s13 patch panels?(rear 1/4)

[20 til 3]

alright... i'm picking up this 240 for a couple hundred bucks... its rust free, but there is 1 dent on the rear 1/4(seen in picture)... does anyone know where i could possibly buy a panel to fix it(as in cut out dented area and re-weld a new one in)

here is the dent... i dont want to do a body kit although it would cover it up... but any help would be great, i know how to do all the work, and have before, but cannot seem to find patch panels on the net anywhere


http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/sddrift/s13lsx001.jpg

[projectRDM]

They're not available unless you buy the entire quarter panel, or cut them from a salvage car. We're not lucky enough to have achieved muscle car status and have replacement floorboards and header panels readily available for cheap.

[20 til 3]

where can i find the rear 1/4 panel and how bad do they rip you off for them... i live in south dakota... so its extremely hard to find a 240 that is rust free(junkyard wise) so i dont know where i would be able to find that section... i dont want to pound it out and mudd it up... but i guess if it'll save me 400 bucks or so

[89dc240]

Man if I thought I could get anywhere near $400 for the pair I just junked I woulda sold em in a heartbeat. They were dent free with just a hint of cancer at the bottom. Nothing a little home made patch wouldn't cure. But, they're gone, melted down and on their way to being something different. If I get another donor I'll keep ya in mind.

[projectRDM]

Cutting one off a car and buying a new one are completely different. Unless you know exactly what you're doing, IE: drill out all the spotwelds, break all the seams, and cut it past all the OE points, a cut panel off a car is useless to most people. That being said a small portion, enough to patch a lower area, is fine.
An OE panel comes just the outer sheetmetal, ready to spotweld in. I've sold plenty of cuts to people, but I give them a good several inches more than they need and they probably end up butchering both parts to get it on and spend way more time filling than they would have with a new piece. An OE panel is the way to go to do it right. Retail on an S14 panel is about $560, don't know about S13.