally Posted by marky_g
Spoke to RPC today he's gonna have a look at give me a quote as soon as he can as he's mega busy, hopefuly he'll take it and be reasonable

He did 2 rear arches on my saff cosworth . painted both quarters and 6 years on there still as new Ł500
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I'll try brewsters too, I've had a quote for a firm we use at work of Ł1000 I'm not sure if that was all the work or just the welding 😂 I know them to be very expensive tho so we'll see hopefuly that's the sort of money in looking at for everything lol
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Originally Posted by Karlos G
Always a bit of a trek but my fabricator is second to none in my opinion, he's spent his life restoring rusty 60's, 70's and 80's cars! lol

He might get the job tho Karl it's gettin hard to find anyone for the welding that's not mega busy down this way
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Just had chat with Gary at brewsters he's provided me with a very good quote for the arches but needs to see the ROT as it's not what they specialise in, seems a nice bloke tho
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Originally Posted by marky_g
He might get the job tho Karl it's gettin hard to find anyone for the welding that's not mega busy down this way
That's the trouble with anyone good in their trade, always busy!
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