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I had a poke around at a few blobs on my car, and I have a bit of rust on my roof.
When I say rust, I mean the extreme rear of my roof (where it meets the hatch boot) is frillier than Liberace's nightwear. It still is intact enough to call it an edge, but wondering if this could come under a structural fail?
Would a liberal placing of gaffer tape be OK prior to a proper fix at some point?
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stealthstylz
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MOT failure on roof corrosion?stealthstylz
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If it's within 30cm of the rear seatbelt mounting points it will fail i'd imagine. Just glue a spoiler over the top, did it to my mates Corsa so he could sell it quick years ago.
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bl1300
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Get a tape measure out. If its within 30cm of a seatbelt mount, suspension mount, steering mount, body mounting. It will fail. Most of those seam fairly unlikely. It could also fail on being a sharp edge which gaffer tape will sort.
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I had a poke around at a few blobs on my car, and I have a bit of rust on my roof. If its within 30cm of a ..., suspension mount, steering mount, body mounting. It will fail. Buh!? He could be driving this I suppose...?  |
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Last Edit: Jul 28, 2011 8:35:48 GMT by VIP
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stealthstylz
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MOT failure on roof corrosion?stealthstylz
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Paul are you just copying what I post on purpose, seems to be everything I post on tech you add a post afterwards saying exactly the same thing.
If it's a hatchback the centre mount of the 3 point rear seatbelt (the one up on the C pillar) may be within 30cm.
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Jul 28, 2011 12:22:00 GMT
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yeah, seatbelt mounting prescribed area is about the only thing it could fail for, unless the whole roof is about to detach and then you could fail for serious corrosion likely to affect brakes or steering.
There is also sharp edge caused by damage or corrosion, but as it's on the top not the side of the car any pedestrian injured by that has already gone over the roof so I (personally) wouldn't use that as a fail (I might well advise it though)
Paul - corrosion near body mounts only applies to cars with separate bodies.
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To get a standard A40 this low, you'd have to dig a hole to put it in |
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bl1300
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Jul 28, 2011 17:33:02 GMT
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I did say most are fairly unlikely. But thought for clarity best to post up the subscribed areas from my testers manual.
Oh and stealthstylz I am not copying what you say it just happens that you had the same anwser. Personally If I post a tech question lots of people saying the same thing is better
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1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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