CAN ANY ONE TELL ME IF IT'S ILLEGAL TO CUT THE FRONT OF A 4 DOOR LJ & WELD BACK ON A 2 DOOR
I THINK THEY CALL THIS A CUT & TUCK BUT I'M NOT SURE
REASON FOR THIS IS A BENT CHASSIS RAIL, RUSTY PLENUM & RUSTED OUT LEFT DOOR PILLAR
WOULD CUT THROUGH FLOOR & UPRIGHTS OF FRONT WINDSCREEN
I KNOW I CAN RE STRAIGHTEN THE RAIL AS IT'S NOT TO BAD BUT THE EXTRA WORK IN THE RUST HAS LED TO THIS QUESTION
HAS ANYONE DONE THIS B4 AS ANY SUGGESTION WOULD BE APPRECIATED
CHEERS DARREN
LJ FRONT CUT REPLACEMENT "LEGAL OR NOT"
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, Jul 15 2011 10:01 AM
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Posted 15 July 2011 - 03:49 PM
Darren,
A point of ettitic, upper case means you are shouting.
Its called a cut and shunt.
Its not that easy, ie allignment ,welding, and overlaps of joints for strength, and all to be straight.
What do you get, a four door front on a two door back, hard to sell.
Body number and adr tag say its a four door.
You can't describe it as any thing other, because that is illegal.
G.
A point of ettitic, upper case means you are shouting.
Its called a cut and shunt.
Its not that easy, ie allignment ,welding, and overlaps of joints for strength, and all to be straight.
What do you get, a four door front on a two door back, hard to sell.
Body number and adr tag say its a four door.
You can't describe it as any thing other, because that is illegal.
G.
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Posted 15 July 2011 - 04:02 PM
i believe it is illegal to Cut and Shut cars these days.Also your Insurance company could wipe you if your car was found to be a cut & shut. Something about not being strong enough and have been cases of cut & shut cars splitting in two in major accidents. (Probably back yard jobs for sure)
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Posted 15 July 2011 - 04:15 PM
Thanks for the opinions guys I thought this might be the case
Upper case was not meant to sound like I was shouting grumpy 026
Point Taken!
Darren
A point of ettitic, upper case means you are shouting.
Upper case was not meant to sound like I was shouting grumpy 026
Point Taken!
Darren
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Posted 15 July 2011 - 05:01 PM
Why bother it's a buyers market u should be able to pick up a 2 door for a reasonable price...... Or get a 4cyl 2 door and change it, would be far easier...
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Posted 15 July 2011 - 09:54 PM
Why not just keep it as a 4 door and pull chassis strait and fix rust,at least the car is as it was made.
Cut and shut not a good idea,its bad enough fixing one that has rust and bent stuff,let alone cutting 2 up
to make one.Holden went to a lot of trouble to get those windscreen pillars small and strong to minimize blind
spot,dont chop em,ever.
Cut and shut not a good idea,its bad enough fixing one that has rust and bent stuff,let alone cutting 2 up
to make one.Holden went to a lot of trouble to get those windscreen pillars small and strong to minimize blind
spot,dont chop em,ever.
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Posted 16 July 2011 - 01:38 AM
Cheers for all the opinions guys
I only started this thread to see if it was illegal to do this
Decided to straighten rail & get it beed blasted to find all the rust that I can't see
I now have all the panels I need to replace the front
Darren
I only started this thread to see if it was illegal to do this
Decided to straighten rail & get it beed blasted to find all the rust that I can't see
I now have all the panels I need to replace the front
Darren
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