discomania
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Sounds expensive to me, £80 a ton I get quoted, small items is £1 a kilo.
Sounds expensive to me, £80 a ton I get quoted, small items is £1 a kilo.
Ian1991
Active Member
That would be great, thank you I really appreciate it
aaronmorris
Head's a shed
Ian1991
Active Member
Lol, no panic on it. Hopefully spraying the bulkhead at the weekend and just want see if its near enough before I do finish coat.Yeah, erm.... bollocks, I forgot
Will do it tomorrow though.
meego
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You galv your own stuff ????I can beat £1 per kilo,i do all mine myself lol.
meego
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I used to get quite a bit of stuff galved when I made gates & railings. It was a bit of a dark art back then as they wouldn't give you a price until it had been weighed. Over time though I got to know some of the guys doing the work and got some things done for back handers. I would try and diy it if it was mine. Might take a bit of work re-tapping threads and clearing galv out holes etc, but that goes with the job. I would think the structure of a bulkhead is such that it wouldn't warp during this process. I think the frame/jig bit is just an excuse to charge more. A jig is more relevant to the welding/repair part of the process.
Saltlick
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I helped a mate with his 110 last year - tdi to V8 LPG auto and a td5 bulkhead that I found that we then got blasted and galved. It went quite well, though there was a very slight ripple above the footwell panels - nothing we were worried about.
He gets a lot of stuff galved by wedge in Crediton and they recently had a complaint or two about LR chassis warping (from a different customer, not my mate), so loaded his bill with 'trouble money'. He was expecting to pay about £70-£100 and I think they charged him about £300!
Aside from that, there was no jig as far as I'm aware (but I didn't take it to be dipped with him) and it wasn't a problem. The only thing as mentioned is to clean up all the threads afterwards, but that's no biggy. The bugger with his was that the vent panels were solid with zinc, so we just sealed them up, but I know others remove the mesh and put it back afterwards.
He gets a lot of stuff galved by wedge in Crediton and they recently had a complaint or two about LR chassis warping (from a different customer, not my mate), so loaded his bill with 'trouble money'. He was expecting to pay about £70-£100 and I think they charged him about £300!
Aside from that, there was no jig as far as I'm aware (but I didn't take it to be dipped with him) and it wasn't a problem. The only thing as mentioned is to clean up all the threads afterwards, but that's no biggy. The bugger with his was that the vent panels were solid with zinc, so we just sealed them up, but I know others remove the mesh and put it back afterwards.
aaronmorris
Head's a shed
Had a measure, I get 1497mm.
aaronmorris
Head's a shed
Td5 ones are different from memory and are spot welded in.
julianf
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Wedge (south west galve) crediton are who i called... theyre who gave me the £150 ex quote.
Ian1991
Active Member
Thanks aaromorris for your help.
Saltlick
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How odd! Maybe they got complaints about the big price hike for LR stuff? That's not a bad price really..
Saltlick
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Ah ok, at least if riveted that's easy to whip off and back on afterward.
tacr2man
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decent gal firms should do the job without warping , my 90 one didnt. and I did the welding repair needed prior , if you go about the welding in the proper manner you should not cause warping either . The worst job after is clearing the flap hinge tubes. Yes remove the mesh grills.
