The custom fabrication thread! (Post pics of stuff you have made)
#1265
Ok so i must ask. How do cars without the center section replaced by this style bar fair in regulatory checks?
Like MOT in UK and such.
Its widely stated that bit is not bracing but I've not seen reason persuade an MOT tester once.
Maybe this sort of thing isn't checked on a MOT (I honestly do not know).
Like MOT in UK and such.
Its widely stated that bit is not bracing but I've not seen reason persuade an MOT tester once.
Maybe this sort of thing isn't checked on a MOT (I honestly do not know).
#1270
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I'm impressed by the apparent thoroughness of your inspections in the UK. Of all the places I've lived in the US, only New York required anything resembling an inspection of the car's safety-related systems, and it wasn't particularly thorough. (Do the lights work? Do the tires have tread on them? Do the front wheels more or less point the same way, and turn when the steering wheel is rotated? Great, you pass.)
#1276
New fabrication bench... work in progress.
Still trying to decide exactly how to set up the worktop. Option one is just plain old 1/4" steel.
Option 2 is half steel plate, the other half set up with rectangular tube to make clamping easier... somthing like this:
Option 3 is... ???
I've looked at some of the commercially available "fabrication table" stuff, and some of it doesn't work dimensionally, and most of it is stupid $$$. This is just for personal/hobby stuff...
Anyone have input?
Still trying to decide exactly how to set up the worktop. Option one is just plain old 1/4" steel.
Option 2 is half steel plate, the other half set up with rectangular tube to make clamping easier... somthing like this:
Option 3 is... ???
I've looked at some of the commercially available "fabrication table" stuff, and some of it doesn't work dimensionally, and most of it is stupid $$$. This is just for personal/hobby stuff...
Anyone have input?
#1277
yeah, Straya's tests depend on what state you live in (prob like the US i guess)
Some like NSW need an annual test, but it's apparently stupid easy to pass. Just show up with all the lights working, and tyres that arent bald.
in Vic, where I live, our test is pretty strict, costs about $250 and needs the car on a hoist for a full checkover.
Even dumb **** like a torn seat is a fail......
and yeah, modification rules are pretty strict.
in saying that, we only have to do that when a car is unregistered, or is changing owners, so it's not that bad.
Costs are about $250 for the RWC, which only needs to be done once per owner, and then about $800 per year for registration.
Some like NSW need an annual test, but it's apparently stupid easy to pass. Just show up with all the lights working, and tyres that arent bald.
in Vic, where I live, our test is pretty strict, costs about $250 and needs the car on a hoist for a full checkover.
Even dumb **** like a torn seat is a fail......
and yeah, modification rules are pretty strict.
in saying that, we only have to do that when a car is unregistered, or is changing owners, so it's not that bad.
Costs are about $250 for the RWC, which only needs to be done once per owner, and then about $800 per year for registration.
#1280
I do not know exactly what would be exposed from a bumper cut like that because we only have photos from the front a few feet back. If there was some better in depth photos i could make some better estimates for the any extra panels needed for more shitty climates like the UK