well the wheel well in my s2 has rottern and i need to replace it! does anyone know if you can get these in a replacement panel?? iv searched but no luck! any suggestions please help! cheers

 

cut it out fit a flat section from a daewoo which has the same type metal which matches the boot section will need welding and painting anyway so get rid of it. Spare wheel will fit in the boot if you dont have a massive boot install.

 

jano, same metal as in material wise or same as in ribbed in the right places? (that sounds wrong!)

 

i think he means as in the paterned ribs??

cut it out fella

 

Any more info on this? Which daewoo? Might aswell get this done whilst rest of floor is been worked on.

 

ditto , i would also like to loose my whell well, but dont want to rivet ally in or glue carbon in, would like to use a metal floor,

i hear a escort mk6 estae one can be used >

lee

 

I know where their is a genuine complete boot floor pan for sale if your interested?

Cheers

Chris

 

Mines mint anway, just want rid of wheel well, no need for it.

 

Don't think i would ever buy an rst with no wheel well, to me it would just say it had been messed around with.

Rob,

 

Mine was rotten. I decided to cut it out and weld a new panel in there. I had a lazer cut disc made for 15 quid.

 

Not much strength in a flat section of metal, it looks good tho.

Thats the reason i said about the daewoo boot, it has the ribs in the metal which add to strength if on the off chance you had a rear end.

As for looks and buying an RS with no boot floor i think thats down to the individual. If its been done right then great.


Have a look at Jays thread on my site where he has removed the wheel well.
http://oddkiddcreations.co.uk/viewto...t=jay&start=75













Also Jamies car which will be next months cover car for Fast Ford.
He has added a cross bar to help with strength.


http://oddkiddcreations.co.uk/viewto...2652&start=125

 

that looks spot on

 

looks nice but shame it doesnt match up well

 

cheers jan was just about to but a pick up

 

I know what you mean Jano, guess its just a preference thing, don't understand why you would remove a wheel well unless it was rotten, i would just be thinking what else was rotten and replaced. Just me.

Rob,

 

I remove mine because of the diffuser i put into the back bumper as it did not look right with the wheel well still there other wise I would have left the wheel well there

 

Mines going as a 17" spare doesnt fit in it, a steel would look shit and I want car light as possible. Its a 20 year old car, its getting a carbon roof and roll cage so the deleted wheel well isnt going to be an eye brow raiser. Can see your point on a 'regular' car but I dont ever imagine selling mine (had it 10yrs already) and if I do I cant see it been a -ve.

 

be good to see yours on the mend, your going abit crazy with the spec aint ya

 

Lol fair point,

Rob,

 

what daewoo is the boot floor out of?

 

Reckon the daweoo section would look ok in a square hole rather than just the circle of the wheel well. The mismatch seems very noticable in the pics above. Gonna take a trip to scrapyard and insepct all the ford estate rear floors and see if anything looks similar to the mk4 boot 'ribs'.

 

someones used a ford ka/fiestamk4 boot floor section before, cant remember who might have been cliff s1??? worth a look

 

I bloody hate the wheel well on cars. I couldn't be bothered to cut mine out, so covered it up lol

 

come on muz lets see the pic again

 

Ohhhhhh, That pic?





The patented "anti theft boot floor"

 

I was referring to this cover up though.

 

use the panel from a mondeo estate
its the spare wheel lid,only just fits
ill get a pic later

 

well if you do come to sell it your nae getting ur interior back lol! cheers bud its all spot on!

 

sounds like a plan

I'll get burried in this car, I can see it now, so theres little chance of me needing it back. glad its okay.

 

ebay cover

looks like it would do nicely, shame its local pick up only though

 

thats the one

 

sweet, looks spot on

 

Its surprising how much the spare wheel well weighs when you finally get it out! heavy as fook lol