wle05's salvaged TSX rebuild thread
10-27-2008, 03:49 PM
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Re: (steveo135)
yea i own a shop well my dad is the owner ive been doing paint and body since i was like 12 years old im 26 now so ive been around the body biz for awhile now. Ive been painting for 10 years already. I peiced most of the front end together for a lil under 800 dollars. Hood was most expensive because its from the acura dealer. I'll have more pix tomorrow after the car is off the frame rack
10-27-2008, 11:38 PM
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Re: (Wilky)
When I saw the first few pics I thought this was a joke...then I screwed and my jaw dropped. I can't believe you're putting the two together. All the power to you, it's looking great!
10-28-2008, 04:09 PM
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Re: (RED_90TEG)
The car is off the frame rack today time for some body work and paint. car came out great so far. I will have some better pix soon.
10-28-2008, 08:34 PM
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Re: wle05's salvaged TSX rebuild thread (thaipham806)
well its not been to quick really i guess just seems that way. Shop hasnt been to busy lately so this has been the focus for the moment. bout to be swamped though so might sit for a minute.
10-28-2008, 09:16 PM
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you've obviously have done this many times before, and it shows 
i have some questions though...
What sets your work (looks to be high quality and high experience) from lets say someone shady trying to make a quick buck? sorry for the broad question, but i havent the slightest clue about welding two unibodies together. its not exactly something taught in body shop 101 either.
It would be horrifying to get a car project like this back from a crappy shop, and have the car creak, moan, and flex at every little bump in the road...and have nothing line up or whatever.
i have some questions though...
What sets your work (looks to be high quality and high experience) from lets say someone shady trying to make a quick buck? sorry for the broad question, but i havent the slightest clue about welding two unibodies together. its not exactly something taught in body shop 101 either.
It would be horrifying to get a car project like this back from a crappy shop, and have the car creak, moan, and flex at every little bump in the road...and have nothing line up or whatever.
10-28-2008, 11:43 PM
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there was a shop where i live that did that and a women got the car and it broke in 2 pieces . but looks like your doing a way better job then they where doing . props for you 
hope it turns out great
hope it turns out great
10-29-2008, 03:05 AM
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Re: (krytoi)
honestly I believe In "you get what you pay for" . I will be honest most high end capable shops would be able to do the rebuild with out a problem. The way our shop does a rear clip or even when we cut a front clip. The floor is taken apart at all factory points by drilling all the spot welds. As you can see the outer rocker panel was cut in 2 places so the the inside of the rocker could be welded up. Same thing for the quarters the outer piece is cut and the inside is welded then the outside panel is welded back on. The area that was cut is even where most insurance adjusters pay for sectioning when replacing a quarter panel. i understand the worry about the car falling apart. This has been done in our shop for many many years with out any problems. We rebuild salvage wreck cars on a daily basis. Most Cars that I even scratch my head too...
10-29-2008, 07:24 AM
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So when you got the rear clip all lined up on the frame rack, did all the drilled spot weld holes on the main body and rear clip line up? I'm assuming you lined it up using point measurements like those shown in factory repair manuals, correct?
Heh with my luck, I would get it lined up by the frame measurements, but then the spot weld holes wouldn't line up because either the car or the clip or both was tweaked in some way.
If you got everything to line up just right them big for you! 
Heh with my luck, I would get it lined up by the frame measurements, but then the spot weld holes wouldn't line up because either the car or the clip or both was tweaked in some way.
If you got everything to line up just right them big
for you!
10-29-2008, 11:37 AM
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Re: (PatrickGSR94)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So when you got the rear clip all lined up on the frame rack, did all the drilled spot weld holes on the main body and rear clip line up? I'm assuming you lined it up using point measurements like those shown in factory repair manuals, correct?
Heh with my luck, I would get it lined up by the frame measurements, but then the spot weld holes wouldn't line up because either the car or the clip or both was tweaked in some way.
If you got everything to line up just right them big for you! </TD></TR></TABLE>
my thoughts exactly, it just seems theres such a large margin of error with this kind of work. all i can think about is a shop like the one that butchered that 350z doing work like this..
http://my350z.com/forum/lounge....html
Modified by Spec R at 7:04 PM 10/29/2008
Heh with my luck, I would get it lined up by the frame measurements, but then the spot weld holes wouldn't line up because either the car or the clip or both was tweaked in some way.
If you got everything to line up just right them big
for you! </TD></TR></TABLE>my thoughts exactly, it just seems theres such a large margin of error with this kind of work. all i can think about is a shop like the one that butchered that 350z doing work like this..
http://my350z.com/forum/lounge....html
Modified by Spec R at 7:04 PM 10/29/2008
10-29-2008, 01:39 PM
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Re: (Spec R)
everything is lined up according to manufacturers specs they give you margins so as long as you fall in those margins you should be good. Not all the spot weld holes will line up unless you made sure you drilled exactly the same point. most were lined up but it was all within the margins.
