Meriva Z20LET project.

[MK1_Ben]

Looks good

Any photos of the Steels without the trims, Intrigued as to what they look like underneath

[Spudly]

Lol so the poor vectra is heading to the breakers eh Joff, btw did you get my text this morning?

[16v Nova Kev]

can you get/buy new chassis leg ends. i have fixed a few ford focus's that way basicly pull it as much as you can then cut the ends off and replace.

[joff-turbo-nova]

can you get/buy new chassis leg ends. i have fixed a few ford focus's that way basicly pull it as much as you can then cut the ends off and replace.

Just had a scout round ebay and YES GM do replacement chassis leg ends - will get a pair shortly ....





Joff

[16v Nova Kev]

cool i would deffo get them and dont throw anything out till your done. i.e the plastic part on the cross member that looks re useable.

[Danny s-p]

looking good joff

[stupot89]

look a easy fix tbh joff should make a nice car when done

[joff-turbo-nova]

Finished off the stripping today ready for the jig .

Looks good

Any photos of the Steels without the trims, Intrigued as to what they look like underneath

Ben as requested here is a couple of pics of the steels behind the wheel trims - they
look quite cool just bare ! Noticed that they are ET43 as well !






Anyway, got busy with the spot weld drill and removed the headlamp surrounds
and got the wings off as well . Just in case anyone else is doing a wing change /
removal on a meriva there is a really tricky bolt behind the quarter light. That's
right the bolt is actually behind the fixed glass - great bit of design

Fortunately the nice people at Haynes had told me (even though it wasn;t in the
manual - I had to email them direct to get it) how to get the wings off - the last
bolt behind the glass is reached from underneath using a 13mm spanner - all you
need to do it back it off by half a turn and the wing tag pulls out !

So wings and headlamp surrounds sorted - I pulled some more loom out of the way
and removed the chassis leg end plate ready to weld in a new one.

You can now see by the pics where the n/s chassis leg has been smacked. It's
rotated around the engine bed bracket, however looking at the o/s chassis leg
and the angle of the front of the upper wing I suspect this side has also been
knocked out of alignment.

I think everything shound pull back straight - I may need to put a plate on the
inside of the n/s chassis leg just to put a bit of strength back into the panel,
but apart from that things are as I suspected....















Cheers

Joff

[16v Nova Kev]

i would be tempted to cut the pasenger side chassis leg. along the top down the engine side and bottom then knock f out it

[joff-turbo-nova]

Very short update.

Went to see a nice bloke last night called Chris Peart :- Peart Motorsport

Based in the middle of nowhere he seems to know his stuff and has been recommended by a trusted friend who has had a couple of write offs pulled straight by him.

The Meriva is being collected on Wednesday evening and should be ready the following week.

I'm off to see the bodyshop I use in Brid this morning to get it booked in there for the spraywork the following weekend.

Cheers

Joff