trogdor
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| posted on 7/8/06 at 04:33 PM |
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micra bodywork repair
hi all, sorry that this isn't locost but i would like some opinons on my "new car" its an 1988 nissan micra, thats in erasonable
condition except for i recently found some holes in the shell, there is two holes behind the door, in the area of the door shut, these could be
repaired fairly easily i think, along with some holes in the front arches, but i have found a worrying hole under the windscreen suround. It looks
like the windscreen will have to come out to fix it, i am worried about how much it will cost come mot time, does anyone have an idea of cost off
these vague details? is there anyone who could weld up this sort of repair? i can make plates for them etc but i am unable to weld. any help would be
great!
many thanks
am living in southampton btw
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nick205
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| posted on 7/8/06 at 06:14 PM |
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not wanting to put dampen your enthusiasm, but is it worth fixing? An '88 Micra can't be worth much even with an MOT. IMHO you'd
be better spending the time/money on something else.
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Lawnmower
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| posted on 7/8/06 at 09:24 PM |
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i sold my 1986 micra last year on ebay fr around £300 + tax. great litle motors, wll go on forever. only reason i sold it was cos i got a company
car.
a call out welder should cost about £50 (cash only)?
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Peteff
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| posted on 7/8/06 at 10:28 PM |
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I welded some sills and inners on a 2 door earlier this year for a mate of a mate. He paid £30 for the car on a 'D' plate and paid me £40
for the welding. The sills cost him about £12 and the car's still running round here and looks tidy now it's had a coat of paint on the
new bits.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Chippy
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| posted on 7/8/06 at 10:30 PM |
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quote:
thats in erasonable condition
I think that this may be a fraudian slip, and you got it right. Just erase it and start with something a bit more up to date, or at least in a bit
better nick. Sounds a bit like a money pit to me, put a lot in, get nothing out. Just my opinion, (based on a lifetime of playing with cars). Regards
Ray.
[Edited on 7-8-06 by Chippy]
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NS Dev
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| posted on 8/8/06 at 07:46 AM |
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if you can't weld it yourself then its prob not worth trying. If those holes are immediately evident, much worse will quickly come to light once
welding starts!!! (based on a lifetime of welding up Opel Mantas, possibly the only car ever to be given a salt bath corrosion treatment)
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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trogdor
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| posted on 8/8/06 at 05:50 PM |
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well i guess u are right, if u are being sensible! but i do like the car, and the materials like the metal and the paint cost nothing really, i just
need to find someone who will weld it for me, will a call out welder only cost about 50 squid? don't mind paying that! i can do most of the
work, taking out the windscreen for example, though putting it back will be fun! my girlfriend is also really attached to the car, so it would be nice
to keep it going, it does run so well and is alot of fun to drive. to be honest its not about how much the car is worth, as i don't really
intend to sell it, i will be running to the ground, but i would like to keep it for a few more years yet as they are such good cars, i have seen loads
on the road now that i have been looking!
[Edited on 8/8/06 by trogdor]
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Lawnmower
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| posted on 10/8/06 at 10:27 PM |
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when i got mine, i was the 2nd ever owner (about 4 yeasrs ago) and it only had 14k miles on it (1st owner was an oap), sold it with 34k miles on it.
replaced the tyres (~£25 each with firestones), and new windscreen and seal was about £125, a brake pipe and weldong once. worst a call out welder can
do is give you a quote and you can say no. I would be careful about removing the windscreen though, chances are the seal will need replacing. In the
Haynes manula I think they class that bit with 5 spanners for seek an expert...
The thought has come to mind that as you are posting this on a self build carforum, why dont you weld it yourself?
(ps I cant weld, yet)
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NS Dev
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| posted on 11/8/06 at 07:26 AM |
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I learn't about welding up rusty cars when I bought my first Manta when I was 18. Borrowed a mig and set to on it, couldn't afford to pay
anybody anything. The patches were cut from old oil drums from the farm ( made a great new spare wheel well where that had completely rotted!!! )
My somewhat more negative answer stems from having every man and his dog asking me to weld up rust cars, allow me to translate:
" hey mate, you've got a welder, can you weld up a bit on my car"
"how much is there to do?"
"oh just one bit the size of a fifty pence piece"
" oh ok then bring it down on Sat"
saturday arrives....................... car turns up at 4 in the afternoon when the lazy bugger has finally got up!........................
rot chasing begins....... the fifty p piece is the size of the hole.......the rot extents for 5 inches in every direction and requires refarbicating
some critical bits of car. I am up to my eyes in sh1t until one in the morning with the neighbours compaining about the noise.
I then receive a whole shiny penny for my trouble.
Sorry if I sound a bit negative, but its happened too many times now and i have pledged never to weld rusty cars again unless they belong to my family
or very close friends!
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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ned
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| posted on 11/8/06 at 07:50 AM |
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maybe as a constructive suggestion start doing some prep work for welding ie wire brush the affected areas, take the paint off back to the bare metal
to see how bad it really is and how large the area actually is. if you want put some weld through primer on it to stop it rusting again/further then
get an accurate quote as you will (hopefully) know the true extent of the rusted area that needs repairing or cutting out and replacing as
appropriate.
Ned.
[Edited on 11/8/06 by ned]
beware, I've got yellow skin
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