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AndyCorsaSport
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Thought id bung a few pics up of a ""little" job ive been doing at work recently. Its a friend of the managers, bought as a write off to repair and go back on the road. Its a 08 plate Corsa Breeze.

How the car turned up for me:
As you can see, both chassis legs are bent to fuck


Also you can see the passenger inner wing is fuubarred


Drivers side leg, bent to fuck, but saveable


Passenger leg, too far gone to save.


So i pulled drivers leg over, with help of a brace to tweak the front of it that little more


All straight


Passenger leg again


As you can see ive now removed the inner wing, i have also had to strip a lot more off the car to do the next process, subframe, passenger suspension, brake pipes and ABS unit.


Now time to cut off the passenger chassis leg
Cut off the end:


Inside view


Then remove it all back to the bulk head - NOT easy:


Outside view


Thats as far as i have got so far, ill get more pics along the way

Any questions ill try get them answered

[Edited on 08-09-2010 by AndyCorsaSport]
ianofbhills
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Thats alot of work going into that!

Fair play thats a good skill to have
Jambo
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Is that even worth saving



Impressive skills there though
am4nf
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Surely thats a lot of cost for a base model D?
AndyCorsaSport
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He will be paying cheap cause hes a mate of the managers, but he also owns a scrapyard, so all parts etc he can get easilly. He will have got it cheap, very cheap.
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5th Sep 10 at 14:33   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Same as jambo. If he got it for peanuts then fair enough. Although Suppose he is getting it done cheap as chips. Looks like top work though.
If you fancy a commute you can work for me


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AndyCorsaSport
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Haha, cheers Tom, think ill pass though, your nearly 200 miles away, that would be some commute!! Haha. If i ever move down that way i shall give you a call
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http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
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whats the cost of the repair?
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quote:
Originally posted by Anty
whats the cost of the repair?
AndyCorsaSport
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Not a clue, not for me to ask what my managers charging his mate really is it

It will be cheap though, other wise it wouldnt be worth doing, can get some MEGA cheap cars doing this.
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your good andy
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nice of them to supply it with engine out already, amazes me still to this day when guys at work do major chassis leg replacement and repairs.

Hardest one i saw was a NSX that looked like u have there on the back end but we replaced both legs, bet you got throught a few spot weld drill bits on that leg.

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Is it safe just bending it back like that? wont it be really weak if its involved in another crash?
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the crumple areas wont of been affected so will be fine in a crash.
Rich H
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Impressive work!

I don't think I'd ever want to own a car that had been in that state though regardless of the level of workmanship when repairing it, just me being uber paranoid I guess!
AndyCorsaSport
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Thank you Ryan

Yeah Graeme, nice to have engine out, wouldnt have been able to do it other wise. Supprisingly i only used 2 spot weld bits for the leg and the inner wing

Thanks Rich, but tbh, if you came to look at the car to buy, all the gaps etc will be ok by the time its finished, all other parts to go on are bolt on, and theres that much stuff to cover up the chassis leg, you more than likely wouldnt be able to tell (although this one is on the register as a write off) but some cars are damaged like this, and un-recorded and repaired and sold on. No-ones any wiser.

Its easy money to be made. I bought an 02 plate Astra last year, basic 1.6 8v, 70k, i paid £600 for it, replaced all the locks and a suspension strut, MOT'd it, VIC checked it, stood me at £700. Sold it a week later for £1300. Easy £600 made.
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UPDATE:

Chassis leg put into place freely




Welded in



Front beam tried on, perfect fit after some minor adjustment



Trial fit inner wing


Screwed on tempory


Trial fit outer section


Bonnet and wings tried on


Gaps somewhat near (bear in mind the wings and bonnet are non-genuine also)



Thats all from me folks, sealed it all up now, ill stick subframe and suspension on tommorow, then they are collecting it and finishing the rest.
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8th Sep 10 at 19:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

nice to see you doing it properly, good work lad
how long you been in the trade


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AndyCorsaSport
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Since school mate, started at 16, im 22 next month. Too long would be the answer though lol.
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Lol I've been doing it 6 years and already get annoyed. Think it's like any job though tbh and I'm put under alot of pressure but least have a job now. Looks good though ur job!

How many hours do you get on something like that?
AndyCorsaSport
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You a painter Graeme? Erm, hours wise i dont have a clue, ive worked at this place 6 month now and never once looked at a job car i just ask what im doing with it, and get on with it.
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i have been in it 9 years now, love it but really wanna expand so i can get off the shop floor, now matter how much you wear a mask all the shit isnt good for you.
although i will always jump in the booth and do a bit of painting. i love it


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looks like a high standard of work you have there

i miss all this =(

use to be preper/painter but with recession jobs got tighter and as i was the last in so i was first out =(
they were kind enough to let me finish me qualifications though which was alright

and yeah Graemes a painter aswell
AndyCorsaSport
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Yeah i know what you mean, i want to do a night class at a college to learn painting. I know some basic mechanics, how to fit suspension, bottom arms, services etc. So want to learn to paint too. Can never learn too much

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