Is this safe ?

[J4CKO]

Spotted this on Ebay, can sort of appreciate the look but what would happen in a crash, Am thinking the bodywork now has hundreds of small holes so could not be guaranteed to fail in the normal way, but it is just external panels, what do the more knowledgeable folk of PH reckon ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-AUDI-S3-QUATTRO-SIL...

[DrDeAtH]

I think you need glasses..... It looks st!

[Pebbles167]

I don't think the panels do much for the cars rigidity. I might do this to my 206

[Justin Case]

Have no fears, Pot Rivits will give it the strength of a battleship. However, KEYWORD SPAMMING alert, avoid at all costs

[carl_w]

If I was going to do a rat rod I wouldn't have started from there. And fake rivets? Well, real rivets but not riveted into anything. Aren't these the automotive equivalent of mock Tudor beams?

[thebraketester]

"Rare"

Only in that no one else has been so retarded to mess up a car like that

[loose cannon]

Oh I'm not sure about that ? Have you been to a dub meet

[Efbe]

it makes no sense.

it is called the "slambassador", but is so far from being slammed, it may as well be stock.

[Quhet]

Wonder how much was offered for that trade-in. 50p?

[loose cannon]

Don't no but I'm sure it would be a riveting read !

[Efbe]

also that leather looks trashed for 100k. looks more like a 160k car.

[TheAngryDog]

Whats a pot rivet? Is it where a pot has been riveted to the car? It would be a damn sight less hideous if so!

Head turner yes, as sick is spewing out akin to being possessed and your head spins when you lay eyes on this... thing.

It should be reported for false advertising, it is about as slammed as I am thin....

[thebraketester]

loose cannon said:

Oh I'm not sure about that ? Have you been to a dub meet

Ahh yes. Good point. I've been to quite a few. Usually these people leave the s3 or high end models alone. Usually it's a 1.8t mk4.

[lord trumpton]

What the hell is wrong with these people?

Why would anyone think this looks good?

[ging84]

J4CKO said:

Spotted this on Ebay, can sort of appreciate the look but what would happen in a crash, Am thinking the bodywork now has hundreds of small holes so could not be guaranteed to fail in the normal way, but it is just external panels, what do the more knowledgeable folk of PH reckon ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-AUDI-S3-QUATTRO-SIL...

I wish people would stop inventing thier own problems


If a bunch of pot rivets in the body panels was enough to undermine the structural integrity of a car, we'd all be in trouble

What do you think happens to every car which has had a wide arch kit installed, or even just some body work repair on rust or accident damage, ok usually they'll go for spot welds rather than rivets especially anywhere exposed, as they are a lot easier to smooth, but a lot of the effects underneath would be the same.

If this is your level of paranoia, modified cars are definitely not for you, in fact probably any used cars especially of that sort of age should be avoided, god know what sort of repairs have been made and what holes have been drilled where to make way for some after market gadgetry at some stage.
If it was a few years older, you could gurantee the first owner would of paid someone to indiscriminately drill holes into the floor/fuel tank/brake lines to make way for the all important car phone.

[J4CKO]

ging84 said:

J4CKO said:

Spotted this on Ebay, can sort of appreciate the look but what would happen in a crash, Am thinking the bodywork now has hundreds of small holes so could not be guaranteed to fail in the normal way, but it is just external panels, what do the more knowledgeable folk of PH reckon ?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-AUDI-S3-QUATTRO-SIL...

I wish people would stop inventing thier own problems


If a bunch of pot rivets in the body panels was enough to undermine the structural integrity of a car, we'd all be in trouble

What do you think happens to every car which has had a wide arch kit installed, or even just some body work repair on rust or accident damage, ok usually they'll go for spot welds rather than rivets especially anywhere exposed, as they are a lot easier to smooth, but a lot of the effects underneath would be the same.

If this is your level of paranoia, modified cars are definitely not for you, in fact probably any used cars especially of that sort of age should be avoided, god know what sort of repairs have been made and what holes have been drilled where to make way for some after market gadgetry at some stage.
If it was a few years older, you could gurantee the first owner would of paid someone to indiscriminately drill holes into the floor/fuel tank/brake lines to make way for the all important car phone.

I am not paranoid or inventing problems, was just interested as to whether it would reduce the structural integrity of the car, am well aware that the external panels are generally cosmetic but that has numerous holes drilled in the roof.

I have run old cars, have welded and modified so am no stranger to such practises but I have never drilled numerous holes into body panels, for rust repair work rivets are not accepted for the MOT and there must be a reason for that. Generally a repair will be localised, not across every panel. And for repairs it isnt spot welds generally, its meant to be a continuous weld.

I love modified cars, done properly and can sort of see the look he was going for with that even if its not the right car to do it to, was just thinking that it may be a bad idea to introduce perforations across the bodywork, I suspect in reality it wouldnt help but it would have to be a pretty hard impact to make any difference and at that point you are probably screwed anyway.

I wonder what the insurance company would make of it, they probably dont have a modification category for several hundred rivets in the bodywork.

[3xpendable]

What makes me chuckle is the effort people go to, to give the car a look of "Not much effort has been made into its appearance"

[Dog Star]

lord trumpton said:

What the hell is wrong with these people?

Why would anyone think this looks good?

I know a car is only a machine, but I actually feel sorry for that

[RizzoTheRat]

TheAngryDog said:

Whats a pot rivet? Is it where a pot has been riveted to the car? It would be a damn sight less hideous if so!

I think it's what you need to be smoking in order to think bunging a load of pop rivets through your car is a good idea

[danjama]

Dog Star said:

I know a car is only a machine, but I actually feel sorry for that

Don't it's an Audi.