View Full Version : Whats the Worst bodge you have ever seen
well, i came across this tonight while cutting out the other arch in the fiesta.
i think its quite bad bodge wise
http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/3779/dsc1655j.jpg (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/dsc1655j.jpg/)
if ya cant make out from the picture, from the cut section, from bottom up theres Filler, fibre glass, filler, metal, rust, inner arch, rust dirt and underseal.
let_nova
11-08-09, 07:48 PM
no pics but ive seen new escort sills siliconed on for the MOT
the join on an inner wing/turret area had rotted away and the guy glass fibred it - he was actually quite proud aswell
pretty much everything on my car from the last owner
calibra-keith
11-08-09, 07:56 PM
silicone welding lol iv seen way to much of this there was some on my nova i have now when i 1st got it and no lower slam panel, all behind front bumper was expanding foam was telling nick wilko the other day from what i know its passed its last 4-5 mots like that.
My first corsa sills had been repaired using glue and blue rags/tissue (like you get in schools, workshops etc), and then painted over.
My first corsa sills had been repaired using glue and blue rags/tissue (like you get in schools, workshops etc), and then painted over.
WTF:eek:
let_nova
11-08-09, 07:59 PM
i patched an inner wing on a car i was selling
fibreglass over hole, then plate of metal, flick the edges of fibreglass up so it looks like a weld the fire loads of underseal on lol..
i patched an inner wing on a car i was selling
fibreglass over hole, then plate of metal, flick the edges of fibreglass up so it looks like a weld the fire loads of underseal on lol..
im never buying a car of you lol
deanwilko
11-08-09, 08:01 PM
sr that i braught dont no how it passed an mot
I have also done the fibreglass trick.. good bodge that one works well.
as for the paper sills. car was cut into pieces dont worry its not still out there. lol
i fibre glassed my rear arch on my moredoor, it wasnt that rotten but looked bad,... looked rli good in the end and never cracked or anything
A mate once used filler to hold his suspension cup in place on a escort mk4. suffice to say, it didnt work and the spring fell threw and collapsed lol.
let_nova
11-08-09, 08:06 PM
im never buying a car of you lol
na wouldnt do it now.:thumb:
The V6 nova we bought as a doner for Jacks was a pretty good collection of shocking bodgery lol
****, I was just about to post a pic of that lol
let_nova
11-08-09, 08:26 PM
pics!
Astra GSi Bumpers on a Nova!
Astra GSi Bumpers on a Nova!
Lmfao, id rep you but im not allowed to share the love again lol
Tidy Max
11-08-09, 08:32 PM
my latest bodge was a suspension related bodge which wasnt very impressive, and as soon as its passed its mot it will be going back to the safer alternative which wasn't mot worthy lol
and like tidge said, everything the previous owner of my van did!
and i quote, "do the wheels scrub?"
"nah, not any more"
"oh right, did they stop doing it when they went bald"
"errr yeah"
lol
let_nova
11-08-09, 08:33 PM
Lmfao, id rep you but im not allowed to share the love again lol
done for you!!:thumb:
i sold a car with holes sealed in de sills using bathroom sealer.. stuck a plate on it and used loads of bodysealer lol had to drive 5 days with the windows down to get the smell away lol
(she wanted te holes closed... she didnt say welded).. and for 500 euro and a full year mot she should complain.
my previous c20xe nova had this..
this was sealed using polyester and underbody sealent... he did a great job as you coudnt tell it from the outside.. found it when stripping it.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/SP_A0785.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/SP_A0786.jpg
i remember another 1 at a mates astra mk2... the closed a hole using an old licenceplate and loads of sealer
blue_peg_16v
11-08-09, 09:05 PM
engine loom on rjs loon of doom at national day lol
General Baxter
11-08-09, 09:17 PM
where to start lol
where to start lol
Dont bother!:thumb:
General Baxter
11-08-09, 09:20 PM
Dont bother!:thumb:
this will be my only bodge this year, and what an epic one lol
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a191/baxters83/engine.jpg
engine loom on rjs loon of doom at national day lol
LMFAO. That was NOT a bodge, it was a carefully opened up hole in the bulkhead, which i gave Jack strict instructions to tidy up, which he ignored lol
General Baxter
11-08-09, 09:27 PM
LMFAO. That was NOT a bodge, it was a carefully opened up hole in the bulkhead, which i gave Jack strict instructions to tidy up, which he ignored lol
yes it was bad, even i commented on how **** it was lol
blue_peg_16v
11-08-09, 09:29 PM
LMFAO. That was NOT a bodge, it was a carefully opened up hole in the bulkhead, which i gave Jack strict instructions to tidy up, which he ignored lol
tin opener ftw
greg1.4
11-08-09, 09:37 PM
my mini was a serious bodge..expanding foam and sealer everywhere! weld didnt exist and it it dif it would be a big splatter holding jack sh*t!
