Rusty frame rails question mx5

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  1. niceMiataBro

    niceMiataBro New Member

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    Hi everybody, I recently bought this 1990 mazda miata and have plans to drift it.

    Took a look underneath and saw this on the frame rail (or whats left of it)

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    Need opinons :cry:

    Should I cut the rail out and weld in a new one? should I take it to get fixed somewhere? Should i just drift it as is?

    Is it even safe to drift like this? because im ready to just send it as is

    Car is pretty clean other than the frame rails
     
    #1 niceMiataBro, Nov 23, 2015
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  2. JasonER34

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    Phill from CarThrottle springs to mind!

    If I saw that under my car, I'd probably give up on it
     
    #2 JasonER34, Nov 23, 2015
  3. Andy318ti

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    Yep for the price of a mexy, that's scrap.
     
    #3 Andy318ti, Nov 23, 2015
  4. niceMiataBro

    niceMiataBro New Member

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    so am i better off just getting rid of the car ?
     
    #4 niceMiataBro, Nov 23, 2015
  5. JasonER34

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    Cheaper to re shell that have it all welded and done properly I suspect
     
    #5 JasonER34, Nov 23, 2015
  6. Andy318ti

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    What do you think? You can see the sky through the floor.
     
    #6 Andy318ti, Nov 23, 2015
  7. r3k1355

    r3k1355 Well-Known Member

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    Thats not worth paying someone to weld up, if you can do it yourself then crack on, but otherwise I'd be stripping that car and buying a clean one.

    How did you miss that mess when you bought the car, it's completely fucked!
    Can't have MOT on it surely?
     
    #7 r3k1355, Nov 24, 2015
  8. Tyrone101

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    What facilities do you have? Garage etc? Because with a bit of DIY Mig welding you could sort that out easily. If you work on car's and plan to drift on for a few years - A mig welder will be a total god send! Fixing rust - Making up brackets - Removing fucked bolts - Exhausts... the list goes on! So just food for thought if you want to make a little investment. I constantly use my mig welder - shame to see a good car just get scrapped over half a days fabrication! With practice you could make the rail look better than new :)
     
    #8 Tyrone101, Nov 24, 2015
  9. niceMiataBro

    niceMiataBro New Member

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    Just bought a mig welder yesterday and some new metal I'm gonna replace the rails with
     
    #9 niceMiataBro, Nov 28, 2015
  10. william whedon

    william whedon New Member

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    Be worth fixing? Car only has 83k miles and hate to part it if its fixable!

    20180804_190517.
     
    #10 william whedon, Aug 9, 2018
  11. haz87

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    Yes easily fixable
     
    #11 haz87, Aug 10, 2018
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