I am about to build a 89 si CRX and my friend is trying to convince me to seam weld it, should I do it? how much good does it do?


Modified by xDantex at 11:40 AM 3/23/2005

 

What are you building it for? Seam welding stiffens the entire body of the car making it less likely to flex.

 

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Yeah, seem welding is where you leave ugly slag and drip all over and nothing stays together. Seems like you were welding but not really.

 

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well if you don't know anything about it, what is your friend doing to convince you? I would recommend not doing anything that you know nothing about simply because your friend recommends it.

 

well he is the one who knows what he is doing I am the one who is learning he has it done to his toyota and recomended it, I was just wondering if it is worth the effort since i'm not building a drift car like his toyota.

 

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What is the purpose of the car? all out road race or drag? if its mainly a street car its not really worth the time and effort.

 

well at first it will just be for street use until I get a little more money as of now its strictly a garage car until I get the body work done. but I have it all torn apart to paint I guess I will just have him seam weld it. just in case.

 

yes its good
yes its labor intensive. but you should notice a nice difference.


im about to seam weld a crossmember, so i donthave to worry about this **** cracking again`

toyota 86's have chassis issues with alrge amounts of power. this helps solve that issue.

itll make u stiff

 

thank you.

 

This should go into the welding forum

But what are you trying to seem weld ? Some things just need to be tacked into place.