Car Body Needs Replacement?
01-17-02, 03:22 PM
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Car Body Needs Replacement?
What I mean by my semi-shady subject is that we all know that the motor can be replaced consitently, but i there a point when you actually need to get a new body? I mean if you have like over 150K on the body, but just got an engine replacement and maybe are runnying 2K on that and new turbos or what not, then will the body ever need to be replaced? Or will it last forever...
01-17-02, 04:01 PM
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Re: Car Body Needs Replacement?
Originally posted by Dj*BaM|BaM
What I mean by my semi-shady subject is that we all know that the motor can be replaced consitently, but i there a point when you actually need to get a new body? I mean if you have like over 150K on the body, but just got an engine replacement and maybe are runnying 2K on that and new turbos or what not, then will the body ever need to be replaced? Or will it last forever...
What I mean by my semi-shady subject is that we all know that the motor can be replaced consitently, but i there a point when you actually need to get a new body? I mean if you have like over 150K on the body, but just got an engine replacement and maybe are runnying 2K on that and new turbos or what not, then will the body ever need to be replaced? Or will it last forever...
01-17-02, 04:11 PM
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It'll last as long as any car-- provide protection against rust, and make sure to periodically tighten the chassis bolts. If you get in an accident and bend the frame, or part of the frame rusts through...you're pretty much assed out.
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01-17-02, 04:54 PM
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Originally posted by MrFreeze
sorry for being such a dumb *** but what exactly does rust do that is so bad?
sorry for being such a dumb *** but what exactly does rust do that is so bad?
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01-17-02, 05:01 PM
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If the frame gets a good amount of rust on it, it will weaken the structural integrity/stiffness-- rusted through parts become brittle. Theres a lot of ways to combat rust, just go to any classic car forum, they deal with it all the time.
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Originally posted by Dj*BaM|BaM
Is that a question? lol. I dunno, that wasn't what I was asking. I was just wondering how long the FD body can hold up.
Is that a question? lol. I dunno, that wasn't what I was asking. I was just wondering how long the FD body can hold up.
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yeah batmans needs a new body....
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k i thats what i had thought, i have a fair amount of rust under my car but i think most of it is the radatior hahaa. i guess the last owner was a jackass and didnt properly care for the car. now i have to go out of my way to fix it 
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