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| jaminM3 |
 Sep 24 2007, 09:38 PM
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After seeing all the beautiful cars in Moab it motivated me to at least make a plan of attack. I know I will have some work with the hell hole, but I wanted some opinions on my longs. To me, the longs look OK, but the jack points are bad. Is this an indication of bad inner longs? I also see some people chopping off the jack pionts. Suggestions?
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| brant |
Sep 24 2007, 10:33 PM
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Ben,
thats not too bad at all seriously, that is better than most cars you can find out there. Very... very.. repairable. through restoration designs you can buy the replacement jack point and support structure. pretty affordable too I'm guessing thats maybe 50$ worth of parts. regarding the welding I'd get some scrap metal maybe a hood from the junkyard (any car, not a 914) and I'd practice at length it will be tough to weld with the old metal and paint, but not too hard remember that welding is all about prep get a cup brush and use your drill to really strip the paint well and another option for such a small job like yours, would be to just pay your buddy to do it. or even a shop its not going to be so big and expensive that you have to become an expert welder in order to save money. heck 50$ parts and 50$ labor may do the whole job since you have a friend available. really nice to meet you this weekend when is your wife due? boy or girl? congrats to you! brant |
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| jaminM3 |
Sep 25 2007, 11:05 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 418 Joined: 23-March 07 From: SLC, UT Member No.: 7,619 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
QUOTE(brant @ Sep 24 2007, 10:33 PM)  Ben, thats not too bad at all seriously, that is better than most cars you can find out there. Very... very.. repairable. through restoration designs you can buy the replacement jack point and support structure. pretty affordable too I'm guessing thats maybe 50$ worth of parts. regarding the welding I'd get some scrap metal maybe a hood from the junkyard (any car, not a 914) and I'd practice at length it will be tough to weld with the old metal and paint, but not too hard remember that welding is all about prep get a cup brush and use your drill to really strip the paint well and another option for such a small job like yours, would be to just pay your buddy to do it. or even a shop its not going to be so big and expensive that you have to become an expert welder in order to save money. heck 50$ parts and 50$ labor may do the whole job since you have a friend available. really nice to meet you this weekend when is your wife due? boy or girl? congrats to you! brant Thanks for the warm welcome and for putting on a great event! The jack points are not the only problem. The driver side front fender has had some damage, so I bought a fender and headlight bucket and plan on welding that in after I strip it to see how much bondo is there. My Hell hole is also terrible , so I really would like to learn to weld it my self. I think I will take your advise and get some scrap and practice a bunch. My wife is due December 8th and it is a boy! His name will be Zach and he will be our third child (Samantha, 7, and Jacob, 6) |
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