Repairing Corrosion in both front chassis rails : Mk.II

[David2010]

Help ! Need a good safe and NCT PASS GUARANTEED job on both front chassis rails on my Mk.II - 00 REG MX5.
The N/side is corroded on one panel only (these are box sections) ; the O/side however is corroded on both the bottom & on one of the sides as well.
NCT is on 13/05 so time is not on my side.

[MX5Spares]

I can enquire from Duff Motors in Clonshaugh Ind Est .Great lads and excellant work but they may be too busy to take this sort of work on.

[Merlot man]

Hello David
Might be worth your while getting in touch with junk yard dog on mx5nutz , he brakes cars like autocheck in Dublin but also sells premade front chassis repair sections with all mounting points for anti roll etc , i think its a matter of cutting out old rusted rails and welding in these repair sections .
The engine might have to be removed though depending on how severe the tin worm is !
I think mazda mender did a how to on his blog.
It would save alot of the panel beatersd time if it worked out
The sections are about £35 a side
these are his dedails , hope it helps
Brian


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CRANK LOCKING TOOLS £12 POSTED


mk2/2.5 chassis repair sections £35 each posted




to see a guide of them being fitted click the link... http://www.mazdamend...php?f=35&t=4102
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[MX5Spares]

These are major work to fit but would be the better job in long run.I would estimate cost of fitting them at 1 k minimum.Presuming they are full chassis leg as I cant see the video attachment. Or are they just repair sections??

[Merlot man]

As far as I know they are only repair sections but they take a good bit of work to fit . As I understand it if they aren't really badly rusted you may get away with doing the job with the subframe in place but if it's more serious the subframe , which means engine may have to be removed for proper access . I think the problem is that the mk2 and mk 2.5 rails are double skinned and the rust starts between the skins due to water and condensation ingress , mk1 only have a single skin rail . There was a chap on nutz epselling the oem mazda rail , I'll try and get the link and post it up .
Brian

[Merlot man]

This is the post , they are for a 2.5 so I'm not sure that they will fit but there's a good chance they will you would need to ask someone more knowageable than me


http://www.mx5nutz.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=143781

[Yolo]

Here is someone else asking the same but with pics. Mazdamenders refers to this as cosmetic because it's an easy fix now....

http://www.mazdamenders.net/forum/viewt ... =90&t=5020

Here is a link to his rail replacements

http://www.mazdamenders.net/forum/viewt ... 193&t=4017

Drop him a line he is a no nonsense straight talker so he will give you an honest answer....