Author Topic: Replacement longitudinal member  (Read 811 times)

Offline simonrav

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Replacement longitudinal member
« on: 08 March 2008, 20:55 »
Hi,

Does anyone know of a place that sells replacement sections of the longitudinal member (that the front bumper bolts to)? I removed the front bumper today to find that the bumper iron had rusted away and taken the front section of both the longitudinal members with it.

I was considering grinding it all back and building a new section out of sheet steel but I'm not sure if this will be strong enough. Any ideas?

See photo below.

Cheers,

Si






« Last Edit: 08 March 2008, 21:04 by simonrav »

Offline Jay

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Re: Replacement longitudinal member
« Reply #1 on: 08 March 2008, 21:56 »
Get the right parts mate, Use the wrong parts and it could all end in tears.
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But for the purest engine experience, displacement has no replacement. All other methods are simply attempts to artificially recreate the benefits of displacement.

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Re: Replacement longitudinal member
« Reply #2 on: 09 March 2008, 09:22 »
are you on about the chassis leg? i think they are replacable

Offline simonrav

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Re: Replacement longitudinal member
« Reply #3 on: 09 March 2008, 11:24 »
Yep the chasis leg. I just called it what the Haynes did :) I've looked around on the net and can't seem to find a place that sells it. I'm really not sure what to do.

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Re: Replacement longitudinal member
« Reply #4 on: 09 March 2008, 11:30 »
Scrappy mate  :wink:
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But for the purest engine experience, displacement has no replacement. All other methods are simply attempts to artificially recreate the benefits of displacement.