My other 1303 GL - Page 16

ricola · #1 February 20th 2016, 13:39

That sucks Steve, are you sure the body isn't twisted?

Wally · #2 February 21st 2016, 10:26

Damn! That sucks! Good to hear repairs are already in the planning.

Steve C · #3 February 21st 2016, 17:12

Thanks guys, still pulling it apart but the body looks OK.

Rich is it OK if I send you an email with few questions about your chassis mods?

graham · #4 February 21st 2016, 17:36

Ah, dam Steve, sorry to here about that mate

Good luck with the re build

Steve C · #5 February 21st 2016, 18:20

thanks Graham, I will make it better and hopefully lighter, so I will be adding some light weight for more power.

What I plan to change is a less complicated chassis mods like Ricola did, I had rear toe out issues which was caused when the chassis was cut and re welded, I also want to move my motor forward about another 20 mm and move my gearshifter forward as well, it ended up too far back.

Steve C · #6 February 22nd 2016, 08:57

Hi

A few photos,

the impact moved the torsion bar housing back a bit

broke a brand new Koni

side view

bent LCA

damage to front 1/4

cookvw · #7 February 22nd 2016, 12:52

damn this really sucks to see. best of luck with the repairs

H2OSB · #8 February 22nd 2016, 16:33

Wow, that LCA is really bent.

ricola · #9 February 22nd 2016, 16:54

I'm sure you were starting to get bored (as I am!) when everything works... Good opportunity for some other mods like you say! Will you need to go through all your engineering inspections again?

Steve C · #10 February 22nd 2016, 18:00

The new pan Im going to use is very rusty (wink wink) in a certain area is so I will need to repair that area with piece from the old pan.

I was really finally getting some things sorted so it will be good to take some weight out of the car. What did your car weigh in at again Ric? Mine was 1160 kgs

I was getting toe in when the car was jacked up and if I pushed the car up and down you could see the toe changing, so I refitted a tie rod re locater as seen in this picture and also unflipped my tie rod ends, it was perfect after I did this

Oval · #11 February 23rd 2016, 01:29

Bugger...

Gerrelt · #12 February 23rd 2016, 13:58

Owh, that's bad news, it's horrible to see your beautiful car like that.

Good luck with the rebuild, make it better and stronger!

You were OK after the crash?

ricola · #13 February 23rd 2016, 16:34

Mine was 1200kg wet with a full tank, not light but the power more than compensates! 60/40 weight distribution, that was on the MOT scales so possibly not very accurate. I did pick the heaviest bug ever produced by the factory to start with...

H2OSB · #14 February 23rd 2016, 19:37

I'm sure you broke the G50 too...Dang it, I guess you're gonna need a reverse R&P Subi trans

effvee · #15 February 24th 2016, 06:42

wow, no matter how you feel you can handle it, that was your baby dude. Sorry for your loss man.

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