"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
07/18/2018 at 15:44 • Filed to: carma
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"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
07/18/2018 at 15:44 • Filed to: carma | 0
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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on account of the dealership not knowing what their transmission service entails.
Today as I was out and about I stopped into a shop that said they would weld the leak in my exhaust. Its a 409 SS exhaust and so I was looking for someone who could do the job with 308/309 wire but when I got there I realized:
a. he can do stainless with mild wire and he had no inten tion of using stainless wire.
b. I really don’t care that much for this particular instance.
Got a free booger weld done in about a minute . I don’t love that he wouldn’t use stainless wire, and I don’t love the quality of the work...or that he didn’t even wire brush it first...but free is free. I suspect it wont be an issue at all.
Sidenote - Bodywork is expensive. I have a tiny bit of rust in the rear drivers side wheel well. I took it someplace for an estimate and because its appearantly coming from between the factory sheetmetal and the panel that was replaced in an accident 2 owners ago its a $1350 estimate. cutting and replacing metal.
Damn.
Think I might fog in the inner panels, then touch up the exterior and see how that holds instead.
crowmolly
> HammerheadFistpunch
07/18/2018 at 15:57 |
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Post a shot of the rust. Might be able to handle some of that yourself.
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> HammerheadFistpunch
07/18/2018 at 15:59 |
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Well that’s cool. I need to find a shop to fix mine. Previous owner cut the pipes just below the manifold flange to install some headers. When they didn’t fit, someone did a horrible job Swiss cheesing the pipes back together. I just gotta quit being lazy and take it somewhere. My original delay was that I was waiting until I swapped the drivetrain, but that’s still a ways off.
To you second point, man, bodywork is pricey. I wish I had the space, patience, and ability to do it. I’ve been quoted from $8k to $25k for a full body job, and I’d bet that $8k would wind up closer to $12-15k before he was done. “While I was in there...”
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HammerheadFistpunch
> crowmolly
07/18/2018 at 16:02 |
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i’ll have to get some shots.
CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> HammerheadFistpunch
07/18/2018 at 16:11 |
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Is your rust worse or better than mine? I’d guess my repairs would be a lot
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/oppo-how-bad-is-the-rust-on-my-truck-1821159869
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HammerheadFistpunch
> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
07/18/2018 at 16:20 |
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better than that (no real material loss) but kinda tricky to get at.