Seam welding

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paul_s13
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Has anyone done this, and if anyone has how long did it take?


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Jezz_s13
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I reckon it'll take fecking ages. SKIDS did his S14 didn't he?

I'm going to do a bit inside my car (before the floorpan falls out)and around where the top wing beam thing joins to the A-pillar.

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stillen does all of their 300zx tt's with it--id imagine, it would involve alot of time, and removing of interior peices. LOTS of work.

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A frind is about to do it, its a pain to prep it though, removing interor panels isnt hard, but removing the sound deading material takes a while then removing the caulking takes a while. I plan on doing it eventually, as my car is already stripped most of the wok is done

Dystopia
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with the s chassis there is a lot of adhesive you have to have remove or it wont be as stiff definately worth it takes time.

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paul_s13
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Sod it, i can't be bothered! Its definitly going to be a drift car so I don't have to make it road worthy, going to weld the diff up too! :ylsuper

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DON'T run welded diff on street, eventually weld will break from stress and say goodbye to your diff

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paul_s13
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I might not weld the diff but the car is going to be trailered everywhere anyway.

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for track use it may be ok, atleast if it blows up on you there you wont be stranded, if you have the extra $$$ I would just get a really agressive 2 way

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nextlevel wrote:for track use it may be ok, atleast if it blows up on you there you wont be stranded, if you have the extra $$$ I would just get a really agressive 2 way


Nope, i'm not planning on spending much money at all on this car, the most expesive thing I will buy is an oil cooler and not much more.

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I still have an oil cooler to hook up but i think its a worthwhile investment... will save your motor after some abuse :)


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