Hi Guys,

How much am I looking to pay to get it fitted? Finding it hard to get quotes as I cannot take the car to bodyshops and not many are willing to come have a look at it

Once I have found somebody who can do it on my drive or will give me a price I will have to trailer it to them!

 

about 100 quid

gonna have to take it to em

 

Yeah I will trailer it there or pay for a flat bed to get it there! Just dont wanna have to do it to get quotes

 

i was getting quotes of about £60 - £100

 

100 quid is the average

 

seen some F/G reg cars with wax backed sound proofing and they are worse to weld. Found I had to pull the dash out or it was a fire hazard.

Earlier ones are not as much of a problem.

Price would depend on if you wanted it 'just welded' or you expect it to be 'restored'

Big difference.

And £100 sounds cheap.

 

moose beat me to it... nearer 2-300 if want it done "proper"

 

i payed 60 quid for one years ago and the burn all the wax backing you mention

100 quid is the norm mate, restoring and removing the old one nd fitting a replacement pannel are the same surely

you aint gonna lead load the batt tray are ya

weld, seal and repaint, its just to hold the battery after all

 

proper

please discribe whats proper about a bat tray

tell me whats soo different that it takes 285 quid in labour as the replacment panel is about 15 quid

how many hours it take to be done proper then ????

now dont get me wrong as a bad job WILL leak like a fooker and thats bad but the replacement pannels are ok tbh and mine was spot on apart from the burnt sound deading

 

for 60 quid they prob ujst ground the old "tray" off then just welded the new section with tray attatched over the top...

having it done properly would involve cutting all the old shit out, replacing any bits of the bulihead which have also gone aswell as the inner wing, so you have something to weld to, weld the new unit in, grinding all welds smooth, filling joins and paintng underneath aswell as above...

See Tonys thread near the beginning to see what I mean.. look in his bay and there is NO WAY of telling its EVER had a tray... though I put on the third of its life

 

actually I think the tray was less than 15 quid

 

mine wasa good job and it wasnt just gound off either as the back of the bat tray was totally fooked, but i may have been lucky supose

the batt tray on my tennis was replaced and i had no way of telling,,,,,,,,,, WELL apart from when i cleaned the bay wioth thinners and noticed they matched the paint to the dirty white that the bay was paintied, now i got a dirty white paint and the rest of the bay it super clean white


heres a strange thing though, the 2 orions ive got and my escort cabrio that i use has never had a batt tray and they aint rusy either

why could that be

 

its about that i said, was a while since i bought one

comes with extra on it for the bulkhead and the inner wing though i remember

 

A replacement tray which had been simply "bunged" on..



removed



shit cut out



bulkhead repairs





Welded in





There is a fair few hours in filler prep there alone...

 

Ishould also add, seam sealent was only used where it was originally placed at the factory..

 

not as easy to do that job on a road going car though

does look better than what i thought though

now a piccy of a bunged on one with no rust would be cool

 

somebody needs to learn how to weld

to do a batt tray properly like moose said £400
that includes droping dash
cutting out out tray n metal welding it in
linishing it
filing it
priming it
painting it
and if you add it up thats cheap really
2 day job
workshop needs £80 a day to keep running
working for £100 a day
leaves £40 for materails

i would weld one in for £120 cash with no painting or welding inside

 

I havent done much but it works as I did more on The car it did get better

 

sorry dude thats good for diy thow

if you payed for that i wud be worried thow

 

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
the joys of being a panel beater

thanx for reminding me of work tomorrow

 

Thats mine

I have the panel! I am planning to prime and paint it myself so I will be able to prep it also! I just need the actual welding doing and I can do the cosmetic side of it

 

thats erm,,,,,,,,,,, interesting

 

on a serious note hows the floor to bulkhead join too

 

thats had a tray before too...

 

no shit

 

It wasnt a gaping hole it was just rusted over! I got pissed off and was armed with a screw driver!

That is all I have managed to find....so far!

 

that could get even messier
hope you get it sorted but think youll be looking at the higher estimates

 

I can do most of it myself like remove the dash, prep and paint it!

I just basicly need the panel cutting out, new one welding in and then the welds tidied so I can smooth, primer and paint the bay

I will supply this

also

 

mate have a look for other rust spots and see then imo

 

There are no other spots I can see (There is only the fusebox and gearbox left in the engine bay and no carpet inside)

Then there is a slight buddle on roof and inside the boot it has been abused but I have temp fixed that for now!

 

nick now looking at that pic

dash does need to come out

also the heater as well bu the looks of things

then all the sound proofing

has ray not got back to you?

 

Sound proofing is coming out anyway cos I am replacing it! Dash can come off too before it goes away!

 

I would suggest part of the bulkhead will need work too..

 

Whats your postcode bud? i can come to you and do it (fully trained welder BTW)

 

nick mate id take neil up on that offer , saves you them money of tralering it to people for a quote, cus he has already seen how bad it is lol
good luck dude

 

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