Hyundai Tiburon Right Rear Quarter Panel
Right Rear Quarter Panel to suit the Hyundai Tiburon, cross-referenced against OEM specification and dispatched countrywide. Find quality Hyundai Tiburon salvage yard at our facility.
What Are Hyundai Tiburon Right Rear Quarter Panel?
The right rear quarter is the welded panel running from the rear door to the boot and around the wheel arch. It is structural, not a bolt-on, so this is a cut-and-weld job rather than an unbolt-and-swap one — and on some derivatives it carries the fuel filler neck, which is worth confirming on your own car before ordering rather than assuming. Rust starts at the arch lip and works inward, and it is markedly worse on coastal KwaZulu-Natal cars than on Gauteng ones. Send photos with the enquiry: whether a section repair will do or the full panel is needed is a decision better made from pictures than from a description.
Signs You Need New Right Rear Quarter Panel
What a parts desk needs to know about your Tiburon
What changes across the range
Ordering right rear quarter panel for a Tiburon starts with the generation: the SA-market coupe in 2.0 and 2.7 V6 form.
The coupe body panels, glass and lighting are Tiburon-only, even where the engine and gearbox parts interchange with the Elantra of the same period.
Worth knowing: the Tiburonshares core running gear with the Elantra XD, which is the practical route to many mechanical parts.
What we check on right rear quarter panel
- •The generation code, because Tiburon parts lists split on it
- •The engine family — this Tiburon was sold with Beta II 2.0 and Delta 2.7 V6
- •The generation code, whether the car is pre- or post-facelift, and the paint code
- •Whether the car is pre- or post-facelift within its generation
In South Africa the Tiburon is mostly an enthusiast car with an active owner community, where the split between shared mechanical parts and unique body parts defines what is easy to find. That is the wear pattern we stock and source against.
Hyundai Tiburon Right Rear Quarter Panel — Questions We Get Asked
Will right rear quarter panel from another Tiburon fit mine?
Not automatically. The Tiburon sold in South Africa as the SA-market coupe in 2.0 and 2.7 V6 form, and the coupe body panels, glass and lighting are Tiburon-only, even where the engine and gearbox parts interchange with the Elantra of the same period. Send us the generation code off your VIN plate and we will confirm it either way before anything is dispatched.
Which engines did the South African Tiburon come with?
SA-market cars ran Beta II 2.0, Delta 2.7 V6. The code stamped on the block is what we work from — the badge on the boot is not reliable on its own.
Can a quarter panel be repaired rather than replaced?
Often, yes. Dents without tears and surface rust can be pulled and refinished. Deep creases, a torn arch lip or perforated metal need a section grafted in or a used panel cut from a donor car. A decent body shop will quote both routes side by side — ask for that rather than accepting one number.
Why is this not a bolt-on job?
Because the quarter is welded, not bolted — it is part of the shell rather than an attachment to it. That is what separates this from a door or a fender, and it is why the labour rather than the panel drives the cost. On some derivatives it also carries the fuel filler neck, which is worth confirming on your own car before ordering.
Do Hyundais rust on the rear quarters?
We see it on older Getz, i20 and Accent cars, and some 2016+ Hyundais have shown arch corrosion too. Coastal cars suffer worst — a KwaZulu-Natal car and an inland car of the same age are not comparable here. Anti-perforation cover, where a car still has it, generally applies only to rust working from the inside out, which is not what arch-lip corrosion usually is.
What does quarter panel work cost?
It ranges widely, because a localised rust repair and respray and a full cut-and-weld are different jobs with different bills. We work with our SA supplier network and the Engine Finder Hyundai Network for used panels. Send photos with the enquiry — this is a job that cannot be quoted accurately from a description.
Is a dented quarter worth fixing?
Usually. A crease stresses the paint, and rust starts where the paint has been stressed, so leaving it tends to turn a dent into a corrosion repair. If resale matters at all, a straightened and resprayed quarter protects trade-in value far better than the damage does.
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Not sure which right rear quarter panel fits your Tiburon?
Send us your VIN or the engine code off the block and our Hyundai desk will cross-check the correct right rear quarter panel for your exact Tiburon derivative.