[Main 9000 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Jacking is not a valid test; seach for a welding shop Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Bill Homer [Email] (#3427) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Bill Homer) on Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:48:12 In Reply to: Re: The car is worth saving., skibumm100 [Profile/Gallery] , Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:39:22 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Sorry, but I disagree with the test procedure of jacking up the car and trying the doors to test for rot. My non-rotted 9000 hatchback has always had flexibility such that the doors don't operate properly when one corner is raised on a jack, either at the jack points or at the plate where the rear part of the front control arms attach. My Audi A4, with a much stiffer body than the 9000 hatchback, does not have these issues - the lack of structural stiffness is the only shortcoming that I can think of of this body configuration. Newer hatchbacks have stiffer designs, but at the cost of less usability.

If you search, you should be able to find someone to fix the car for a reasonable amount of money. Several years ago I had a rusted unibody frame issue on my Alfa Romeo Spider; a local welding shop (not an auto body shop) fabricated and welded on some reinforcement plates to the stamped "frame rails" for about one hour of their labor charge per side. Your 9000 may require more work than that, but it's in an area that no one will ever see and does not need to be attractively finished, just structurally sound. It does not need to be a $1000 job.

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• Severe Rust, Daven , Mon, 8 Nov 2010 08:38:56
  • Re: Severe Rust, skibumm100 , Mon, 8 Nov 2010 10:09:49
    • My thoughts exactly!, marvinstockman, Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:24:24
      • The car is worth saving., Daven , Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:16:38
        • Re: The car is worth saving., skibumm100 , Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:39:22
          • You are right..., Daven , Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:35:44
          • Jacking is not a valid test; seach for a welding shop, Bill Homer , Thu, 11 Nov 2010 08:48:12 <-- Viewing This Message
            • Re: Jacking is not a valid test; seach for a welding shop, rob 94 aero, Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:24:08
            • Agree on a welding shop..., Craig, Thu, 11 Nov 2010 10:42:10
              • I'm fixin to fix it, Daven , Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:26:58
        • Re: The car is worth saving., Hux, Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:48:14
          • Thanks!, Daven , Wed, 17 Nov 2010 13:39:39
        • Re: The car is worth saving., rob 94 aero, Wed, 10 Nov 2010 07:59:19

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