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C5 Help => C5 Faults & Solutions => Topic started by: Karl on 19, April, 2010 - 10:42:41

Title: Chassis damage
Post by: Karl on 19, April, 2010 - 10:42:41

Don't go stunt jumping on yer C5 !  :o

I've just stripped a scrap c5 and found this damage;

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i257/1stbooboo/chassisdamage003.jpg)

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i257/1stbooboo/chassisdamage002.jpg)

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i257/1stbooboo/chassisdamage004.jpg)

(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i257/1stbooboo/chassisdamage005.jpg)

I could see by the state of the bodyshell that this c5 has had a really hard life, but this chassis is probably the worst I've seen. I don't think it's worth saving  :-\.

Not the end of the world though, I have a couple of spares that will scrub up nicely  :);
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i257/1stbooboo/chassisdamage006.jpg)

Title: Re: Chassis damage
Post by: C5 ENTHUSIAST + RESTORER on 19, April, 2010 - 10:50:53

Hi there Karl  the worst one I`v seen .Don`t think it`s repairable but you never know

Title: Re: Chassis damage
Post by: Karl on 19, April, 2010 - 10:54:20

Mate - you really don't want to see me let loose with anything resembling welding gear  ;D (....I'd only make it a lot worse  ::))

In all seriousness, it is in such a poor state I don't think it worth the time and effort trying to save it.

...But, if anyone wants to give it a try before I throw it away they are more than welcome to it ( you'll have to collect or pay for postage though !) 

Title: Re: Chassis damage
Post by: radiomarty on 19, April, 2010 - 18:07:20

Not half as bad I know but could have a word with my mate that fixed Goldfinger which had similar damage at the y section :
(http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad49/radiomarty/DSC02058.jpg)

Title: Re: Chassis damage
Post by: Karl on 20, April, 2010 - 12:12:53

Did you want it as a spare mate ? I could try and squeeze it in my car for you on Thursday  ;)

Title: Re: Chassis damage
Post by: radiomarty on 20, April, 2010 - 16:21:39

If you can fit it in !!! Cheers Bud

Title: Re: Chassis damage
Post by: kamilb1998 on 13, October, 2011 - 21:04:52

Quote from: BooBoo on  19, April, 2010  - 10:42:41

Not the end of the world though, I have a couple of spares that will scrub up nicely  :);
(http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i257/1stbooboo/chassisdamage006.jpg)

The chassis on my C5 is in a similar state to the one on the left in Karl's photo. Would it be worth stripping the whole thing down to get the chassis sanded & resprayed if the rest of the C5 doesn't need a rebuild?

Title: Re: Chassis damage
Post by: Karl on 13, October, 2011 - 22:26:41

Stripping a c5 down to its component parts is quite straightforward ,so if your chassis is rusty it may be worth doing . I've seen attempts to paint just the parts that show but it only takes a little more effort to do the whole thing properly.

Depends on how long you want to keep the c5 and how much you want to spend on it I guess  :)

Title: Re: Chassis damage
Post by: kamilb1998 on 14, October, 2011 - 07:25:51

Quote from: BooBoo link=topic=1061.msg17042#msg17042 date=

Depends on how long you want to keep the c5 and how much you want to spend on it I guess  :)

I'll probably be keeping this one for a fair few years. It's just that I'm the sort of person that if I go to strip something down to paint one part I end up refurbing all the bits that come off  ::) ;D