iSki123

my current ones are rusted like a beotch. Needless to say, I found a donor car with little to no rust.

All in all, I'm planning on cutting my current ones out and welding new ones on. Only concern I have are the reinforcements.

If anyone has done this, knows someone that has done this or knows where I can find out how I may proceed to do this myself. Please let me know.

I miss my old RX8, I can't wait to restore it.

- iSki123

MazdaRX8Lover

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=167794&styleid=22
That is the only other case I found when searching for your question. I wish I could help, but I really can't. I hope all goes well for you and your 8. I tried...

iSki123

These took some time to find. Holy CRAP are they useful though..

MazdaRX8Lover

Oh wow, that is helpful, hopefully all goes well! Then again I'm sure it will.

nordic04

iSki123,
I am about to embark on the same project.
Was your project successful?
Any pictures or lessons learned from it?
Pictures before, during, after?

TeamRX8

iTrader: (25)

pretty sure I have a copy of the RX8 Collision Repair manual somewhere that shows all of that …
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Jedi54

iTrader: (7)

No worries Team, I got you.
Here are the RX-8 manuals including the collision Repair
Foxed.ca - Mazda RX-7 Manuals

TeamRX8

iTrader: (25)

my bad, it’s called the body shop manual and I overlooked that it is on the Fox.ca website

nordic04

Jedi and Team,
Thanks for the link. That will be handy as I am going to harvest the parts from the donor car in the coming days.
I found a green one right here in my local salvage yard in Pontiac.
It had a side impact on the passenger side with slight damage to the rear quarter but the driver’s side is in great condition.

RotaryJG

nordic04,

Have you made any progress on your journey? I am about to do the same thing on a wrecked 40th I just picked up. Curious to see how it went.

nordic04

RotaryJG,
I have not started this project yet though my local salvage yard has a donor car that I could chop off the driver side.
I did enough searching to find this excellent video from Momentum Garage doing exactly what I need done with my RX-8
I think he has this as a 3 part series but he does a great job explaining what to do and time-lapsing the repetitive stuff.
Hope this helps. Good luck with the project and please share your before and after pictures.

kops

iTrader: (1)

Just finished replacing both quarter panels. Did one side before I found the spot weld method which was easy easier lol... Lots of pics here
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discuss...r-rust-269041/

TeamRX8

iTrader: (25)

gotta respect a young man who set the example for others on how to do it right 🙇‍♂️
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kops

iTrader: (1)

Thank you for the kind words! I had never done anything like that before but there was really only one way to learn. Thankful the idea I had in my head actually panned out lol