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my bullbar has broken the welds on one side from an acident i had yesterday
the bar was moded for a 2"lift by the PO and im not sure if the weld that broke was his, to me it looks like it was. the bar is now at an angle and needs to be straightend. firstly is this possible and how would i go about it.
secondly can it be re welded and used safely, on recovery points are on teh bar so that is not an issue, it is a winch bar but most likely wont have a winch for some time or will get a new bar whant the time comes if necciery
im going to put some pics up asap but its only the passenger side and the weld hasnt broken all the way through.
Cheers
Tim
*Edit*
here are the pics
what it used to look like
Last edited by wrksux on Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:11 pm, edited 2 times in total.
It's simple: questions are inherently good. Your questions... not so much
18 yo comp insurance is like 3grand, so i have 3rd party fire n theft. and a big excess because of my age and now because im going to have a claim on it
i hit of all things a mercedes cant make excuses could blame a lot of things. ran straight up the other car's ass at probly 20. brakes locked up. bullbar bent back and shatterd both indicator lense's on the car so i need a new set for both sides now.
only plus was no one was hurt and it was low speed so the other drivers car is driveable and hopefully wont need much done to it, new boot lid and tail light assembly.
pics comming tonight when i get home from work
had a thorough look this morning both mounts broke the welds but not badly. will only need to be rewelded and probly have a gusset put in to prevent this happening again should be very simple
It's simple: questions are inherently good. Your questions... not so much
Might be a good thing they broke the welds. Assuming they tore and didnt pull away (bad welds)
Absorbed some shock. If too stiff could of damaged Benz even more.
bazzle wrote:Might be a good thing they broke the welds. Assuming they tore and didnt pull away (bad welds)
Absorbed some shock. If too stiff could of damaged Benz even more.
Bazzle
yeah it was good but since im sure its more than my excess anyway it doesnt really matter
It's simple: questions are inherently good. Your questions... not so much
wrksux wrote:18 yo comp insurance is like 3grand, so i have 3rd party fire n theft. and a big excess because of my age and now because im going to have a claim on it
RELAX . I was in exact same situation as you about 3 months ago, and your insurance premiums/excesses wont increase as it's only 3rd party, but if you want to go for comprehensive in the near future it might affect it
wrksux wrote:
i hit of all things a mercedes cant make excuses could blame a lot of things. ran straight up the other car's ass at probly 20. brakes locked up. bullbar bent back and shatterd both indicator lense's on the car so i need a new set for both sides now.
only plus was no one was hurt and it was low speed so the other drivers car is driveable and hopefully wont need much done to it, new boot lid and tail light assembly.
pics comming tonight when i get home from work
had a thorough look this morning both mounts broke the welds but not badly. will only need to be rewelded and probly have a gusset put in to prevent this happening again should be very simple
When i had my acco i'm pretty sure it was a fair bit more than 20k's, but i harldy coped any damage - and with an alloy bar . Bar just bounced back, hit the panel leaving a nice mark, and bounced back to it's original position other car was pretty severly stuffed (looked like nothing though), 6k worth of damage and it was only a liteace
And the best "comprehensive" insurance for an under 25 is 3rd party fire/theft and a big bullbar
The bar has coped some other damage offroad that i rekon weakend it.
anyway the welds broke a bit, any more than 20k i rekon and some serious damage woudl have occourd to the other car.
Unfortunatly the money that i have to pay out now was going to get me a set of tyres to take offroad
pics will be up momenterally
It's simple: questions are inherently good. Your questions... not so much
. I was in exact same situation as you about 3 months ago, and your insurance premiums/excesses wont increase as it's only 3rd party, but if you want to go for comprehensive in the near future it might affect it
