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[Rosslin Racing]

I am no welding god!
I feel that people should see this so that you do it better yourself.
if you spend 250 quid on a welder why dont you spend say 50 quid more and learn how to use it, it could save yours and others lives.


this is the old panel its only welded to the inner sill at the bottom.



inside its not welded at all! there are no plug welds. this panel joins the load bay to the floor so the forces of the rear suspension will pass through this panel.


This is the sill area door hinge panel, its only tacted on and the sill has been welded on the edge and not spot welded this will not hold anything.

Edited by Rosslin Racing, 05 March 2013 - 11:07 AM.

[Shifty]

At least yours had some welding!









The entire car was made of filler!!

[Rosslin Racing]

keep them coming and lets see whats out there.

[Shifty]

This is a good one..

[tomgale]

this was the front subframe mount for mine:



seam sealer and shitty welding holding a new floorpan in over the hole

and on the other side:



bolts! the professional's choice.

high quality former owners my car.

[minidaves]

seen bond and seal holding sills on, nothing surprises me now to be honest

[Tamworthbay]

At least yours had some welding!









The entire car was made of filler!!

But look at the holes in that filler! Built in impact absorption that is

[richw911]

Cut this out of a mini we picked up last year

[smartie93]

this was the front subframe mount for mine:



seam sealer and shitty welding holding a new floorpan in over the hole

and on the other side:



bolts! the professional's choice.

high quality former owners my car.

This is now my favourite bodge ever haha

[danie garry]

newly fitted sills that were on the cooper when i got it a while back!

[grahama]

Can't see anything wrong yet fellas, you are far too picky lol

[mini-luke]

Cracked door frame? No problem, throw some bird crap at it!



Although the welding's not too bad, I don't think much of the panel alignment!

[ba-tat]

tomgale's bolted floor panel made me laugh. The subframe mount would be really funny if it wasn't so kinda crucial to the safety and running of the car!

[mini*mad]

t
and on the other side:



bolts! the professional's choice.

high quality former owners my car.

right angle grinded off the old panel no problem
oh **** i forgot! i cant weld!!

and that subframe mount is the most shocking i've seen
glad your ok
people endangering their own lives astound me, but to sell it on KNOWING what they had done
just baffles me

[tomgale]

t
and on the other side:



bolts! the professional's choice.

high quality former owners my car.

right angle grinded off the old panel no problem
oh **** i forgot! i cant weld!!

and that subframe mount is the most shocking i've seen
glad your ok
people endangering their own lives astound me, but to sell it on KNOWING what they had done
just baffles me

I don't think it was ever on the road with the bolted on floorpan, but i suspect the subframe mount may have been, I think there was another plate seam sealer-d on top of it too. moral of the story, if you buy unfinished projects, check their work! still, its all solid now.

edit: also, that floorpan was still in good nick, once it had been unbolted I reused it (properly)

Edited by tomgale, 06 March 2013 - 09:16 PM.