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Wetbench4 · 06-08-2016 06:28PM

nd wrote: »

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I almost sh@t myself watching it never mind the poor guy behind the camera..

ARGINITE · 07-08-2016 09:21AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Peycjf5XdC8

YbFocus · 07-08-2016 09:35AM

That is some crazy torque!

Wetbench4 · 07-08-2016 06:23PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sC1cPSogD4

What a car..

nd · 14-08-2016 10:03PM

A Michael Schumacher lookalike with a very strange Polish/German/Irish accent that has very good videos.

Kintarō Hattori · 14-08-2016 10:46PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcjpXbMiCtg

It's an old one but I love the craziness of this. The sound of it is phenomenal.

Kintarō Hattori · 14-08-2016 11:56PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4d1ozlN_Z8

How can you miss the point so much?!

RandomAccess · 21-08-2016 10:48PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxK0H31kFlQ

Diabhalta · 24-08-2016 12:12PM

Diabhalta · 24-08-2016 12:49PM

Diabhalta · 24-08-2016 12:51PM

^
old people at 0:14 are like wtf is this

Diabhalta · 24-08-2016 12:55PM

RandomAccess · 24-08-2016 10:45PM

Those doors are amazing, so elegant.
If we weren't already moving toward using the undercarriage for batteries then this could have really caught on. Kinda sold me on the idea the moment he said it eliminates door dings. Fusion reactors would be handy right around now.

Diabhalta · 27-08-2016 07:02PM

1 careful owner, low miles, always garaged

ofcork · 27-08-2016 07:48PM

Car looks to be sitting very high on rear after.

delly · 27-08-2016 09:19PM

One part of me thinks your man is great, some serious skills going on to get the car back to that state, but the other side is horrified at seeing a car look so well after being welded together.

RandomAccess · 27-08-2016 11:06PM

America's insane sub prime car bubble

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U2eDJnwz_s

tossy · 28-08-2016 06:57AM

ofcork wrote: »

Car looks to be sitting very high on rear after.

I'd imagine it's just the air suspension pumped up to the last. Your man has some serious skills, i'd say he repairs some dodgy cars for some dodgy people though lol

Diabhalta · 05-09-2016 12:49PM

Needles73 · 05-09-2016 11:12PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

1 careful owner, low miles, always garaged

What a complete death trap. Surely That repair is as bad as it gets....

Pique · 05-09-2016 11:39PM

Needles73 wrote: »

What a complete death trap. Surely That repair is as bad as it gets....

OK 2 things.

1. it looks great, apart from the hideous gap above the rear wheels, but maybe a lowering kit resolves that.

2. A friend of mine's brother has a company (well respected) that buy insurance write offs and put them back in the road. Fully insurance approved etc. Insurance companies send their cars to them for repair, up to cat c, I believe.

So what's the difference in what this guy does, what my mates brother does, and a cut and shut?

Needles73 · 06-09-2016 06:23AM

Pique wrote: »

OK 2 things.

1. it looks great, apart from the hideous gap above the rear wheels, but maybe a lowering kit resolves that.

2. A friend of mine's brother has a company (well respected) that buy insurance write offs and put them back in the road. Fully insurance approved etc. Insurance companies send their cars to them for repair, up to cat c, I believe.

So what's the difference in what this guy does, what my mates brother does, and a cut and shut?

This to me this is a cut and shut death trap - it's just that it's only the very rear that's badly attached.....like to hear what proper body shop guys think-
I just don't think you can cut a floor pan and c pillars and weld them in one piece but I'd like to hear someone who really knows ?

Wibbs · 06-09-2016 07:21AM

I suppose it depends on where the welds are and how well they're done. After all a car is welded together in the first place. The quality of the weld would be more my concern. That and the heat stress to the metal at the join points and welds are a prime place where corrosion starts.

Fozzie Bear · 06-09-2016 08:07AM

Pique wrote: »

So what's the difference in what this guy does, what my mates brother does, and a cut and shut?

Does your mates brother cut cars in two and weld them back together? Or does he just put crashed cars on a jig, pull them back into shape and replace damaged panels? There is a huge difference between the two.

That Beemer looks amazing absolutely no doubt about it. But would you or I realistically buy or drive it? Would I put my 16 month old daughters child seat in the back and her in it? Would I fcuk. If that car is involved in a side on impact its going to split, either partially or fully. If it rolls over are those back pillars going to hold or collapse? I didn't see him weld in or mention any sort of extra plates or strengthening measures other that welding the tin where is was cut.

Bottom line its a cut and shut car in that he car two cars in half and welded them back together.

Pique · 06-09-2016 10:47PM

Fozzie Bear wrote: »

Does your mates brother cut cars in two and weld them back together? Or does he just put crashed cars on a jig, pull them back into shape and replace damaged panels? There is a huge difference between the two. .

Honestly I don't know. I know of the place but have never been in there although it's a big well known place (not in the south).

Does a jig straightened structural member have better structural integrity over a well welded join? Honest question.

By the way, I wouldn't trust that BMW with my kid in the back seat either, but it raises the previous question, and as a previous poster mentioned, chassis' are welded by robots in the factory and we trust the results. Is a well done 'repair' as shown in the vid in any way 'safe'?

Is there any way a vehicle with chassis damage like that, repaired in that way with high quality welding for arguments sake (or with a jig), is safe enough to trust it in an accident (especially a roll) with your kids in the back seat? Again, honest question. My gut feeling is maybe, but I wouldn't risk my kids life in it, that's for sure.

hi5 · 07-09-2016 02:55PM

Muppet Man · 07-09-2016 06:41PM

Oh man, I know he was being an ass hat, but I felt really bad for this guy.... What an expensive morning for him....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOelONV_unQ

Diabhalta · 07-09-2016 07:44PM

Drift mode in fwd car... ffs what is wrong with some car manufacturers. All these cars are rubbish, every single Octavia RS, Golf GTI, Focus RS... just useless cars.

Hal1 · 07-09-2016 07:49PM

I'd say the car was perfectly fine until the driver got in...

rizzodun · 07-09-2016 07:56PM

Diabhalta wrote: »

Drift mode in fwd car... ffs what is wrong with some car manufacturers. All these cars are rubbish, every single Octavia RS, Golf GTI, Focus RS... just useless cars.

The Focus RS is AWD...

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