Hello maldat, What sort of money are you looking at for the panel glue to bond the reinforcing section over the rusted rail? If I went this way I would want to make sure it had the strength to do the proper job, not just get the thing past rego.
Saturday, March 23, 2002, 4:36:44 PM, you wrote: m> $400?? m> Rust on your chassis rails can be fixed a couple of ways, m> fold up some steel that fits over the chassis rail,Then clean up the m> rusty rail and use panel/wall board glue the new metal over the top of m> the rust. m> Other way is the same but weld it on/in.. m> Every 510 has chassis rust and I'll tell you where,, m> Under the front seats ,under the car their are jack pionts that arnt m> jack pionts(have a look)on the chassis rail. m> Well these full up with road dirt and rust out between themselfs,,This m> is where the rust starts. m> You dont need a metal folder to make folded panels for your car. m> You need a Vice bolted on your work bench(now most vices have m> 3-6"jaws)Easy if you need to fold a pice say500mm long you need two m> lenghts of angle iron it put in your vice with the steel in the m> middle,Then use vice grips(hand onesVice grip is a brand name) at each m> end of the angle iron to hold it to gether ,then bend your steel by hand m> and tap along the folded edge with a hammer ,it will be straight and it m> does work,I've done it many times and I was shown by panelbeaters that m> this is the way its done without the flash gear. m> Infact you can do it on the ground using two bits of heavy steel and m> your panel steel that you have to bend,with the ade of your vice grips. m> Now its glued/welded in,,Bare steel?,,spray can underseal..Job done m> Malcolm m> Dan wrote: >> I had about a 4" section of chassis rail replaced on a car (Fiat -go >> fihure:) for just under $400. I'm guessing on a Z-car its the front >> passenger side, which should be OK if you clear all the rust/ >> undercoating etc.. and have it ready to go. Might pay to >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Yahoo! Movies <$rd_url/tag/http://movies.yahoo.com/> - coverage of the >> 74th Academy Awards� >> --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- >> OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- >> Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> No unauthorised redistribution of this email >> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm >> http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Best regards, Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
