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    gasless and looking the other way is best
    Gasless + Oakleys + hottest day of year = looking cool whilst working like a boss

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jayz Nova View Post
    The sealey welder is not bad for what your doing and as for the sill's i would replace them and the splash gaurds you can make yourself buy using card then tracing round on a bit of zintec steel sheet
    cheers mate just got to find a local place to get the steel from, do you know what kind of price i should be paying?

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    Gasless + Oakleys + hottest day of year = looking cool whilst working like a boss


    if nova's were brand new now i reckon welders would of come as standard with and a free course on welding instead of a free years insurance...
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    Quote Originally Posted by novalew View Post
    cheers mate just got to find a local place to get the steel from, do you know what kind of price i should be paying?





    if nova's were brand new now i reckon welders would of come as standard with and a free course on welding instead of a free years insurance...
    Price depending on who you go to could be free to £20-40 and also how much you will need, if your doing splash gaurds you could do it with 1.2mm thick zintec sheet

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    cheers mate +rep to all
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    should i buy a full sill or sill skin?
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    yup, vauxhall nova, the automotive equivalent of herpes... The symptoms may come & go, but the disease is permanent
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    skin sill i dont think you can get a full sill anymore but i may be wrong as for the welding you need to pulseweld not seam weld as you will blow holes galore !

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    is pulse weld like spotwelds?

    you can get full sills on the bay
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    small overlapping spot welds

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    went to have a bash today bought some gas but i have an issue
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    yup, vauxhall nova, the automotive equivalent of herpes... The symptoms may come & go, but the disease is permanent
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