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Author Rottenbaggen - Pics up, some badass rust
ChrisBoom
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9th Oct 07 at 19:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My camera broke, so I don't have pics yet, but jesus my car is a fine example of the above.

Needs 4 plates welded in at the passenger side rear arch
Needs 2 plates welded in at the drivers side rear arch
Needs the drivers side rear chassis leg plated
Needs the front cross-member welded on

And the rest of the car is a solid as it left the factory, don't know what the fuck happened with it. Just the area around the back axle that has rusted, front cross-member is only there because of a dodgy crash repair.

BTW, if you don't want to find rust on your car, don't take a screwdriver and ram it in about ever crevasse you can find

[Edited on 09-10-2007 by ChrisBoom]
ChrisBoom
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9th Oct 07 at 19:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Pics coming up, albeit shite ones, they make it look even worse
Joe
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9th Oct 07 at 19:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Out of interest how much did the car cost? Seems like your doing alot of work on it.
ChrisBoom
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9th Oct 07 at 19:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£170 back in the days of no money. Spent near £500 on it recently to get it back on the road, so it has to be finished.
Joe
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9th Oct 07 at 19:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thats not so bad then, at least you'll know its right once your done.
ShEp
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9th Oct 07 at 19:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
good old highland weather

cuts through corsas like a hot knife through butter
IvIarkgraham
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9th Oct 07 at 19:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
at least it was cheap to start

i would have given up by now so far play to you
ChrisBoom
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9th Oct 07 at 19:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by joe6886
Thats not so bad then, at least you'll know its right once your done.


Aye, most parts are being replaced, and theres fuck all rust once this is sorted

Shep, fucking right, it was sitting in a field for two years that fucked mine up, and the fact the previous owner had fucking 17"s on it

Right, pics. Brace yourself, its quite nasty, yet very easy to fix (Mostly)

Drivers rear 1


Drivers rear 2


Passenger rear 1


Passenger rear 2


Passenger rear 3


Passenger rear 4 (Big motherfucker, easy fix though)



All of the above will be plated up easy, will be done within an hour probably.

Now, the chassis legs

Good one, passengers side


Bad one, drivers side


And of course the cross-member:


Shouldnt take too long to fix it all, easy welding.
Whittie
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9th Oct 07 at 19:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
TBH I dont think you needed to circle it
ChrisBoom
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9th Oct 07 at 19:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
TBH I dont think you needed to circle it


I did that for my brother, its solid at the red circle
SAL
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9th Oct 07 at 20:08   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
once welded get them sealed up as well as you can might be worth cleaning up the underside and in the arches and re-sealing the lot ?
ChrisBoom
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9th Oct 07 at 20:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yup, all the underseal will be stripped off and re-applyed, once the welding is done
SAL
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9th Oct 07 at 20:16   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
should last a few years after
ChrisBoom
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9th Oct 07 at 20:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hopefully I wont have it that long, but I hope the owner after me wont have the same problems
ChrisBoom
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9th Oct 07 at 22:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
BTW, i was told at work today that waxoil can be pumped into the chassis legs, stopping them ever rusting?
B3KAN
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10th Oct 07 at 11:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Good luck if you expect to weld that in an hour a day mabe but not an hour

Looks pretty rotten and once you start hacking away at it to find clean metal your gna find alot more rot mate trust me

[Edited on 10-10-2007 by B3KAN]

[Edited on 10-10-2007 by B3KAN]
whitter45
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10th Oct 07 at 11:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just about to say that - looking at the surface you think yeah a small job but once you start you find it to be a lot more excessive - i would question whether its worth doing at all

 
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