Cancer has been found, and it looks terminal :(
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Cancer has been found, and it looks terminal :(
So I was vacuuming out my FB today in preparation for the auto cross tomorrow with the guys over in Grand Rapids, and found some bad rust. I bumped the vinyl flap that covers the drivers side wheel well, and this is what I found:
:cry:
I will drive her until the suspension collapses, and then find a truly rust free shell to swap everything into.
:cry:
I will drive her until the suspension collapses, and then find a truly rust free shell to swap everything into.
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Wow
it looks bad, but there is a chance...lol What are you going to do Kemo...lol ?
So I was vacuuming out my FB today in preparation for the auto cross tomorrow with the guys over in Grand Rapids, and found some bad rust. I bumped the vinyl flap that covers the drivers side wheel well, and this is what I found:
:cry:
I will drive her until the suspension collapses, and then find a truly rust free shell to swap everything into.
:cry:
I will drive her until the suspension collapses, and then find a truly rust free shell to swap everything into.
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Considering your admirable performance at the autocross event yesterday, I would call that weight reduction and be happy with it.
Anyway, like I said, either learn to weld or make friends with someone who already does...
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Anyway, like I said, either learn to weld or make friends with someone who already does...
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I know mine is fine. I had the whole interior apart when I rewired the stereo, and I didn't see a spot of rust.
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ya thats a little far gone to use rust treatment on. if my 7 looked like that i would start looking for another one. i would rather do a motor swap, then start cutting my can into pieces.
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Maybe you need to find somebody fairly local to you that has a Trilink sitting on the shelf with no plans of using it in the near future.
Maybe somebody that is in need of some high performance tires perhaps?
Maybe somebody that is in need of some high performance tires perhaps?
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If I lived in MI, I'd get real good at bondo and galvi patches:
http://www.cardomain.com/user/RideEd...=479957&page=8
http://www.cardomain.com/user/RideEd...=479957&page=9
http://www.cardomain.com/user/RideEd...479957&page=10
http://www.cardomain.com/user/RideEd...=479957&page=8
http://www.cardomain.com/user/RideEd...=479957&page=9
http://www.cardomain.com/user/RideEd...479957&page=10
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Thanks for the compliment. I was pretty happy with the results from my 2nd ever autocross.
GET SOME RACE TIRES Mark. I was shocked that I was within 4 seconds of you. It's all in the tires.
I just started a job at a hardware store, and I get all special orders at 10% over cost. Wire-Feed MIG will be on its way soon...
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So I was vacuuming out my FB today in preparation for the auto cross tomorrow with the guys over in Grand Rapids, and found some bad rust. I bumped the vinyl flap that covers the drivers side wheel well, and this is what I found:
:cry:
I will drive her until the suspension collapses, and then find a truly rust free shell to swap everything into.
:cry:
I will drive her until the suspension collapses, and then find a truly rust free shell to swap everything into.
The rust in the wheel wells can weaken the suspension mounting points, which you don't want to fail while you're driving the car, obviously. Might want to do a quick inspection around the trailing arm mounting brackets.
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My car was pristine on the outside, not a sign of rust and it had been in Colorado it's whole life (where they don't use salt on the roads) but still had rust in the wheel wells.
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Yeah, shutup kid.
With that much rust, the upper trailing arms for the rear end are probably about to rip out too. It's taken me quite a while to fix all the rust, but I went a few steps farther than just fixing it....Look through the pics on my cardomain page, should give you an idea of what needs done to fix it. Unless you plan on upgrading everything and want fully adjustable suspension you don't need to cut out nearly as much as I did, or you can cut out more and fully tub it http://www.cardomain.com/ride/396921
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Talking about Klapperich, orrr? There's a sweet welder/fabricator pretty close to us, over in Whitmore Lake. Gautz Enterprises. He does some good work, gave me the dime tour of the shop. Some prototype work for Harley Davidson, full restoration of the front clip of some 40's truck, completely hand built headers and x pipes/h pipes, big place, looots of cool equipment and skill. He's re-drilling my axles.
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