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Worst car repairs/Best bodges - ADV_93 - 15-08-2014

I've seen a fair few in my day but these are just some i found off the internet.

Any pictures welcome please!

IS THIS A 306?
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wth?

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RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - Curt - 15-08-2014

Bulb holder was screwed and snapped... Out came the bodgery.

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Re: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - bashbarnard - 15-08-2014

Oh wow im sure ive seen a few [Image: y9uteved.jpg]

like this handbrake cable at work

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - ash23 - 15-08-2014

saw this the other day speaker cabe holding the exhaust lol

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RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - Dum-Dum - 15-08-2014

Might as well post a pic of my car lol Smile

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - RetroPug - 16-08-2014

Yep, first one is a petrol 306.
The handbrake cable one is pretty bad imo...never know when that might just snap.

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - THE_Liam - 16-08-2014

No pics but I've seen a very loose and knocking ball joint with a jubilee clip round it.

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - Poodle - 16-08-2014

Should have got a pic of the exhaust off an isuzu trooper i replaced yesterday, was more rust/holes/coat hanger/cable ties/drainpipe/leather/belt/tin foil than actual exhaust. Seriously though, tin foil and a leather belt, how were those going to help??

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - procta - 16-08-2014

how about a home brew side thru exhaust,

sounded like a council grass cutter! laugh was the full system was a right miss match, he had used a rover 200 down pipe, and a metro gti decat section, it didn't have any silencers in at all.
I had to put a peashooter on the back to get it to quieten down.

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - Ricky - 16-08-2014

This was the exhaust on my Coupe..

Held together with some sort of foil repair tape and a whole lot of exhaust paste. Didn't last long.

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - ozonehostile - 16-08-2014

Most minis that have been "restored" are home to some horrific bodging..... New floor plans spot welded over the top of the original rotten floor, sills glued to rot with filler, whole sections of the inner wings made from silicone painted over to hide it...

Pretty funny stuff as long as it's not your own car

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - ADV_93 - 16-08-2014

On my d turbo, my drivers headlight bulb holder (the plastic ring that clips onto the back of the lens itself) kept coming off as soon as i put the bulb retaining clip in place, so i got a bit of cardboard, wrapped it in electrical tape and jammed it in place, lasted about 8 months before i finally decided to fix it using bonding

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - toseland - 17-08-2014

exhayst was blowing...

motorbike can available...

win.

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - procta - 17-08-2014

(16-08-2014, 11:10 PM)ozonehostile Wrote: Most minis that have been "restored" are home to some horrific bodging..... New floor plans spot welded over the top of the original rotten floor, sills glued to rot with filler, whole sections of the inner wings made from silicone painted over to hide it...

Pretty funny stuff as long as it's not your own car

that's one of the reasons I wont own a mini, 2k plus for a restored example, yeah right, one of the worst cars for make up jobs.
My auntie bought a classic mini a 10 years ago now, she bought the injection model to replace her carbd one. The new one, had a few rust patches, so she got it sorted, by a family friend, He said it was the car was just full of filler, and a bit of a time and a half to sort it out.

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - RetroPug - 17-08-2014

I think if I went for a mini I'd have to buy a rolling shell and get it dipped, but that's all mega-money and I already have a nearly 18 year old car to throw fistfuls of change at.

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - lolsteve - 17-08-2014

Worst one can think of the top of my head is changing the brake discs on a friends mondeo, he would replace the pads or get the rewind tool. So instead the piston just can smashed a few times and the pads smacked on to make fit. His logic was "pads will wear away soon enough so it'll b rite"
Driving to asda saw the brakes reaching near nuclear levels of heat lol

I told him though to do the job properly

Re: RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - THE_Liam - 17-08-2014

(17-08-2014, 08:31 AM)lolsteve Wrote: Worst one can think of the top of my head is changing the brake discs on a friends mondeo, he would replace the pads or get the rewind tool. So instead the piston just can smashed a few times and the pads smacked on to make fit. His logic was "pads will wear away soon enough so it'll b rite"
Driving to asda saw the brakes reaching near nuclear levels of heat I told him though to do the job properly

That's terrifying.

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - procta - 17-08-2014

(17-08-2014, 06:15 AM)RetroPug Wrote: I think if I went for a mini I'd have to buy a rolling shell and get it dipped, but that's all mega-money and I already have a nearly 18 year old car to throw fistfuls of change at.

its frightening when you that, as you will see all the nasty bodges! Plus there a better old cars to throw your money on too,

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - RetroPug - 17-08-2014

(17-08-2014, 01:28 PM)procta Wrote:
(17-08-2014, 06:15 AM)RetroPug Wrote: I think if I went for a mini I'd have to buy a rolling shell and get it dipped, but that's all mega-money and I already have a nearly 18 year old car to throw fistfuls of change at.

its frightening when you that, as you will see all the nasty bodges! Plus there a better old cars to throw your money on too,

That's why I'd buy a rolling shell that wasn't made of filler, make sure everything is sorted on it properly, and then get it dipped and treated etc. Then I would feel confident that I had a good base to build one on.

However, if I was spending that kind of money it wouldn't be on a mini.

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - cully - 17-08-2014

this was on my car when i bought it

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RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - Dum-Dum - 17-08-2014

I really need to plug my hard drive in and upload some photos lol

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - mr_fish - 18-08-2014

(15-08-2014, 11:55 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: Might as well post a pic of my car lol

:ROFL:

One exhaust bodge I came across...10/10 for using a jubilee clip, a washer and a cable tie.

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Worst car repairs/Best bodges - Frosty - 18-08-2014

Not putting a name to it then mark lol

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - mr_fish - 18-08-2014

(18-08-2014, 02:36 PM)Frosty Wrote: Not putting a name to it then mark lol

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - j77hrn - 18-08-2014

My battery tray fell apart on my old golf. Tied a nice bit of blue string in a bow round the battery to 'secure' it. For some reason it failed it's MOT Confused

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - Dum-Dum - 18-08-2014

I once used 2 jubilee clips instead of a gen peugeot exhaust clamp.
I used electrical wire to hold up the exhaust on my 325tds.
I held a FMIC on with cable ties.
I held a different FMIC on with blue rope.
I held a bumper and headlight on with cable ties.
I've repaired chassis damage on more than 1 care by tying it to a lamp post and reversing.
I repaired a leaky rad with a dollop of fiberglass as that was the first thing that came to hand.
My PAS pump leaked so I removed the system.
I split an exhaust so I split a couple of beer cans and wrapped them round then jubilee clipped them.
I had a fuel leak that I couldn't be bothered to fix, I covered the pump in black silicone
I had an oil leak i couldn't be bothered to fix, I covered it in black silicone.

I'm sure theres loads and loads more that you'll all remind me of

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - Owen_G_ - 11-11-2014

Seen a man using Hoover pipe for an exhaust extension. Didn't last too long haha

Love the phone Speedo one lol

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - Ruan - 11-11-2014

(18-08-2014, 02:46 PM)mr_fish Wrote:
(18-08-2014, 02:36 PM)Frosty Wrote: Not putting a name to it then mark lol

WILLIAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - Norledge - 11-11-2014

No comment.

RE: Worst car repairs/Best bodges - Ruan - 11-11-2014

(11-11-2014, 03:27 PM)Norledge Wrote:

Edited for you.