Pattern front panels

[wilson_sri]

Anyone had experiance with them? Do they fit well enough.

[Nick J]

If you have one fitted (I read your thread) I imagine this is why your experiances alignment problems...... If you can find a genuine one (opelclassicparts) etc Id buy it, once fitted I bet it sorts out your problems etc, Nick.

[wilson_sri]

Im not sure if my panel has been replaced before, i suspect it has though.
I had a bump in my nova before i rebuilt it, wasnt a had bump. Was doing maybe 5 mph, but the other car was doing around 20. So think the panel may have been bent. Is there anyway of fixing it? Or is it a case of once its damaged its unrepairable.

[Nick J]

Im not sure if my panel has been replaced before, i suspect it has though.
I had a bump in my nova before i rebuilt it, wasnt a had bump. Was doing maybe 5 mph, but the other car was doing around 20. So think the panel may have been bent. Is there anyway of fixing it? Or is it a case of once its damaged its unrepairable.

Being a nova Its a good possibilty its had one before! If it was only a light bump I imagine a quick pull with a slidehammer or such like should be able to pull it back in to place etc but I imagine you may need the panel repainting etc.

Nick.

[wilson_sri]

Im 99% sure it has, im sure i seen a receipt for one with the rest of the ones iv got. Everything fitted fine before i had the bump, so im guessing it has been bent.

[vaughanmc]

I have a pattern front panel / cross-member and a pattern front passenger wing and the front bumper 'sags' in the middle and theres not a bit of play in it either...

There a not bad fit depending on what you want - 100% perfection I'd buy original gear

[wilson_sri]

Aye im getting a whole new genuine pannel, just need to sort out delivery. Everything else is genuine, so decided not to be tight now lol
Only problem is getting it sent over, hopefully find something at Billing though fingers crossed.

[dumpycorsa]

I've just got a pattern one this week. I phoned my vauxhall dealer and they told me it's a classic part so go to opelclassic parts. My mate phoned a day later spoke to a different guy and he quoted me for either a slam panel or a whole panel and cross member. Think it was about £175 plus vat! Looked on a pattern parts website and it turns out they supply my local vauxhall dealer so bought straight from them at £65 + vat (ish). I'm hoping that it will fit ok. I put a post like this up the other week and peoples reaction was - due to the tolerances that the nova left the factory with you could have as much trouble fitting a genuine part as you do a pattern one.

[AlexW]

As above, iirc its a 5-10mm tollerance. Its problery had one in the past, just have a look around it and the slam panel to see if you can spot anything that dosnt look right.

[JonL]

Im not sure if my panel has been replaced before, i suspect it has though.


I'm pretty sure it has, when I had it the front wings were a very slightly different shade of white, and the bumper had a few issues....

Also as it was some sort of rally car previously, I reckon the chances of it having a bit of a front ender are quite high!

[Cormac]

Ive a complete front panel fitted to my mk 2, I made sure it was well lined up before tacking it on and all seem good now that is fitted..

I think in most cases it who you get to fit it not the actual panel!