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[darrenjlobb]

Are you even for real?!

Correct me if im wrong here....but are you honestly going to be attaching your SUBFRAME with that?! I wouldn't attach an air freshener with that incase it fell off and annoyed me.... Sorry but holy jesus..... things like this shouldnt be anywhere near the road...


Genuinely Speechless......

Have you not even realised that this photo was taken part way through doing the job!!!!!!!????????

Would you prefer it if I only posted one picture of the finished product, so you had no idea of what went on to achieve it?


Do you understand what welding is? Do you understand what fusion is? In laymans terms it means to turn two pieces into one piece. It can't fall anywhere because it is the same piece........ This is really very basic stuff.

If you'd paid any attention you'd also see that I've used the original bolts to fit it, so it is the original strength, plus the welding strength. It is very much one piece of metal, vastly stronger than the original section which wasdesigned for popping to the shops and back.


Obviously your not aware of the differences in appearance between mig and tig welding. It won't ever look like the lovely beading you get on custom made exhausts or similar products that use expensive tig setups, even with gas it would look more of a smooth smear, and you wouldn't like the look of that either!


You've obviously never done welding, or even seen it in progress.

I suppose the idea of welding in new sills scares you? Maybe they will fall off!?
What about people who seam weld entire shells to enhance rigidity? Maybe that will fall apart as well!

There will always be people that don't understand, but you should at least think about something before jumping in on it, then you might've realised that you don't know what your looking at.

Try and learn from it, even if you decide that its not something that you want...

Erm...........


I'm actually being 100% serious in my last post....It makes no odds who I am / what my skills are, although I think to any member that's been here more than 5 minutes, will know very well that I use a welder on a daily basis, MIG, Arc, whatever, I know what a welder is, but it really makes no odds... If at ANY point of a welding job, it looks like that, things are NOT going well... There is next to 0 penetration going on there, and tbh, there isnt even alot of pigeon shit on the surface doing anything...covering the job in grease / sealer isn't going to make it stronger... 

This is a critical part of the car...which involves keeping YOU alive, and other road users... 

Just pointing out my view, but holy hell, if i'm on my own here, god help anyone that has to drive near by!!