Hi there, have just relised after stripping my mk2 that the original inner front panel is missing and a replacement front panel had been welded to the lower x-member. can anyone shed some light on how it was wen it rolled out the factory- i assume the front panel was spot welded along the bottom to the inner panel? should i go down this route or weld straight to the x member after putting a repair section on the bottom?

any help would be great

Dan

 

I've replaced a couple of front panels and cross members on mk2's. The front panel should be spot welded along the lower edge of the panel under the cross memeber. If I remember correctly that narrow piece under the cross member is part of the cross member assembly (don't know if you can get a repair panel instead of a complete cross member?).
Need to replace my own front panel so my memory will be refrshed in the not too distant future!

 

as above, done one a couple of years back, the crossmember has the curved bit on it then spot weld the front panel to that.