repairing suspension mounts?

[NDT]

Is any chassis damage repairable?
I've seen a couple of cars on eBay now with damage to the top wishbone mounts, obviously when the wheel has been pushed back in a front ender.
The damage aways looks very localised.
Is this ever repairable?

[Mr_C]

You can repair them by buying a new chassis - about £3500 i think for an S1.

Not recommended to repair any other way really mate, sadly.

[Justin S]

You can repair them,people have.I personally wouldn't fancy owning them if they have been.I know that by welding, you should re temper the alloy hard again, as welding it makes it soft. Best bet, although long winded in changing it is a replacement Chassis.It doesn't have to be new, as many cars are written off by bodywork repair costs.

[miro]

If its had Chassis damage then its gotta be cheap .. and if its cheap then the repair has gotta be botched. If its not repaired then you may as well buy a streight one for a little more imho.

[tlracing]

Mr_C said:

You can repair them by buying a new chassis - about £3500 i think for an S1.

Not recommended to repair any other way really mate, sadly.

+1

There's a Exige GT3 on eBay right now, with significant chassis damage. It has been brought in from Japan and is advertised as unrecorded and HPI-clear...

[NDT]

tlracing said:

Mr_C said:

You can repair them by buying a new chassis - about £3500 i think for an S1.

Not recommended to repair any other way really mate, sadly.

+1

There's a Exige GT3 on eBay right now, with significant chassis damage. It has been brought in from Japan and is advertised as unrecorded and HPI-clear...

yes, potentially v iffy.

[NDT]

Justin S said:

You can repair them,people have.I personally wouldn't fancy owning them if they have been.I know that by welding, you should re temper the alloy hard again, as welding it makes it soft. Best bet, although long winded in changing it is a replacement Chassis.It doesn't have to be new, as many cars are written off by bodywork repair costs.

Welding these bits always looked iffy to me - pretty close to some bonded joints, plus as you say, plenty of potential to upset the original heat treatment.
I would have thought a bonded / riveted repair would be more viable - that's the engineer in me speaking - wuld imagine any sign of a repair in these areas would send most buyers running a mile...

[Scuffers]

NDT said:

Justin S said:

You can repair them,people have.I personally wouldn't fancy owning them if they have been.I know that by welding, you should re temper the alloy hard again, as welding it makes it soft. Best bet, although long winded in changing it is a replacement Chassis.It doesn't have to be new, as many cars are written off by bodywork repair costs.

Welding these bits always looked iffy to me - pretty close to some bonded joints, plus as you say, plenty of potential to upset the original heat treatment.
I would have thought a bonded / riveted repair would be more viable - that's the engineer in me speaking - wuld imagine any sign of a repair in these areas would send most buyers running a mile...

too right...

whilst it's techincally possible to do a dencent repair, nobody is going to do it as the work required (and facilities/etc) would make it too costly..