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RADIATOR SUPPORT PANEL LH/LX

Started by _brutass08_ , Jan 06 2008 10:56 PM

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#1 _brutass08_

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Posted 06 January 2008 - 10:56 PM

Hey guy's just had a sticky beak in the rare spares link , noticed they have now got these , anyone had any experience's with them,is it just the front part or does it include the back and top section aswell.cheers.

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#2 _Yella SLuR_

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Posted 07 January 2008 - 07:06 AM

Back and top section??? The radiator support panel is predominantly flat. A pic below, it is that front most piece.

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Posted 07 January 2008 - 11:39 AM

$328.90, wow! Thats just the lower beam!

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#4 LHSL

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Posted 07 January 2008 - 03:09 PM

Depends how you look at it Red. $328 on a $100,000 plus investment is nothing. For me on the other hand $328 on a $2,000 investment ouch! Not sure which client Rares is aiming at (same with some of their other prices). Good on them for making it though!
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 03:28 PM

it just looks like the outter boxed section to me, not the inner flat section that also rusts out as well. bit steep im my opinion... i reckon most people could knock one up themselves with a little bit of planning. i was lucky as i had a wreck that had a solid radiator support.

props to them though for making it as im sure many will purchase it.

cheers

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Posted 07 January 2008 - 05:52 PM

+3.

Fair enough the nose cone covers it, but if it's rusty, & you hit something.....

$328 for 3 pieces of pressed mild steel! [shaking the head]

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Posted 08 January 2008 - 07:39 AM

Depends how you look at it Red. $328 on a $100,000 plus investment is nothing. For me on the other hand $328 on a $2,000 investment ouch! Not sure which client Rares is aiming at (same with some of their other prices). Good on them for making it though!
Phillip

Thats a good point, but then if I was paying that much money, it would want to be perfect, as in identical to the original piece. I believe it's too much however you look at it though for that item.

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#8 _brutass08_

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Posted 08 January 2008 - 02:05 PM

Hey guys I have just seen one on ebay from sparescity , they inform me that it is the whole doubleskinned section that the radiator sits on , so I hope that means you could cut the box type section out and weld this one in , hoping it is a good match of course, their price $295 . currently restoring 1 of my lx slr5000's so it's probably not a bad investment. cheers

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#9 _brutass08_

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Posted 19 February 2008 - 12:45 PM

HEY GUY'S FOR EVERYONES INFO, I JUST GOT THIS PANEL ($291) AND YEH TYPICAL OF RARESPARES PANEL'S IT IS NOT A GOOD FIT , AS MOST OF YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE IT IS THE FULL BOX TYPE SECTION ie back & front . BUT ACROSS THE TOP OF THE ORIGINAL SECTION IT TAPERS DOWN ABOUT 10 - 12 MM FROM EACH END , WHERE THE BONNET CATCH MOUNTING BRACE IS BOLTED TOAND ALSO THE THE TOP LIP OF THELOWER SECTION OF THE NOSE CONE BOLTS TO AND THE NEW SECTION IS DEAD FLAT ALL THE WAY ACROSS. WHICH IN TURN DOES NOT ALLOW FOR CORRECT MOUNTING OF THE BOLT ON SECTION'S , SO NOW I WILL HAVE TO HAVE IT MODIFIED . SO YEH SUMMING IT ALL UP I WOULD'NT BOTHER WITH BUYING ONE YOU WOULD BE JUST BETTER OF GETTING SOMEONE WHO IS GOOD WITH SHEETMETAL TO BEND IT UP "PROPERLY" IN THE FIRST PLACE . HOPEFULLY THIS HELPS SOMEONE BEFORE THEY OUTLAY THE COIN LIKE I DID TRUSTING THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD FIT CHEERS BRUTASS.

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#10 _hatcheddan_

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Posted 19 February 2008 - 01:57 PM

YOU WOULD BE JUST BETTER OF GETTING SOMEONE WHO IS GOOD WITH SHEETMETAL TO BEND IT UP "PROPERLY" IN THE FIRST PLACE .

I'm working on it, they can be made a lot cheaper

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#11 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 19 February 2008 - 05:04 PM

If you can make them properly, I'll buy at least one.

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#12 MR_J

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Posted 19 February 2008 - 06:33 PM

Hatchedan

If you make em....i will take one for sure.

Cheers :spoton:

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#13 _SSL31_

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Posted 23 February 2008 - 07:29 PM

2 for me too...

If you are going to make something and charge top dollar , well then self explainatory ay. The rear pillars are just the ducks nuts too....NOT.

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#14 _Brewster_

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Posted 24 February 2008 - 02:05 AM

Me to please!

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#15 _hatcheddan_

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Posted 25 February 2008 - 05:07 PM

The rear pillars are just the ducks nuts too....NOT.

Your not referring to mine are you, I've sold 63 pairs and never had a complaint

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#16 _HatchmanSS76_

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Posted 26 February 2008 - 07:44 PM

Hatcheddan let me know when you have the radiator support pannel sorted, I'm interested. Do you still have any of those rear pillars left?

Disapointing that Rares are charging top dollar and it's a poor fit and not the same shape as the original. :rolleyes:

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#17 TempesT

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Posted 26 February 2008 - 09:35 PM

1Xradiator support pannel for me

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#18 _brutass08_

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Posted 20 March 2008 - 08:37 PM

Hey guy's , been a while but have finally got back to sorting out fitment of this panel and as I thought there was more dramas , some more seriuos mod's needed , so please take it from me don't bother with forking out the coin and buying an over priced rare spare's panel THAT DONT FIT , cheers . Hopefully hatcheddan has some success with these , I would much rather give him some coin.

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#19 _SSL31_

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Posted 23 March 2008 - 12:20 AM

No not you mate , refering to that big repro company.

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#20 _lxss34_

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Posted 23 March 2008 - 04:14 PM

hi all
im only new to this site so hi to all
i have a lx hatch an i an looking for someone who can make or point me in the right direction of buying the section that runs along to roof at the back where the hinges for the hatch mount as mine is rusty.

also i just brought some c pillar replacment parts from a guy in warbton in vic is he a member of this forum he was selling them on ebay?

thanks
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Posted 25 March 2008 - 11:33 PM

I need one of those right now, I'll take one too.

But what i cant understand is why they dont make a an LH LX replacement panel for the battery shelf that rusts away.
They make one for the UC but its not the same.

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#22 _CHOPPER_

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Posted 26 March 2008 - 10:48 AM

Because I originally supplied Les with a UC battery tray.

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#23 _Brewster_

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Posted 26 March 2008 - 02:05 PM

Does Rares know that the support panel doesn't fit?

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#24 _brutass08_

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Posted 26 March 2008 - 05:39 PM

I have'nt actually told them about this , but my guess is that they probably would'nt be that interested they have already got my money , I'm just ensuring people from this website dont come across the same problems , which they will if they purchase one , as said if someone from here can make a more accurate copy lets give them the money , cheers Brutass.