i feel this needs to be said to save other people the hassle that i have had

[flyingbanana]

if your thinking of joining the mk1 cortina club for panels.....dont bother...........i have nothing but issues from the start

 

sending rear arches out for a 4 door that are only ment to fit for 2 door versions.......complete different panels where it meets the rear door...and they are denial about the fact they are incorrect,and say they have fitted to cars them selfs.......no chance at all them fitting....and pictures i took show that fact

 

top strut cups.....1/2 inch short around the whole cup and made up from 2 peices welded together....so massive gap between the cup and verticals

 

rear valance completly out of shape and holes in wrong location

 

rear lower corners...inside and out....wrong shape...bends wrong

 

top strut panels incorrect bends and out of size

 

wheel well...............complete shite...too big-too small....incorrect bends....panel lips non existent .....3 days work just to get it to just about fit correctly

 

top strut verticals short at the top

 

they take your money then take ages to send your stuff...........major issues getting the £ refunded and the correct amount being refunded .....well over 30 emails sent to and from just get the issues sorted......they send panels out even after you cancel them......then have to chase the refund constantly

 

if you want correct panels then avoid the cortina site completely and pay a little more and go to expressed panels....least his panels and are made correctly and fit correctly.

 

im sure i have missed other issues i have had...but i think you will get the jist of it

 

rant over   

 

 

 

[zetecmk2]

i hope you wasn't expecting pattern panels to just "fit", because they "just"don't!!   but with the lack of genuine ford panels.....you sometimes have no option.

[flyingbanana]

i never expected them just to 'fit'....but the panels they are sending out wouldnt never 'fit'....without serious work done to each one to get them to 'fit'...compared to express panels which only need minor fettling to 'fit'