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Just began stripping some interior parts out of the GTi yesterday.. everything was going well, until I found this;




I didn't think the rust itself to be all too bad (bad enough though), but take a look at the strut tower itself.

The good side:


The "other" side:



Note how the tower has buckled around the rear part of the rollbar, and has cracked on the seam where it meets the floor. Beautiful isn't it? Opinions are welcome, but I believe it's the end of the road for my GTi.

Heres a pic of the car for those who don't know it

NOOOOOOOO, Say it ain't so...

I know how you feel about that car. Maybe you need to make friends with Sean Korb and get a little welding help.

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Tom Freeman
'98 M3/4/5 | '93 Spec3 325i | '12 TSX sport wagon | '03 Tahoe
Team Silver Bullets '91 240SX

I cracked the floor pan in the trunk of my car on South Course. The crack is where the upper support for the panhard bar meets the floor pan. I am going to fix it over a a buddies shop when we both have some time for it. Our solution is a big hammer, mig welder and a decent sized strip of 1/8" sheet metal. We are going to weld up the crack, then weld in the strip over the crack and hope it holds.

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2004 Ranger Edge
2003 Buell XB9R
2004 Trek 4900
2004 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR Expert Disc
2004 Lemond Reno

Adam:

don't panic, this happens to people to race Mustang's and Camaro's
all the time. Take the car to Chris Schemmel and pay him 3 to
4 hours shop time to make things well. YOu can save shop time
by grinding and cleaning the seams. Then buy a can a seam sealer
from Eastwood and paint over the repairs. These cars do need
both the upper and lower stress bars in the front and one in
the rear. I still have my A1 rear stress bar that you can have
just need to weld 4 tabs to mount it.

If you need help let me know I got a few free weekends

MV

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Mark Vitacco
THSCC TT Chairman
mvitacco@bellsouth.net