i will get round to posting pics up..
worst bodge I've ever seen is the VX lol "built by professionals" hmm
blacknovagsi
11-08-09, 09:42 PM
brake pipes fastened to the exhaust for an mot and exhausts tied up with string
novalovingned
11-08-09, 09:52 PM
Worst ive seen that i can think off at the moment is fibreglassing over holes caused by rot, expanding foam pumped into sills (neatly shaped and filled over may i add :roll: ) and an xe conversions wiring loom finished of in grey gaffer tape, twist and tape jobby lmao. Thats all for now.
worst bodge I've ever seen is the VX lol "built by professionals" hmm
LOTUS
Nuff said lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/chunny01/stick/stickcombe.jpg
But with some very good spit and chewing gum it held together and is now rallying around wales with a 1.6 i under the hoot.
Coutesy of a well known Motorsport Company- clicky (http://www.jam-sport.co.uk/contactus.asp)
Was used in a £2,000 engine conversion, ruined all his rubber mounts, had to cut the Corsa bulkead for a C20XE! And Jamsport were 'waiting for the engine mounts to arrive' which is what caused the six week hold up!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v14/lashednova/DSC00377.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v14/lashednova/DSC00378.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v14/lashednova/DSC00379.jpg
Paul
brainsnova
11-08-09, 10:36 PM
best one i seen was a metal plate under the pedals on a jag siliconed on then kit-kat wrappers rolled into balls and glued on then slapped with under body sealant that thick it was almost dripping off.
We had an Escort a while ago that had been cut in half and re-welded (god knows why) and was around 2 inches out of align, and the roof had been pop-rivveted with sheet metal
oh, and the engine was held in with a mixture of bolts and cable ties! lol
Probably the battery tray on my last Nova....
A bathroom tile cut and siliconed over the huge hole below the battery :tard:
Probably not the worst but just the fact the battery was sitting above a hole big enough to fit through and the silicone wasnt even sticking to the metal.
CoolTiger
11-08-09, 11:14 PM
front panel comlete pop rivited on a nova
yes it was bad, even i commented on how **** it was lol
Coming from a guy that finger tightens his steering wheel nut on :thumb:
(and im being serious) lol
L33 LEG
11-08-09, 11:39 PM
im apparantly known as a bodge around here, mainly because i use cable ties. my engine bay had quite a few in, people seem to forget they are for tieing wires together.
the most recent bodge i have come across was buying my old nova back and when i finally got under the bonnet there was a towel in place of the oil cap lol
Stanley
12-08-09, 12:08 AM
Cylinder head bolts buzzed on with an air line......
Beers cans cut up to use as plates for holes..
on my 1st coz a section of the inner wing about 4" long was made up of card bored and filler lol and not even painted :S
General Baxter
12-08-09, 07:34 AM
Coming from a guy that finger tightens his steering wheel nut on :thumb:
(and im being serious) lol
saves it getting nicked lol
a carefully opened up hole in the bulkhead
LMFAO
"this hole is not big enough"
DRILL DRILL DRILL
CHISEL CHISEL CHISEL
HAMMER HAMMER HAMMER
"fit! :d"
Anyway, that wasn't a bodge. That was just pure laziness on my part (not uncommon) lol. AND the bodge to fix it is ingenious, engine coolant pipe and duct tape FTW :thumb:
....mind you, the cable ties holding my headlights in alignment is a bit of a bodge lol
[edit] As for the black rat, I'll see if I can find a pic of the engine bay. Last count was:
> wireless ICV (plug was plugged in though!)
> front slam panel blocking oil filler cap
> three miles of electrical tape round random parts of wiring loom
> wire stripped down and twisted together for joins
> inlet ground down for bonnet clearance lol
> throttle linkage mod meant max 70% throttle
> water pipes pinched either side of radiator
> another pipe round the back of the engine (think it was going to the ICV..) pinched and was two bits of hose wrapped together with electrical tape
> SR front bumper held on with a couple of self tappers into the wings
> mix 'n match spark plugs in it - 3x super4s + 1x Champion + 2x splitfires
errrrm what else was there lol
novaguy08
12-08-09, 08:20 AM
on an MGB GT the sills were actually paper mache on the back of one side ;)
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