Had a little bit of bubbling around the windscreen so decided to inspect and repair.
Horrified at how far its gone!
Had a little bit of bubbling around the windscreen so decided to inspect and repair.
Horrified at how far its gone!
owch, im feeling your pain
this was mine matt
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthread.php?t=13902
I ended getting the corners cut out and welding in new sections, probably over kill.
Everything can be repaired though, not as bad a your kids raider
phil
more pics:
I'm undecided on what to do, either patch and bodge, or replace the lower half of the panel, or do the full panel and be done with it!!! Obviously cost is an issue, and the panel is a fortune.
TBH mate, my panel has been repaired before albeit badly, hence the rust return!
daves your man
Nasty isn't it, Mine was too far gone to repair so I had to stump up for a new surround... Glad I did though, It wont be back any time soon...
From this.....
To This...
Mr Ash, the panel replacement makes more sense. I guess availability and price will make my mind up. Will check today.
ashy, your car is like triggers brush
Speak to mike for a surround.. hard to get hold of might be what the response is
Matt if it helps at all, my campus is probably going to Renault heaven soon, there is not much left of it to be honest, if you can cut one from one car and put on another that may be an option.
I was hoping to pass the shell on for someone to re shell their gt, its a really good shell rather than scrap it or break it, but if no one wants it i might let you cut it apart
phil
out of interst ash, do you know if they still have stock of them ?
Id be chopping the lot out there mate, big job but worth it in the long run
will do, my gt is nearly finished so should be finished with the campus soon.
ive done a little research and it seems to be there are 2 things that can happen with these..
either A , they stay mint, always are mint and thats that..
Or B , they are very very rusty / knackered and need replacing..
I presume somewhere a weep hole or similar gets blocked..
with this info i believe it should be possible to cut decent panels off r5s in scrapyards-drill out the spot welds and use them as a replacment panel..
Slight thread hijack but whilst on the subject of windscreen surrounds if anyone is interested I have a complete phase 2 shell in red that has a very good wind screen surround, I just want rid of the shell non rolling though FREE to whom ever wants to collect but you have to take the complete shell, It can be lifted and moved quiet easily now as it is a bare shell but will need to be placed on a trailor
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Matt, Dave sbs has been onto me he wants the shell, i had spoken to him a few weeks back but he never chased it up.
Sorry i could not help
Ok update. I have had another go with the grinder tonight and its looking beyond repair. Even trying to weld new sections in and shaping it is going to be torturous and not worth the hassle. Im not keen on filling it full of bodge as the rust will inevitably re appear!
My options are minimal. Any ideas chaps on the possibilty of getting a new panel?? Renault have ran dry although i'm informed Belgium may have some??
Are there any places i could try for a replica panel??
Get out and stil saw one from an old car feller then clean it up and fit I know easier said than done.
id either source a campus surround,go to scrappy an cut that sucker out...or fabricate the metal needed to replace the badly corroded areas,can be done with some time an thought,get some por 15 on the back of it an you wont be worrying about rust again...
weld,grind,sand..blobs of weld,give the old girl a few more yrs of life..
if you got a campus surround take your time an drill out the spots ftw...
So what is an OE Windscreen Surround now worth?
Been told today by renault that they can put it on back order, and with enough interest an order would be raised with renault france. Thing is no time could be given and it could be on back order for ever.
If only we had more direct contact with car part suppliers based in France
Someone could try and coordinate this through one of the French members?
just looking at the below pic
It appears that the rust seems to only get hold where the seal traps it..
based on this im wondering just how hard it would really be to fabraciate a sort of Z section that would lie on its side. and have it so it goes halfway up the pillars.
Surely then it would be possible to cut the old on out and tac weld a fresh one in, admittidly it wont be as easy as swapping the full section but if you weld it in well ,and take wax oil away there should be no issues with the repair.. Im thinking about popping down to my local jaguar restorers to see what they would charge to do this.
maybe you could use a clio as a donor,im sure parts of the surround could be used and tweaked to fit your bad areas of rot.
Some good advice chaps, some i have already tried. The problem is the time and effort to fabricate the curved sections at either side of the screen. I knocked up a repair section which took 3 goes as the metal got thin and kept splitting. Once i got it sorted it was then still too far away from having to use quite a bit of filler/fibreglass to get right. This means it could crack (flexing) and it may even begin to rust again.
It's just not worth the rediculous effort. On the plus side, i have managed to get a panel and so the fun begins on drilling the spot welds out of the existing one.
did you get it from cgb matt?
sweet no problem bud. I think i may end up taking that route, saves a lot of agro of having to cut one out of a scrapyard.