Originally Posted by NOSSY_89

If you have rust on the arches then take out the boot trim and carpet. Be careful not to rip the boot trim because it is very thin, I've ripped far too many lol. Have a look where the jack is and see if it is full of water after it has rained. You can check for rust in and around there and you will be able to see the state of you turrets too.

Originally Posted by jaygsi

Agree loads of fakes out there, I'd go for the RCM one, they had a thread on here some years ago about there quality of goods and issues faced, as made in China. That's what i'd be upgrading too.

Who's this contact you have for quality panels?

Originally Posted by Steve Whitehorn

Its Ray Culver. He has a big collection of Imprezas and mainly sells oil and the repair pannels. A lot of the panels being sold were thin, not all of them but many of them and he sourced OEM thickness ones initally for classics but also newage. Sills as well from memory. He is on Facebook.