Cameron

Going to be stripping down my escort for paint soon, ordered a new front panel as mine has a few holes in it, does anyone have any pictures of one being removed and fitted, for a bit of help, cheers.

mattseries2

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Why replace the whole lot? Why not cut out the rust and weld in new bits?

dawesy1700

what mk escort? ive got pics of my mk2 getting the front panel peeled off.

mattseries2

iTrader: (1)

Guess it will be a mk3/4 as being in the RST section mate!

turbonut0170

they dont take alot to get off mate problem is they go under the wings onto inner wing were they are spot welded to bit of a bugger but have done mine its easy

Cameron

Yeah it is a mk4

It would be like a patchwork quilt as there is a fair amount gone through already plus i already have the panel waiting

dawesy1700

hahaha, oh yeah, i just logged on and it was there, didn't take note of what section it was in,

drsrst2zvh

if its just rotten around the bumper mounts i wouldnt remove the hole panel as you will struggle to get the lines back to how good they are originally with the headlights and wings etc... look at my resto to see how i did mine.

xrmalin

This is how i did mine



granted i was fitting a new cross member at the same time but i left the main body of the panel in place then re-welded the new bits in across the bend of the panel as its easier to blend the welds in.



all fitted and painted.

mark.

muz

I cut out and patched mine also. Much easier than replacing the whole lot.

Cameron

Thanks for the help, think ill just cut the bottom sections out and weld new ones in instead.