Help!!! My del sol is wasting away...

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Help!!! My del sol is wasting away...

Postby gowseromally » Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:28 pm

Help needed, i took my 98 del sol to get the rear wheel arches tidied up and to my horror they are (it saddens me to say)Rotten beyond repair and need replaced but cant source anywhere that stock rear 1/4s and rear inner wings. if any of you have had this job done(and i imagine someone has, as its a common problem with the del sol) but i could really do with your help. Thanx.
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Re: Help!!! My del sol is wasting away...

Postby skitz » Tue Aug 02, 2011 9:59 pm

modified 92-95 civic rear archs and the inner archs need to be fabricated from scratch from sheet metal.
any competant body shop will be able to do it though
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Re: Help!!! My del sol is wasting away...

Postby gowseromally » Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:52 pm

THanx, this is what i have been told, but by getting the replacement panels it would have been easier for the guys that are doing the job,and easier on my pocket.

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Re: Help!!! My del sol is wasting away...

Postby skitz » Tue Aug 02, 2011 10:54 pm

you can still get complete rear quarters from honda at 350 a side and inner archs at about 150
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Re: Help!!! My del sol is wasting away...

Postby SiR_chris » Wed Aug 03, 2011 10:39 am

and if you use the 92-95 civic arches you can buy them from 12tune
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Re: Help!!! My del sol is wasting away...

Postby Glovermx » Wed Aug 03, 2011 12:37 pm

skitz wrote:you can still get complete rear quarters from honda at 350 a side and inner archs at about 150


For me to do both sides at that price it would be the same ammount as the cars worth :lol:
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Re: Help!!! My del sol is wasting away...

Postby gowseromally » Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:23 pm

Thanks for the heads up folks, but i'm going with the sheet metal fabrication as i'm not paying £500 a side before its even painted...i love my wee del sol..but if i spent this much on it my wife would then become my ex-wife.lol.....now theres a thought!!! :lol: :twisted:
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Re: Help!!! My del sol is wasting away...

Postby skitz » Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:13 pm

They may be more than that but I Havnt looked in a long time. Never heard of anyone ever buying them from Honda anyway.
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Re: Help!!! My del sol is wasting away...

Postby Donhumbostoni » Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:30 pm

when you get this work done posrt up some pictures and the place of where you got the work done because i think mine will need doing very soon
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Re: Help!!! My del sol is wasting away...

Postby EuanCraigsiR » Fri Mar 23, 2012 9:45 pm

mine need done now, going into bodyshop next month, fingers crossed it wont break the bank, because the mot is due now too :-(
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Re: Help!!! My del sol is wasting away...

Postby SiR_chris » Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:16 pm

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Re: Help!!! My del sol is wasting away...

Postby metrovtec » Sat Feb 02, 2013 1:35 pm

When I did my arches in 2008 I used Honda 1/4 panels and Austin rover maestro outer repair panels which fitted quite well for the inner arch, and at 20 pounds were good value.
I might have some pictures somewhere....
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