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Im thinking of putting them on my sti, but will i devalue it, there is a few wee rust bubbles on the back arch, im thinking cut it all out and put on abw arches, or just repair pannels? Any advice would be great thanks
Looks lovely, I'd leave standard. If your thinking you might sell in a few years, then wouldn't bother.
But if you have bubbles on the rear you need to check up in the inner arches. As that's where they rot.
Unless like mine the original owner paid out for Subaru under-seal package from new. Cost him a fair bit. Bought another classic that had a few rusty bubbles on the arches needed new sills and rear strut turrets rebuilding.
yes they put people off as everyone knows that people add them when they dont want to do a proper repair of the arches in case they find the other rust that normally hiding under the turrets lol ,, just repair it properly with decent replacement panels and get someone who knows what they are looking for to do it so they can check for other rust whhile they are doing it
Lol just what I think when I see them on an Impreza, unless it's heavily modified and you can see they have been fitted for looking and to add more width to the wheels.
Originally Posted by domino46
yes they put people off as everyone knows that people add them when they dont want to do a proper repair of the arches in case they find the other rust that normally hiding under the turrets lol ,, just repair it properly with decent replacement panels and get someone who knows what they are looking for to do it so they can check for other rust whhile they are doing it
Car currently has a 2.1 stroker fully forged by Damico racing engines, 95k on the clock mix of kms and miles, can anyone recommend where to get repair pannels, and the other thing is im in northern ireland so would be looking some one over here to do the work, north or south of the irish border dosent bother me, as long as its done properly, thanks nicky
I need 2 rear arches, and i will just get sills aswell just incase they arent very expensive at all, it must be in the labour i take it that makes it an expensive job,
thanks for sending me the link thats a great help
Aren't they an American company and that name you mentioned @Jaygsi just the main EU distributor? Automotive panels generally aren't galvanised anyway but use a zinc based e-coat and that needs ground off before welding no matter what the panels are. If you use a proper epoxy primer as a base then the metal shouldn't be an issue. The SubieSavers panels have a good reputation in the US and are 1.2mm vs most aftermarket stuff allegedly being 0.8mm (I've not touched either to confirm but I am in the process of ordering from Ray so should have them shortly).
Also, to make abundantly clear, Ray's prices are on a par with the SubieSavers website and any marginal savings are more than lost by the duties you'd have to pay with importing, plus shipping of large panels. The linked thread above which references cost was down to a misunderstanding in what parts I was after between Ray and I.
Aren't they an American company and that name you mentioned @Jaygsi just the main EU distributor? Automotive panels generally aren't galvanised anyway but use a zinc based e-coat and that needs ground off before welding no matter what the panels are. If you use a proper epoxy primer as a base then the metal shouldn't be an issue. The SubieSavers panels have a good reputation in the US and are 1.2mm vs most aftermarket stuff allegedly being 0.8mm (I've not touched either to confirm but I am in the process of ordering from Ray so should have them shortly).
Also, to make abundantly clear, Ray's prices are on a par with the SubieSavers website and any marginal savings are more than lost by the duties you'd have to pay with importing, plus shipping of large panels. The linked thread above which references cost was down to a misunderstanding in what parts I was after between Ray and I.
On the link I posted Ray did comment too. Its as suspected his prices include the import duty and tax where as on the main site its the wholesale (?) non vat price.
I know, it was my thread. I just wanted to make sure people didn't look at the original post and miss the bigger picture that the prices are in fact quite reasonable.
I just left my car with Andy Winter-Tas motorsport ,very very good service i must say.
He is booked till April 2025 for underbody restoration but found space for mine to do sills, arches plus front fenders and bumper repaint. It was last call for it otherwise new front fenders will be needed,they started to getting rust in area where mudflaps are fitted.
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I just left my car with Andy Winter-Tas motorsport ,very very good service i must say.
He is booked till April 2025 for underbody restoration but found space for mine to do sills, arches plus front fenders and bumper repaint. It was last call for it otherwise new front fenders will be needed,they started to getting rust in area where mudflaps are fitted.
Andy has done two of my classics for me now ,, we are good mates so that helps aswell lol, ,,, if you look at my posts you can see my two classic restorations
they are actually
A T auto services now ,,, TAS motorsport is another company doing the motorsport side of the business now ,, A T auto services is focused on the restorations
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Andy has done two of my classics for me now ,, we are good mates so that helps aswell lol, ,,, if you look at my posts you can see my two classic restorations
they are actually
A T auto services now ,,, TAS motorsport is another company doing the motorsport side of the business now ,, A T auto services is focused on the restorations
Yes AT ,i just googled where i dropped my car it showed Tas M.
Yeah seen Your treads about it ,and 2.5l diesels to
Last edited by JdmSti2006; 12 October 2022 at 01:57 PM.
I just left my car with Andy Winter-Tas motorsport ,very very good service i must say.
He is booked till April 2025 for underbody restoration but found space for mine to do sills, arches plus front fenders and bumper repaint. It was last call for it otherwise new front fenders will be needed,they started to getting rust in area where mudflaps are fitted.
How are they on there pricing? could do with rear subframe dropping and tidying up.
Originally Posted by domino46
Andy has done two of my classics for me now ,, we are good mates so that helps aswell lol, ,,, if you look at my posts you can see my two classic restorations
they are actually
A T auto services now ,,, TAS motorsport is another company doing the motorsport side of the business now ,, A T auto services is focused on the restorations
How are they on there pricing? could do with rear subframe dropping and tidying up.
they are fairly priced but do have a minimum starting price and thats £4k from memory but that does get you quite a bit done ,, its never going to be the finished price as there is always stuff to add on as tour going but its a good starting point
both my restorations came in at just over £7000 each
just repair it properly with decent replacement panels and get someone who knows what they are looking for to do it so they can check for other rust whhile they are doing it
10 September 2022, 12:34 PM
Abw arches on jdm sti bugeye
,i just googled where i dropped my car it showed Tas M.
