Indi9xx
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I get a lot of requests for advice from club members about repair panels for Porsche models, I know of a few options for various different panels listed bellow, but many of them I have not welded in myself, so can't comment or advise on them, but would really love to hear experiences of those who have actually used them or paid a bodyshop to use them.
Once apon a time, there were limited options for 944 body repair panels.
Originally there was only really Genuine parts available.
Then Stuart Gordon (AKA FlashGordon) was making sills, which would do for a enthusiast with a smaller budget, no diamond to mark jacking location and a flat lower edge rather than a channel, and he also made the lower rear quarter sill termination repair panel (was never an option from Porsche without buying a whole quarter)
Then Stuart stopped making them, and now there seems to be options from several locations.
Front Wing lower Repair Panels
Lower rear quarter sill termination panel (LRQST).
Lower rear quarter wheel arch back section
There is also a couple of options for places selling whole pattern wings, but I have not seen these in the flesh, but again the whole wing could be fitted or just chop off the lower section for that as a repair panel and get around the "pattern panel poor fit issues". But it seems a bit of a waste.
Anyway, so I can help future enquiries about what to use, which I will still do with caution, but I would really love to hear from people who have used any of the above, or know of other alternatives.
Once apon a time, there were limited options for 944 body repair panels.
Originally there was only really Genuine parts available.
Then Stuart Gordon (AKA FlashGordon) was making sills, which would do for a enthusiast with a smaller budget, no diamond to mark jacking location and a flat lower edge rather than a channel, and he also made the lower rear quarter sill termination repair panel (was never an option from Porsche without buying a whole quarter)
Then Stuart stopped making them, and now there seems to be options from several locations.
Front Wing lower Repair Panels
- Dereros3 (ebay - Lanarkshire) £150 a pair - Not seen these myself in the flesh. Do they match the contours for the S2/Turbo skirts/trims?
- Lauras8181 (Ebay - Burntwood - Think they are classiccarpartsandpanels) - £85 - Not seen these myself, Do they match the S2/Turbo profile?
- ClubAutoSport (Fibreglass) - I did buy a pair of these when they first came out, just to see what they were like, never used them though, something wrong about putting in Fibreglass where there should be metal, even though fibreglass wings can be a performance alternative, it just does not seem right.
- GenuinePorsche - £800+ Buy a whole wing and chop the bottom part off as a repair panel, or use the whole wing.
- Dereros3 (ebay - Lanarkshire) £150 a pair with LRQST (see bellow) - I think these might be Stuart Gordons ones or his press maybe, seems identical except these have the jacking diamond feature, but still a flat lower edge rather than a channel like the original items.
- Dereros3 (ebay - Lanarkshire) £200 a pair with inner sill (rip panel) - Same sills, but with what looks like a poor version of an inner sill.
- Lauras8181 (Ebay - Burntwood - Think they are classiccarpartsandpanels) - £110 each - Not seen these myself, but seem to have the jacking diamond and the channel in the lower edge.
- GenuinePorsche - £179 - £338 - Expensive, is an entire sill, so includes the door step, is usually an absolute mm perfect fit.
Lower rear quarter sill termination panel (LRQST).
- Dereros3 (ebay - Lanarkshire) £70 a pair - I think these might be Stuart Gordons ones or his press maybe, seems identical. Good budget part like Stuart's ones, but no under side detail, so just an outer skin for this part. These match the skirt, but only because you can trim them on the leading edge to make them sit at the right angle and blend them into the arch.
- Lauras8181 (Ebay - Burntwood - Think they are classiccarpartsandpanels) - £75 each - Not seen these myself, they do seem to have much more detail to terminate the channel in the bottom of the sill, but do they match the S2/Turbo profile for the rear end of the skirt? as there is more to these, which is good, there might be less scope to trim them on the leading edge to have the right angle on the bottom?
- GenuinePorsche - £800 to £1500 whole rear quarter- Like the wings, either cut off the bit you want, or fit the whole thing... But ohhh the cost! I hope PorscheClassic start making just a repair panel.
Lower rear quarter wheel arch back section
- Dereros3 (ebay - Lanarkshire) £150 a pair - Not seen these in the flesh, would like to hear from anyone who has used them.
- GenuinePorsche - £800 to £1500 whole rear quarter- Like the wings, either cut off the bit you want, or fit the whole thing... But ohhh the cost! I hope PorscheClassic start making just a repair panel.
There is also a couple of options for places selling whole pattern wings, but I have not seen these in the flesh, but again the whole wing could be fitted or just chop off the lower section for that as a repair panel and get around the "pattern panel poor fit issues". But it seems a bit of a waste.
Anyway, so I can help future enquiries about what to use, which I will still do with caution, but I would really love to hear from people who have used any of the above, or know of other alternatives.