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Offline Adam

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Re: Rear shock help
« Reply #10 on: 03 July 2010, 21:33 »
:shocked: That is a bodge and a half!!
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Re: Rear shock help
« Reply #11 on: 03 July 2010, 21:47 »
Quote from: rcsammy on 03 July 2010, 21:18
took the other side off today, though i would add this in for the lols

the previous owners bodge of the strut top, pictures say it all but he has welded a weight to the original rusted top and then stuck a washer on the top of that



 :shocked:  :shocked: quality bodge
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Re: Rear shock help
« Reply #12 on: 03 July 2010, 21:48 »
How do you weld to rust?!?!?
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Re: Rear shock help
« Reply #13 on: 03 July 2010, 21:49 »
Quote from: Adam on 03 July 2010, 21:48
How do you weld to rust?!?!?

With a lot of trouble.  :grin:
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Re: Rear shock help
« Reply #14 on: 03 July 2010, 22:08 »
im not sure how good the weld is  :grin: i will get some more pics once i get my spring clamps off the other shock and get the top off this one
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Re: Rear shock help
« Reply #15 on: 04 July 2010, 12:57 »
Surely it would of been less trouble to replace the plates?  :grin:
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Re: Rear shock help
« Reply #16 on: 04 July 2010, 16:57 »
Quote from: AudiA8Quattro on 04 July 2010, 12:57
Surely it would of been less trouble to replace the plates?  :grin:

got a brand new pair for £10 from ebay so yeah i think your right  :grin:
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Re: Rear shock help
« Reply #17 on: 04 July 2010, 19:17 »
why would someone want to add weight (s) to a mk3? (unless they guessed the rust was an equal saving?)  :shocked:
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