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DOES ANY ONE KNOW A CHEAP WELDER? It needs alot of welding to pass an M.O.T. MAY HAVE TO BREAK THIS ONE!!!!! Inner and outer sill, floor plan, subframe mounts, anti roll bar mounts, shock mounts! All over the car. Don't know how it passed last year? Its very quick this one and I want to keep it on the road?

Get it gone before the tiddlys get fussy !

Re shell, and then all you need to weld in is the old chassis number.

Scrap prices are on the down now. So do it quick.

it sounds a bit far gone to save . it probably only feels faster due to shedding all that chassis and body weight through rusting.

Your location might help.

yeah location would be good mate may be able to help

How much are for a shell and a transplant? Loads£££?

LSD
engine
alloys/tyres
clutch
gear box
exhaust
tech one body kit/ spoiler
interior
THE REST etc? How much do you think? £1200-£1600?

location location location

Even the most incompetant spanner monkey could do a reshel themselves over a months worth of weekends. I wouldn't dream of letting anyone else to do it for me especially at an average of £40 per hour at most garages.

Im in Eatsbourne, East sussex. The car spent its in oxfordshire! I have a budget of £300-£450 for it!

EASTBOURNE I MEAN!

bump,
Anyone know a cheap bodge welder?

leigh wrote:bump,
Anyone know a cheap bodge welder?

if you want a bodge welder fill it with body filler yourself and paint it.

saves you your £40/hour.

HMMMMMM thanks for the idea?

birmingham has some very good welders & cheap just had my sport welded cost me £!50 was plated inside & outside some pics for brief idea...

WHERE DID YOU GO? Number? I may blaze up to b'ham!

leigh wrote:WHERE DID YOU GO? Number? I may blaze up to b'ham!

To a garage,number 102...

u want the address ?

Please mate!

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Does the £150 include a 'sport' conversion ?

pacerpete wrote:

hands wrote:birmingham has some very good welders & cheap just had my sport welded cost me £!50 was plated inside & outside some pics for brief idea...











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Does the £150 include a 'sport' conversion ?

hahahahahahahahahaahahhahahahahahah .... no ...

might be worht thinking about buying a welder and lurning then having a go your self that way you have a skill for life??

the reshell idea soulds like a good one if you really want to keep it

there are some good welding forums and night classes etc at some colleges might be worth a thought

cheap bloke down by me, welded my old micra up for 10 quid straight away when all others were telling me 40 and they couldnt do it for 3 days...

just been sent the pics its gonna be a mission for anyone really needs to be seen in the metal

whipsey wrote:just been sent the pics its gonna be a mission for anyone really needs to be seen in the metal

post them up then....

some of them are difficult to pinpoint but a quick look would lead me to think seriously about scrapping that.

i think it warrants the welders asking price i think your gonna be chasing the rotten metal a fair way back until you find something solid on a few of them

Scrap that mate.

It will cost thousands and you can't get that amount of work done for £450 by even the most desperate cowboys.

I'm all up for expensive repairs that make no economic sense but unless the car is worth a lot of money or you're very attached it, it won't be worth it to do it properly.

And there's no point not doing it properly - the rust will be back in a matter of weeks.

Scrap it, keep the bits you like reshell it when you find a nice clean car.

Loki_V2 wrote:when you find a nice clean car.

Im gonna save this one even if i have to weld hole by hole!!!! Month by month!!

Scrap it, move on.

If I decide to break it In a few weeks which forum shall I use?

The well serviced diff, bbs alloys x5 with tyres & centre caps, clutch, exhaust, engine, ecu, brakes, tech 1 kit, spoiler, steering wheel, interior trim, seats & door cards, gear knob/gaiter, mtec suspension/shocks, lights, sunroof, new rear bushes, and all the other bits will be sold!

Not sure if ebay is the way forward here?

I may keep the gear box!

why not just get another decent shell and swap all your goodies over? will be cheaper and safer than welding all that back together.

I dont have the ability to swap all that over and not sure how much it would cost? Where do you get a decent shell from? And how much is that? Is it just a 2 door shell or must it be a sport shell?