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#1 pete l

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Posted 05 December 2016 - 09:33 AM

Hi all;

 

Any experience of non genuine battery boxes ?

 

Mine needs changing and non genuine commes in at £16 genuine around £46 !

 

Do the non genuine fit OK ?

 

Thanks 

 

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Posted 05 December 2016 - 11:03 AM

I used this on from mMachine don't remember price of hand, but fit as excellent came in

bare metal so no nasty ecoat??? to clean of! I gave it a good clean and prep and etch prime,

 

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Posted 07 December 2016 - 05:54 AM

I bought a pattern battery box for the same reason.

It must have been made just before home time on a Friday as half the spot welds fell apart as I wiped off the paint prior to welding......

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Posted 07 December 2016 - 07:59 AM

I can vouch for the m machine ones, and if you have an early car then the m machine do one that is correct whereas heritage one is wrong shape where the battery bar fits.

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Posted 07 December 2016 - 08:54 AM

Thanks all,

I've ordered an aftermarket one, will see how it goes.



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Posted 07 December 2016 - 05:22 PM

I used this on from mMachine don't remember price of hand, but fit as excellent came in
bare metal so no nasty ecoat??? to clean of! I gave it a good clean and prep and etch prime,
 
DSC_0002_zpsygzjtzag.jpg
 
Frank

Hiya Frank. Did the boot floor ends come supplied like that? Would be a better option to repair my boot floor than the crap magnum panel I have. Can you remember the price? Thanks, Jim

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Posted 07 December 2016 - 07:43 PM

 

I used this on from mMachine don't remember price of hand, but fit as excellent came in
bare metal so no nasty ecoat??? to clean of! I gave it a good clean and prep and etch prime,
 
DSC_0002_zpsygzjtzag.jpg
 
Frank

Hiya Frank. Did the boot floor ends come supplied like that? Would be a better option to repair my boot floor than the crap magnum panel I have. Can you remember the price? Thanks, Jim

 

Hi , The boot floor ends came as the photo! unfortunately I had to use part of the magnum panel for the centre,

and it did take a bit of modifying to fit!!! the mMachine parts were excellent along the wheel box, would say iI was doing 

another I would probably put a boot floor in less work ( and I have been doing panel work for more years than I care to

remember) HaHa . Sorry don't have the price to hand Kind of putting of looking through the invoices and adding them up

:ohno:  :nuke:  Frank



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Posted 07 December 2016 - 08:06 PM

I had to reshape the aftermarket box on my lads car to get it to fit the Heritage boot floor I installed. A proper ball ache.

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Posted 07 December 2016 - 08:45 PM

 

 

I used this on from mMachine don't remember price of hand, but fit as excellent came in
bare metal so no nasty ecoat??? to clean of! I gave it a good clean and prep and etch prime,
 
DSC_0002_zpsygzjtzag.jpg
 
Frank

Hiya Frank. Did the boot floor ends come supplied like that? Would be a better option to repair my boot floor than the crap magnum panel I have. Can you remember the price? Thanks, Jim

 

Hi , The boot floor ends came as the photo! unfortunately I had to use part of the magnum panel for the centre,

and it did take a bit of modifying to fit!!! the mMachine parts were excellent along the wheel box, would say iI was doing 

another I would probably put a boot floor in less work ( and I have been doing panel work for more years than I care to

remember) HaHa . Sorry don't have the price to hand Kind of putting of looking through the invoices and adding them up

:ohno:  :nuke:  Frank

 

Haha! You'd be best getting rid of the invoices in case the wife finds em



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Posted 07 December 2016 - 09:17 PM

HaHa! its her that keeps asking to count them up, and she's not easy to kid when been

married for going on 46years



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Posted 07 December 2016 - 10:42 PM

She probably already knows, they have ways of finding the truth



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Posted 08 December 2016 - 02:01 PM

I had to reshape the aftermarket box on my lads car to get it to fit the Heritage boot floor I installed. A proper ball ache.

 

Not what I wanted to hear Neil.

 

Will let you know how it goes, it should be here tomorrow. 



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Posted 13 December 2016 - 01:03 PM

I had all those parts as the above photo. After a month of looking at all the bits and pinning them on, I decided to bite the bullet and get a complete boot floor, I've had to replace both arches and quarter panels as well, so the floor actually gave me a good reference point. 


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Posted 13 December 2016 - 01:10 PM

One question just came to mind, the M-Machine parts have a reinforcing plate which the rear subframe mounts up to, the heritage boot panel does not have these plates.

I'm thinking of making some to spot weld onto the heritage floor, or is this overkill?



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Posted 13 December 2016 - 02:18 PM

These reinforcing plates are included with the rear valence closing panels 

 

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