Rear panel removal.
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Rear panel removal.
Has anybody removed a complete rear panel before?
Is it just a case of drilling the spot welds out, similaly, like removing the front panel? Ive drilled a fair few spots out now, but it still seems firmly attached? Also where it meets the rear light cluster bracket it seems to tuck round and up the back of it, ive drilled the spots out and it is ''free(ish)'' but nowhere near enough to be removed as it follows the contoured bends of the cluster bracket its positioned with.
I dont supose any body has any pics while removing one? I have some but i left my camera down the workshop
I will post them tomorrow.
I really could do with some ideas here, as its one of the only major things holding me up and im quite keen to get on with it asap now.
CheeRS.
Is it just a case of drilling the spot welds out, similaly, like removing the front panel? Ive drilled a fair few spots out now, but it still seems firmly attached? Also where it meets the rear light cluster bracket it seems to tuck round and up the back of it, ive drilled the spots out and it is ''free(ish)'' but nowhere near enough to be removed as it follows the contoured bends of the cluster bracket its positioned with.
I dont supose any body has any pics while removing one? I have some but i left my camera down the workshop
I really could do with some ideas here, as its one of the only major things holding me up and im quite keen to get on with it asap now.
CheeRS.
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Re: Rear panel removal.
If it's not going back on I'd take a grinder to it to be able to see more easily where it seems to be attached (but I do enjoy playing with grinders
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Re: Rear panel removal.
CheeRS mate, i might just do that. I'd say i wished i'd never started taking it off now but it had to come off as it's that bad
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Re: Rear panel removal.
ull prob find there might be sum sealer holding it on aswell mate try heating the panel up with a heat gun then try pry it off make sure all youyr spot welds are drilled through the centres and theres not still sum of the spot weld left at the sides
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