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the bodywork you have done there will pass no probs, as for the rest of the heap I dunno Razz

hopefully it will mate.

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it wont pass as its structually unsound they knock with hammers mot men

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Chris H wrote:

lol that will rust and you will have to do it properly anyway.

How would he have done it right? im gonna have to attempt some DIY bodywork and want to do it right.

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well when you have a huge gaping hole in a structural part of the car, normally accepted practice is to weld in some new metal, not just pack it with filler!

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 1:09 pm

But fillering is easier than welding!

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Aye, tis true! Cool

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they cannot hit the exterior panel of a car with a hammer in the mot. If the arch looks right then it will pass. only the under they can hit with the hammer.

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Aye you will say that when the car disintegrates at 120mph on the motorway!

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:10 am

When I was 17 I had a mk1 fiesta, 1979 bright aqua blue, Lowered XR2 kit on (As you do) the drivers sill rotted throgh from the top and kept filling with water, so before I sold it, I filled it with newspaper then, fillered over the top and hand srayed it.

Oh the mishaps of mis-spent youth eh?

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i did a similar thing on an Uno once Embarassed

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I stuffed a tesco bag into the blue energies chassis rail on the inner front arch where it had holed, chucked grease on it then mud, passed 3 mot's like that.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

oo ya basts, and theres me actually welding bits in!!!

mind i have a foot and a half long hole on the underside of the sill now....its hudden under the skirt, so only i really knwo its there....i should do it..

but i dont need a poll to find out if i can be arsed or not, seein as i just got 12 months mot on it!

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Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

wheres the pics of your wheels!!

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On name-reputation alone I'd say the Goodyears!

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