Sill and wheel arch repair - how much and who?

Sill and wheel arch repair - how much and who?

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SeaEm

Original Poster:

3 posts

115 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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all - how much should expect to pay for wheel arch and sill repair? Rust relatively small but does need doing.

Also any recommendations on where to go?

sbird

325 posts

179 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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Which part of the country do you live?

SeaEm

Original Poster:

3 posts

115 months

Sunday 26th October 2014
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Newbury but happy to travel. Keen to understand roughly how much I should expect

RacingBlue

1,396 posts

165 months

Sunday 26th October 2014
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Watching with interest!

vrsmxtb

2,002 posts

157 months

Sunday 26th October 2014
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Garath at MX5 Restorer in East Sussex, if you're happy to travel.


sbird

325 posts

179 months

Sunday 26th October 2014
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vrsmxtb said:
Garath at MX5 Restorer in East Sussex, if you're happy to travel.
Gareth does excellent work - take a look at one of his cars.


Nick (Skuzzle) does pretty much anything, including repairs - http://www.skuzzle.com/motorsport/


The cost will depend on how much work needs to be done. You can't tell just by looking at the outside.

There are other excellent garages, but they're much further away.

skinny

5,269 posts

236 months

Monday 27th October 2014
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there was a guy on here (used to post a bit in this subforum) that did specialist mx5 sill repairs in the area (I'm in Reading).
i sent him a message a while back but didn't get a reply, i imagine he's still around tho... the name Doug rings a bell but i might be mistaken.

pewe

649 posts

220 months

Monday 27th October 2014
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There's mike@woodysmazdas.com 07956386373 in Lightwater who has been mentioned on the OC forum but no comments regarding prices etc.
From his website looks like he's a one man band so draw your own conclusuions (my experience on that score is there are lots of really good guys working for themselves as customers matter!).
Cheers, Pewe.

MX-5 Lazza

7,952 posts

220 months

Tuesday 28th October 2014
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If you are willing to travel then it has to be Gareth at MX5 Restorer near Brighton. Do a search for him on the various MX5 forums and you'll see the quality of his work and the number of very satisfied customers.

Krikkit

26,536 posts

182 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Hijacking the thread slightly (sorry OP), but how are MX5 City?

The sills on my Dakar are starting to get bubbly, and they're not far from me (relatively for Lincolnshire anyway!). Nearer the better ideally as I'm assuming it'll be leaving it with them for a week.

sbird

325 posts

179 months

Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Krikkit said:
Hijacking the thread slightly (sorry OP), but how are MX5 City?

The sills on my Dakar are starting to get bubbly, and they're not far from me (relatively for Lincolnshire anyway!). Nearer the better ideally as I'm assuming it'll be leaving it with them for a week.
Give Paul Roddison a call. He's in Sheffield, which shouldn't be too far from you. Paul fixed the sills on my Mk2 a few years back.

Grumbly

295 posts

149 months

Sunday 2nd November 2014
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You could try Peter Young (Flatinfourth) who's workshop is in Sandhurst.01252 872174

Hol

8,419 posts

201 months

Monday 3rd November 2014
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sbird said:
vrsmxtb said:
Garath at MX5 Restorer in East Sussex, if you're happy to travel.
Gareth does excellent work - take a look at one of his cars.


Nick (Skuzzle) does pretty much anything, including repairs - http://www.skuzzle.com/motorsport/


The cost will depend on how much work needs to be done. You can't tell just by looking at the outside.

There are other excellent garages, but they're much further away.
Hi did our 2.5 together with both front chassis rails.
Two years on and you still cannot tell.