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[joel93]

iv already posted this but because tmf was hacked im puting it back on, i want to remove the front end of my car for a K series convertion but dont want a respray as my car dosent need one can it be done neatly?

had a realy good reply last time from a green mini with black mclean bros arches on can u put them pics back plz



thanks joel,

[pyromaniac_yeti]

Hi,

Not sure if it's of much help however here's how i've done mine:






Chopped the wings roughly...



Then went back and tidied it up on both sides



Then cut down the inner wings at the front, and bent the metal forwards



and unbolted the leftovers.


It could be done without messing up the paintwork on the a panels and below the screen, however in a moment of "I'm 18, i know what i'm doing, i'm an adult and i can make decisions for myself" i'd plugged about four pots of filler into the gaps trying to de seam it or something...so i used the grinder to get all the crap off. Probbably a good thing i diddnt try and flipfront it at the time realy...

[digler]

this is my car a few years ago, i was going to put a bigger motor in (ford RS turbo) and wanted to make my front come off so i could work out my new subframe, but still needed the car on the road.

i think it will be very hard not do damage the paint, you'll have to drill the spot welds off the wings, where they meet the inner wings, cut around the top of the wings where it meets the scuttle, and then cut the a panel away from inside the door, if you take the door off, and grind the edge away it will come away, but if its got its original a panels on it will have two spot weld on it, you'll see where when you try pull it away, i'd just drill them out and you'd have to sort the holes out after.
that what i did with mine.

[Magic jason]

much prefer the front ends with the A panels also attached, looks so much neater

[eeae6000]

digler, do your wheels rub with those arches at all?

[digler]

digler, do your wheels rub with those arches at all?

no, made them fit, bit close but just fine

[eeae6000]

cause im pretty low up fornt and have keep having problems with my group 6 wides rubbing, the dam inside lip is a pain

[digler]

cause im pretty low up fornt and have keep having problems with my group 6 wides rubbing, the dam inside lip is a pain

is it the lip on the wing thats rubbing? or the grp 6 arches?
if its the arches you need some wider ones,
the arches we sell are the same stlye, just wider

[eeae6000]

it rubs on both, im going to pick up your arches and front chin here soon

[BeanMan]

Has anybody managed to remove the front end without damaging the wing panels where the wing meets the scuttle? Im making a removable steel front end but replacing the wings (which are perfectly fine at the moment) will double the difficulty and time of this job.

[Magic jason]

Has anybody managed to remove the front end without damaging the wing panels where the wing meets the scuttle? Im making a removable steel front end but replacing the wings (which are perfectly fine at the moment) will double the difficulty and time of this job.

 

Holy thread revival batman  i was here 6 years ago!! 

 

Yeah doable..i think...?   i know the wings arnt welded to the scuttle.... at least mine were not.... maybe thats why it came apart so easy 

[nicklouse]

as above.wings should not be welded to the scuttle

[geachy87]

All depends what year your car is I think, my 97 mpi with original panels had the wings spot welded to the scuttle