I am going to replace my quarter panels but my current ones have been hacked beyond recognition. Looking for measurements and/or a template for the wheel cutouts. Not looking for 100% stock but anything close is better than i have.
Quarter Panel Wheel Cutout Template
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Hey Curt,
Same boat. I bought one that the last guy welded in some serious steel replacements but looks like he let his third grader do the wheel cutouts. Did you get any bites on this? I was thinking just to order some cheap diamond panel overlays and trace from there, then sell as I really don't want to use them. A paper template would be much better. I will be cutting mine to spec with a plasma cutter..let's see how that goes.
I have been considering these as the price seems fair for the amount of work making my own would be.
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Thanks Drake 2. Do those weld in/ bolt/rivet and are they installed on the out side or inside? Looks like a win win as they are steel.
From what I was told.......... from the outside you line up the bottom edges front and back and clamp in place. Then mark your existing sheet metal with a sharpie. Unclamp the new ones and you now have a line of where to cut your existing sheet metal and then these drop in perfectly for welding on the same plane as the OEM metal.
Do you weld them on the outside to have a little flare or on the inside as more of a brace?
Are you intending on installing them after finding the line? I may just cut and grind after finding the OEM line with no other metal attached. My constraint/delay is that I ordered a 4 inch lift that has been delayed in shipment and I will be putting some 34 tall tires on.. I don't know where it is going to settle with tire clearance. We could order one set and split the cost somehow. But I would be open to doing that with you once I know. I also have the guy up the road I bought this off that I may ask to actually get some tracings on his wheel cutouts (he has a heavily modified FJ, so I don't know if the cutouts are stock). I can send you that as a PDF for free if I can get that.
Those quarter patches are made to butt weld. Overlay the new, trace and cut away the old. Then use cleacos or butt clamps and spot weld the patch on the same plane. Then grind it smooth when you are done.
You slap these on from the outside, line up the bottom edges with your original bottom edges and draw the outside line along the edge. The line is now on your original sheet metal. Once you cut along the line, the new pcs get welded in flush with your original sheet metal above the wheel well. Hope that makes sense.
It does. Thank you for turning me on to these. This may be the way I go. I appreciate the help! Thanks SlapSmak as well!
I have a 1971 that has stock rear wheel wells. If you PM me your address I could tape several sheets of paper together, trace the outline, and send you the tracing. This would be at no cost to you.
Don
Don
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I never did get a hit on it. In the end I found a good picture reference, using a grid transferred it to some sheet metal and fabricated some quarter panels.
Not the exact shape but darn close and a lot better then the cut out ones i had before.
Been installed for 5+ years. This is just as the fire season started up here this year.
Not the exact shape but darn close and a lot better then the cut out ones i had before.
Been installed for 5+ years. This is just as the fire season started up here this year.
Thanks Don! PM sent!
Mogge -
I got these from Fast Eddy. They work the bomb if you do not mind the aftermarket look approach.
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Not sure when he may make another run. No guess work and no welding.
I got these from Fast Eddy. They work the bomb if you do not mind the aftermarket look approach.
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