Rear Quarter Panel Removal?

[Bimmer Man]

What is the best way to remove the rear quarter panels? I am picking up a widebody kit hopefully but I need to remove the panels. Any ideas and suggestions?

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[ducky328i]

umm....oxygen and acetylene. most wide bodies just cover up the existing rear panels i thought...either that or bolt straight to them. maybe some cutting of the sheet metal around the wheel well, but i've never known of anyone to completely remove it..

[CoolJoe]

Your in luck, I was looking for the same info & came across these DIY's. You must remove rear seats first. Thank Old Skool, check out his threads they're packed with a ton of info. Good luck!

*Removing rear seats.*
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=348303

*Removing side rear quarter panels.*
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4081228&postcount=10
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4081233&postcount=11
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4081239&postcount=12


Edit * Sorry I thought you were talking about the interior rear quarter panels, my bad.

[350chevrolet]

um... pnumatic metal sheers, oxy/asc torch, and a good grinder. its a HUGE job and i dont mean anything bad by this but if you have to ask how to remove them then you should not be doing it. i dont think iv ever seen a widebody kit that you have to remove the pannels to install tho. most either bolt or weld on to the quarters but you do have to cut around the wheel sometimes.

[Bimmer Man]

Hmm, I guess I will just have to check it out then.


And thanks for posting links. I appreciate the try.

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[sstokes]

i do haue to replace right rear quarterpanel (guardrail) shall i just follow the riuits. i haue anothercar to pull panels off of. haue 0 money, online i here the shops dont weld, but for structal. how do i attach pic of my car. you can email me at sssstokes4@gmail.com i replaced the subunit with 325 need to replace halfshaft and whateuer thats called on inside of wheel no money and im stuck here in usa when i really liue in phillipines, car is full race 8point rollcage brembos, fits me to a T so i want to keep it but, dont want to sell, to get back to work but might haue to. any help from anybody, i dont care what it looks like, i got it cause i knew it was a good track car. didnt finish when i said i switched (temporaraly the subunit its all up and seem to driue straight. i really just need a way to keep the taillight in place.