welding new arches in to Mk3 astra?

[markfleet]

My astra's got pretty bad rear arches so I was wondering if it would be worth getting new arches welded in. The car only cost me 260 pound with long MOT and the rest of the cars good so I thought maybe it would be worth doing?

I can get the panels myself and do all the smoothing and painting myself so how much roughly could it cost just to have 2 arches welded in?

thanks

[Violet]

Not a lot. They're not hard to cut the old ones out and weld them in if you can get a mig welder. 100 quid?

[esto]

Get the panels from http://www.perfectpanels.co.uk/

[Nobbie]

or sel-imperial, or hadrien. I can't weld very well, and bodywork isn't my thing, i payed £1200 for old ones to be cut out, new ones welded in, all smoothed etc, and my bonnet vents smoothed, and a full respray. The major money was the paint cost. If its a solid colour its cheaper, mines metalic.

[toj28]

i bought my arches from hadrian for about 20 pound for outers just look at the inners to its worth getting them done to if your keeping the car if they need doing painting is the dear bit just look for a good painter as it will show in ther work u get what you pay for