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340 metal front - replacement?
Posted: 20 Nov 2009 12:07 am
by monka
can the metal part of the front of 340's be replaced?
not the plastic, or the bumper reinforcment part, but the bottom, the metal part the numper plate sits on?
Re: 340 metal front - replacement?
Posted: 20 Nov 2009 12:09 am
by volvosneverdie
The vallance?
The bit that's normally made of rust?
Yup. Still available from Hadrian I think.
Re: 340 metal front - replacement?
Posted: 20 Nov 2009 12:18 am
by 340GLT
Can be replaced but has to be fabricated. I had to do this extensively on the white car.
Adam
Re: 340 metal front - replacement?
Posted: 20 Nov 2009 12:23 am
by monka
yeah the bit made of rust, lol
hadrian?
Re: 340 metal front - replacement?
Posted: 20 Nov 2009 12:29 am
by volvosneverdie
monka wrote:yeah the bit made of rust, lol
hadrian?
google Hadrian parts. They do pattern panels and whatnot.
But not the one you need it seems.
Re: 340 metal front - replacement?
Posted: 20 Nov 2009 01:29 pm
by Jos360
Those things pop up on eBay every now and then. You can replace just the valance or the whole thing:

Re: 340 metal front - replacement?
Posted: 20 Nov 2009 02:12 pm
by mat 91
yep mines only got a few patches off rust that i can see looks like summet has hit it
so im just gunna cut it out and weld a patch in
Re: 340 metal front - replacement?
Posted: 21 Nov 2009 05:19 pm
by pyro
ive been looking into them for a bit, and no luck so far, looks like im going to ahve to rebuild it. after ive learnt to weld that is!
hadrian are good, but the suprisingly they dont do repair panels for the weakest rust spot on a 300.
Ben
Re: 340 metal front - replacement?
Posted: 21 Nov 2009 06:27 pm
by Chris_C
FOTV3 have been looking into these for 18months or so, so always worth talking there. I'd suggest a GRP one tbh, loads of classic cars have replacement GRP parts and it seems hugely sensible to me for the valance.