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Vaux Lad

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14th Apr 08 at 15:31

As above.
Just took the corsa for its mot, and its failed on quite a few things

One being b-pillar cracks, which are literally 4mm long on each side, the tester went off his head saying they have weakened the top seat belt mount etc etc, and that it needs a new complete panel welded in

I promptly left before getting into an arguement.

Anyone else failed on them before?

jimmy 2.1

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14th Apr 08 at 15:32

My bro's Corsa failed on the same thing. His mechanic welded the cracks the smoothed and painted them. It then passed

nova_gteuk

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14th Apr 08 at 15:33

Mines never failed on it on all 3 corsas ive had.

Have heard quite a few on here failed because of it though.

Fill the crack with your penis i guess

mattievRS

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14th Apr 08 at 15:33

yeah mine did,he reckoned the seat belt anchor was in the wrong place (design fault) and caused the cracking.I ended up welding them and grinding them back and respraying them.Passed after that!

Dan Lewis

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14th Apr 08 at 15:33

or put some harnesses in for mot

Superlite Ltd.

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14th Apr 08 at 15:35

quote:
Originally posted by nova_gteuk

Fill the crack with your penis i guess

That is a motto to live by

Vaux Lad

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14th Apr 08 at 16:08

quote:
Originally posted by m17tty
yeah mine did,he reckoned the seat belt anchor was in the wrong place (design fault) and caused the cracking.I ended up welding them and grinding them back and respraying them.Passed after that!

Yeah, he mentioned about the seat belt anchorage point, and that the crack was weakening the mount etc.

Seems pretty stupid when a LOT of corsa's pass with the exact same fault.

Jenko_Sport

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14th Apr 08 at 16:32

What garage was this at?

Mobby

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14th Apr 08 at 16:34

mine passed with both cracks

B3KAN

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14th Apr 08 at 16:36

They used to pass but its a new thing now that they fail, due to it being part off the seatbelt mounting area

Just weld the cracks and it will pass

corsasriboy

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14th Apr 08 at 16:50

mine passed with cracks both sides. i got told by the mot tester that if i ever took it to a different garage and was worried about failing because of them, all i have to do is put some duck tape over them. apparantly the testers arent allowed to remove anything from the car when testing it.might be worth a try?

TomSBD

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14th Apr 08 at 17:11

yeh it is true but i would never fail a car on the b pillar cracks in the first place

cunningham

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14th Apr 08 at 17:16

yes it could be a mot failure

Vaux Lad

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14th Apr 08 at 17:21

quote:
Originally posted by Jenko_Sport
What garage was this at?

Place near Trentham mate.
Just by the A34

TomSBD

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14th Apr 08 at 17:22

all depends on how much ive an ass the tester is i supose

Mike GSi

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14th Apr 08 at 17:28

My Gsi failed on the "b" pillars 12" from a seat belt restraint im afraid

Wagsta

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14th Apr 08 at 17:45

weld em up. smooth em, then re paint it, you have a nice swage to go off for a blend.

VegasPhil

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14th Apr 08 at 18:08

Mine failed. Bodyshop welded and strengthened it

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Vaux Lad

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14th Apr 08 at 18:15

Looks like im cracking out the welder then

Might just scrap/break it tbh

JinThaMC

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14th Apr 08 at 23:24

quote:
Originally posted by Superlite Ltd.

quote:
Originally posted by nova_gteuk

Fill the crack with your penis i guess

That is a motto to live by

Whats it like waking up in the morning to realise you look like Frodo?

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