Just brought a hail damaged 93 TT Z32 2+0 and I am a new Z owner I need to source almost all panels(Looks like a golf ball but runs great). I have a few questions. 1) I have heard that people import the front half of z's for the motor and may have panels. How do I source. 2) Is it economical to source panels from o/seas and if so where? 3) I'm in WA what is the best way to source panels Any help appreciated
Buy a good shell and swap the mechanical bits over. Even if you swap most of the panels over you will likely have a mulitcolour zed, and you can't swap the top of the roof and rear guarter panels without cutting and welding. '93's are a bit rarer than the usual zed, but nothing that special. Not worth the effort IMO.
do you hav any pictures? it would help people to see exactly wat panels and areas are damaged. or if repair is possible.
Your thinking about this all wrong. You have a car that looks like a golf ball. So Paint it white and go sell it to a golf shop or minigolf as a promo car ( at a profit of course) and go buy a better zed. what is the deal with entrepreneurs these days
replace the bonnet, front guards and maybe the hatch. The rest can be fixed by the paintless dent removal guy I expect.
Do it the other way around... buy a zed with a good body that is bad mechanically, and swap it all over. You should be able to get a dead zed for around $1500, and still be able to get rid of enough other parts to maybe even break even. Maybe.
Paintless dent removal is only good for very small dents. Your options are:- * repair yourself then get a respray * swap panels over, sand it down, get a respray EDIT: CFRP BONNET AND HATCH FTW!!!
They can fix surprisingly large dents, Hail damage is a speciality, unless you have seen them do it you wouldnt beleive what they can fix.
I have had a car fully repaired by a paintless dent guy after a hail storm. The car had damage on every panel and he fixed it 100% perfect. Im very very very fussy and only found one that had a small ripple. So try a paintless guy first ,it wont be cheap but it will be a lot less than doing a change over.
The company name is Dent Dudes and the guys name is Steve. 100 Karawatha St Buderim QLD 4556 Phone:0410 597 318
