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How Can You Repair This?
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Which parts on the 'repaired' car are original? My guess is the windscreen wipers and the gear knob. I wouldn't drive that, it wouldn't survive a second crash, they've compromised the structure.
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Yeah. I can't believe that they can chop up a car so comprehensively and reassemble it so it is structurally sound.
A quick once over with the tube of caulk and it will look like new.
I had a mate who worked in a proper crash repair place many years back. He told me that as long as the car is repaired properly, that is properly jigged, prepped and welded by someone who knows what they are doing, then the car is just as strong as original. As he said, cars are welded together in the first place. He reckoned that there were loads of cars bought second hand that had been in quite serious shunts.
He did also say that the ones done by bodgers were dangerous though.
The guys in the video certainly look as if they know what they are doing. I'd be more worried about it rusting after the various coatings have been compromised, than the strength after the repair.
He did also say that the ones done by bodgers were dangerous though.
The guys in the video certainly look as if they know what they are doing. I'd be more worried about it rusting after the various coatings have been compromised, than the strength after the repair.
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Point taken about cars being welded on the production line.
However, when the repairers start cutting cars in half, even with welding to make good, can it ever be as strong?
However, when the repairers start cutting cars in half, even with welding to make good, can it ever be as strong?
I can only go by what he said (and it is a long time back) What I will say though is that he is one of those blokes who always does everything properly, and is a good craftsman, so he wouldn't have been happy about anything dodgy. At that time there was a bit of panic about the "two wrecks into one good car thing" in fact I think that was how the conversation came about. He said they'd done a lot like that. They cut them at the window pillar as seen in the video, and the floor where convenient. Again, as long as the welds are done properly he was quite happy with it. They were sold as crash repaired though.
The problem is, cars are designed to crumple in a specific way.
Repairing/welding may be of a high standard, but may compromise the way in which a car deforms when in an accident.
Repairing/welding may be of a high standard, but may compromise the way in which a car deforms when in an accident.
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Wonder if that Octavia would pass inspection in the EU?
I'd say it depends. If the welding is in the "people box" part, then (as I understand it) that's designed to not crumple, so the welding shouldn't matter as long as it's strong enough. Welding on the crumple zones is more complicated, but I'd have thought that's down to the knowledge and competence of the guys doing the work. The worry is of course just that. Done properly by the right people is probably fine, but done badly, it could be lethal. No real way of telling what's been done if you buy a second hand car.
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My first thought was - who would want to repair it in the first place?
i take it labour costs must be cheap in russia?
and cars are expensive?
from the western point of view,WHY THE FOOK WOULD YOU WANT TOO?
im not a betting man,but ill bet a fiver the insurance companys in the uk wouldnt take that on,as the costs are prohibitive.
and cars are expensive?
from the western point of view,WHY THE FOOK WOULD YOU WANT TOO?
im not a betting man,but ill bet a fiver the insurance companys in the uk wouldnt take that on,as the costs are prohibitive.
