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| bluhun |
  Oct 29 2012, 02:17 AM
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Can someone give me an estimate of the number of hours of labor that a good Porsche shop would require to weld in all of the panels in a chassis-stiffening kit?
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| timothy_nd28 |
Oct 29 2012, 06:23 AM
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This really depends. If you just drop off the car and give the kit to the welder, it may take a few days. However, if you prep the areas yourself, make everything weld ready, it should only take a few hours.
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| scotty b |
Oct 29 2012, 06:36 AM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(timothy_nd28 @ Oct 29 2012, 04:23 AM)  This really depends. If you just drop off the car and give the kit to the welder, it may take a few days. However, if you prep the areas yourself, make everything weld ready, it should only take a few hours. My only comment on this is there is a LOT of welding to do, and it needs to be done carefully. If the car was completely ready for the welding I would count on 4 hours, for that process alone. Otherwise the risk of having the body movecomes into play |
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| timothy_nd28 |
Oct 29 2012, 06:39 AM
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QUOTE(scotty b @ Oct 29 2012, 04:36 AM) QUOTE(timothy_nd28 @ Oct 29 2012, 04:23 AM) This really depends. If you just drop off the car and give the kit to the welder, it may take a few days. However, if you prep the areas yourself, make everything weld ready, it should only take a few hours. My only comment on this is there is a LOT of welding to do, and it needs to be done carefully. If the car was completely ready for the welding I would count on 4 hours, for that process alone. Otherwise the risk of having the body movecomes into play I thought he was talking about the chassis stiffening kit that goes on the exterior. I agree, doing the interior stiffening kit really sucked and was time consuming! |
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| scotty b |
Oct 29 2012, 06:41 AM
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rust free you say ? Group: Members Posts: 16,375 Joined: 7-January 05 From: richmond, Va. Member No.: 3,419 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(timothy_nd28 @ Oct 29 2012, 04:39 AM) QUOTE(scotty b @ Oct 29 2012, 04:36 AM) QUOTE(timothy_nd28 @ Oct 29 2012, 04:23 AM) This really depends. If you just drop off the car and give the kit to the welder, it may take a few days. However, if you prep the areas yourself, make everything weld ready, it should only take a few hours. My only comment on this is there is a LOT of welding to do, and it needs to be done carefully. If the car was completely ready for the welding I would count on 4 hours, for that process alone. Otherwise the risk of having the body movecomes into play I thought he was talking about the chassis stiffening kit that goes on the exterior. I agree, doing the interior stiffening kit really sucked and was time consuming! Good point. Are you talking about the interior or exterior kit ? Quite a difference between the two. About half the time in fact (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) |
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bluhun 914 Chassis-stiffening kit Oct 29 2012, 02:17 AM
mepstein You need to find a good welder, not necessarily a ... Oct 29 2012, 05:04 AM
bluhun
[quote name='scotty b' post='1759692' date='Oct 2... Oct 29 2012, 09:56 AM partwerks Make sure everything is sealed between the plates ... Oct 29 2012, 06:27 AM scotty b done properly I would geusstimate at 7-10 hours st... Oct 29 2012, 06:33 AM bulitt
done properly I would geusstimate at 7-10 hours s... Oct 29 2012, 09:18 AM Eric_Shea Still a tremendous amount of work to be done. The... Oct 29 2012, 10:23 AM hot_shoe914
:WTF: :confused: :poke: :miles: :stooges: :... Oct 29 2012, 07:27 PM mepstein When Scotty does mine, you will see; interior long... Oct 29 2012, 08:19 PM Cairo94507 Holy crap Mark! That sucker is not going to f... Oct 29 2012, 08:38 PM mepstein
Holy crap Mark! That sucker is not going to ... Oct 29 2012, 08:48 PM kg6dxn Call Mark @ original Customs in Napa. He can do it... Oct 29 2012, 08:49 PM Elliot Cannon :agree: Although his looks can be deceiving. :e... Oct 30 2012, 10:03 PM Jgilliam914 Last winter I welded in the Engman kit. My interio... Oct 31 2012, 06:31 AM shoguneagle When I welded my car and added stress kitting, I s... Nov 1 2012, 03:23 AM |
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