Sam, ill take those tail-lights if you've still got them? do they coe with the bulb-holders?
Anyway, we have PROGRESS!
So after the spot-weld drill bit came, and i had the crossmember already, me and dad got to work removing the old mangled member...
here, have a picture...
Well the only problem we have is that it doesnt have one of the holes for the rubber fan mounts, but we'll drill that in at a later date when i have a new one to measure up with
Naked saxo...
Anyway, after getting it out, i decided to spray the centre of the new one before fitting, to avoid overspray. But we left the ends bare to help with welding.
my dad decided to do the welding, even though he knows im better with a mig (he never has trusted me to be any good at anything...) and we sanded down any excess weld to neaten it up a bit...
and here it is, welded and sprayed..
We didnt have too much of a problem getitng it in, but if i do it again (not bloody likely) then its a write off, because there is no way those welds are going anywhere!
the new bumper has arrived, and is off to be resprayed in the coming week...
While its off the road, i plan on spraying the rocker cover and manifold cover with high heat silver, and giving the whole bay a general spruce up!
So far, it has cost me just over £57 to fix, £71 if you include the paint (but im going to be using that on a few things... so im not counting it)