Hi everyone!
Having finally bought an R4 last week, I've been spending every spare moment fiddling with it, cleaning it, etc etc.
I've washed & polished it, and wax-oiled the wheels and the chassis, plus any little rusty bits on the bodywork, to try and get the car through winter without any further major corrosion.... Does anybody have any tips on what else I could do???
On to the main topic! The front cross-member of the chassis is quite badly corroded at the ends where the bumper os bolted on. Basically, it looks like someone has had a little knock on each side in the past, slightly bending the bumper back at each 'corner', and thus the cross-member as well. It's rusty and bent back where the bolts for the bumper are attached. The chap I bought it off said that this will need welding at some point - just cut off the end bits, attach weld, screw bumper back on. Would that suffice for an MOT?? How about a 'new' cross-member? If so, where could I get one and roughly how much would it cost???
Oh, and while I'm here, any advice as to the availability of GTL wheels and their cost...???
Thanks!
Chris
Having finally bought an R4 last week, I've been spending every spare moment fiddling with it, cleaning it, etc etc.
I've washed & polished it, and wax-oiled the wheels and the chassis, plus any little rusty bits on the bodywork, to try and get the car through winter without any further major corrosion.... Does anybody have any tips on what else I could do???
On to the main topic! The front cross-member of the chassis is quite badly corroded at the ends where the bumper os bolted on. Basically, it looks like someone has had a little knock on each side in the past, slightly bending the bumper back at each 'corner', and thus the cross-member as well. It's rusty and bent back where the bolts for the bumper are attached. The chap I bought it off said that this will need welding at some point - just cut off the end bits, attach weld, screw bumper back on. Would that suffice for an MOT?? How about a 'new' cross-member? If so, where could I get one and roughly how much would it cost???
Oh, and while I'm here, any advice as to the availability of GTL wheels and their cost...???
Thanks!
Chris