body lift, is it inevitable
Discussion
Having spent a good part of the week on the anual chassis scrap ready for paint, and 
to the usual amount of paint now on the garage floor.
The car is kept in the garage, waxed each year, dry miles only and generally loved
The question to you all is, are we just kidding ourselves with the standard treatment and is a body lift inevitable
or is there something elce we can do apart from the usual paint what you can see and cover it in waxol, and hope it does the job
to the usual amount of paint now on the garage floor.The car is kept in the garage, waxed each year, dry miles only and generally loved
The question to you all is, are we just kidding ourselves with the standard treatment and is a body lift inevitable
or is there something elce we can do apart from the usual paint what you can see and cover it in waxol, and hope it does the jobI did a body lift last year and fully painted my outriggers... OK, I spent time removing all the rust / priming and giving them 4 coats of Por15,,... But I recon it took about 100 hours
If you can, and you have somewhere to put the body.. take it off... it will save loads of time as even with a body lift, getting on top and into corners takes a lot of time... With the body off your straight onto the job... either way, do it!... It's great peace of mind knowing your riggers are coated and not rusting away...
If you can, and you have somewhere to put the body.. take it off... it will save loads of time as even with a body lift, getting on top and into corners takes a lot of time... With the body off your straight onto the job... either way, do it!... It's great peace of mind knowing your riggers are coated and not rusting away...
Edited by TVR Beaver on Friday 7th May 08:57
Well thanks to the chaps making those outrigger patterns you don't have to lift the body at all now do you?
You slice the outrigger tubes off at the main chassis tube end (where you can get to them with a re-cip saw), unbolt the outrigger tubes (3 bolts per side) and bolt in the new items and weld them up.
Looked to me that the job could be done in a couple of days
You slice the outrigger tubes off at the main chassis tube end (where you can get to them with a re-cip saw), unbolt the outrigger tubes (3 bolts per side) and bolt in the new items and weld them up.
Looked to me that the job could be done in a couple of days
Your outriggers are both wheel arch tubes, front and back, and one in the centre under your bum running left-to-right as you sit in the car, and the tube joining them down the sides of the car.
These are bolted to the floor of the car at each corner and one in the middle, through the corner plates
There are bound to be pictures of this lot on here if you have a rummage about.
Removing them for installation of the pattern units is a matter of removing the bolts and cutting them off flush to the square section of the chassis, then bolt up the new ones and weld them into place.
This sounds a damned site easier than it is though, and unless you really can weld or know someone who can its probably better to hand it over to the pro guys.
I'm fantastically lucky to have a mate who is a welder but even he said welding upside down is a horrible job.
I'd be more worried about what your seatbelt is attached to than an MOT failure if your rear outriggers are swiss cheese.
These are bolted to the floor of the car at each corner and one in the middle, through the corner plates
There are bound to be pictures of this lot on here if you have a rummage about.
Removing them for installation of the pattern units is a matter of removing the bolts and cutting them off flush to the square section of the chassis, then bolt up the new ones and weld them into place.
This sounds a damned site easier than it is though, and unless you really can weld or know someone who can its probably better to hand it over to the pro guys.
I'm fantastically lucky to have a mate who is a welder but even he said welding upside down is a horrible job.
I'd be more worried about what your seatbelt is attached to than an MOT failure if your rear outriggers are swiss cheese.
Edited by Barreti on Friday 14th May 22:02
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