Hyundai i40 Quarter Panel Replacement Parts

The Hyundai i40 was sold in the UK from 2011 to 2019, and received a facelift in 2015 that brought revised styling details including changes to the front end and lights. For quarter panels, the facelift year matters because pressing changes around the rear and sides can differ between pre- and post-facelift cars. Always quote your registration to the breaker so they can confirm exactly which pressing your car uses.

Your 2013 car is pre-facelift (2011–2015) and your 2016 car is post-facelift (2015–2019), so they sit either side of a known model boundary. Quarter panel pressings can change at a facelift even when the underlying platform does not, so crossing that 2015 boundary is a real risk. Name both registration plates to the breaker and ask them to compare the panels directly before you commit.

Yes, this is the single most important question for a quarter panel — the saloon and estate body styles have completely different rear quarter pressings and are not interchangeable at all. Always confirm the body style of the donor car matches yours (saloon to saloon, estate to estate) before agreeing a price with the breaker. Getting this wrong means the panel simply will not fit regardless of year.

Trim level does not affect quarter panel fitment on the i40; the pressing is the same across SE, Premium, and Sport grades on the same body style and model year. You may find cosmetic differences such as different badging, side moulding holes, or feature cut-outs depending on what was fitted to the donor car, so check with the breaker whether any trim-related holes or attachments match what you need. The key variables remain body style and whether the car is pre- or post-facelift, not the trim name.

Yes, nearside (NS, passenger side in the UK) and offside (OS, driver side) quarter panels are mirror images of each other and are not interchangeable. Make sure you tell the breaker clearly which side you need when requesting a quote, as mixing this up is a straightforward but costly mistake.

For a quarter panel it can be, because body style and whether the car is pre- or post-facelift (the facelift fell in 2015) both affect the pressing, and an uncertain year makes it hard to confirm which side of that boundary the donor car sits on. Ask the seller to check the donor vehicle's registration against the DVLA or their own records so the year can be confirmed. A breaker working from a known registration is always a safer starting point than one working from guesswork.