Biggest bodges you've done on a vehicle - Saxperience

jones91 · 5th April 2013, 22:19

Kind of following on a bit from the stupid mistakes you've made on your vehicle thread, this ones basically for the biggest bodges you've made on a car..... mine are

Losing the oil cap to the van, unable to find a replacement and eventually wedging one from a different model in and gaffer taping it to the engine

Used a random bit of rubber pipe to hold the boost pipe to the turbo on the saxo..... needless to say it kept on falling off and eventually got pissed off with it lol

Fire away guys and girls :y;

LSOfreak · 5th April 2013, 22:24

my friends centre pipe snapped in half, so he used a redbull can and a coat hanger to patch up the whole and make the exhaust 1 again lol worked well

12u55 · 5th April 2013, 22:27

In7el did this
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/...21-00504-1.jpg
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/...0621-00503.jpg
Personally i've used cable ties to hold up my rear cage before.

piranhamatt · 5th April 2013, 22:31

Hole in centre pipe , used a fanta can and cable ties and exhaust paste

Lasted 50 miles then when I floored it it fell off

Prickle^p · 5th April 2013, 22:35

Joined a eg civic backbox to a much smaller bore micra zoorst pipe.

wadoryu · 5th April 2013, 22:41

Held a front mount intercooler up to the slam panel with cable ties.

Cam · 5th April 2013, 22:46

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Originally Posted by 12u55

In7el did this
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/...21-00504-1.jpg
http://i1192.photobucket.com/albums/...0621-00503.jpg
Personally i've used cable ties to hold up my rear cage before.

What the fuck what a mess lol...

I got a fair few

Aradited my roll pin in because it fell out about 4 times, still fine to this day.

Cable tied my loom to my steering rack because my quickshift hits it.

Lost my rear pad holders so angle grinded a bit of metal off my old saxo and shaped it to fit, been replaced since though lol.

OllieVigar · 5th April 2013, 22:50

Only one i can think of is holding the exhaust up with a cable tie on 1 side as it kept slipping off. Twatted it with a hammer and bent the arm into shape and now it fits perfectly...

Jazz · 5th April 2013, 22:58

Tried to wipe off some bird shit on the front panal of my Impreza STI, I grabbed the nearest sponge and scrubbed it as I was in a hurry, I accidentally used the rough side and scrubbed off the first layer of paint, laving that patch looking dull and swirly on a metallic body. Whoops.

boarer2004 · 5th April 2013, 23:07

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Originally Posted by Jazz

Tried to wipe off some bird shit on the front panal of my Impreza STI, I grabbed the nearest sponge and scrubbed it as I was in a hurry, I accidentally used the rough side and scrubbed off the first layer of paint, laving that patch looking dull and swirly on a metallic body. Whoops.

Wouldn't say that was a bodge would say silly mistake like the time my girlfriend battery went brand new fiesta few days old battery dead as left lights on so try to push it down the drive with the drivers door open so I could push and steer ........... Crack !!! Door gets wedged and destroys drivers side front wing and bent door out of shape that an ops

Mr_P · 5th April 2013, 23:13

Changed a spring and strut top bearing on a megane cc recently. Took the track rod end off so as not to disturb the tracking when splitting the strut.

When refitting, realised the track rod thread wasn't great but continued to refit and decided that it would be fine.

A month later my misses was stranded outside the house with a wheel pointing left that would turn, and a wheel pointing right that wouldn't.

I was out on the piss watching the swans and decided the best thing to do was to go straight home and avoid castration.

Used a few nuts the next day to cut a new thread, seems alright.

My boss possibly takes the biscuit though. He had a slight puncture from a screw. Removed the screw, covered it in PTFE tape and put it back in the hole it made. And drove like that for over 5000 miles until he sold it!!!!

rick_VTR · 5th April 2013, 23:20

mate had a 3 litre supra for banger racing, had to have inline fuel cell, but we couldn't be bothered so kept original, and ratchet strapped a can inside with 2 pipes going through a hole in the floor and just left hanging down, filled tank with a litre of petrol and topped up with water.actually passed scruiteneering lol.

another mate cut a piece of tube to short when building a banger car aswell, so he used expanding foam on the joint, cut it of smoothed it and painted over same colour. epic bodge.

AlexB^p · 5th April 2013, 23:24

Spacing out rear wheels that were allready the wrong offset to create basically 40mm of offset over what a 106 should have and putting 165/50 on a 7j rim to then get the tread back in the arch

The stance kids seem to think this shits cool though

LSOfreak · 5th April 2013, 23:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jazz

Tried to wipe off some bird shit on the front panal of my Impreza STI, I grabbed the nearest sponge and scrubbed it as I was in a hurry, I accidentally used the rough side and scrubbed off the first layer of paint, laving that patch looking dull and swirly on a metallic body. Whoops.

i think you're looking for the other thread lol

Yates · 5th April 2013, 23:53

Dsh 85s exhaust at fcs. Jubilee clips, metal rods and can of coke

stigsdump · 5th April 2013, 23:59

had a works van where the tracking was out and the mechanics couldnt undo the track rod end to be able to adjust it

so the "mechanics" heated up the track rod with oxy torch and put a bend in it to shorten the overall length...rough fookers

L33h · 6th April 2013, 01:15

held the back axle of me saxo in with 1/4 turn on 1 bolt. drove straight home haha.

when i bought my saxo the exhaust was helt together with a hienz baked beans can haha. bastards!

GC_Belfast · 6th April 2013, 01:52

Was changing the dipstick when I bought the saxo, (old one was mangled beyond use) and my thumb went straight through this hose:

It was and still is held together/sealed with duct tape ffs, passed its MOT in that state so it must be alright. Been meaning to order some generic hose like that but I've never got around to it.

Also had to tape a wing mirror on for a temp fix. Was holding well until it pissed it down for almost 8 hours and a bit of motorway driving happened... Riiiip... "fuuuuuu...."

LSOfreak · 6th April 2013, 02:06

all thats doing is putting hot air back into your engine

Whats the purpose of that? doesnt make sense... always wondered

puddy · 6th April 2013, 03:27

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Originally Posted by LSOfreak

all thats doing is putting hot air back into your engine

Whats the purpose of that? doesnt make sense... always wondered

I got told its to heat up your engine quicker but I'm not positive on that