Boot Spot Welds

smiffy

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British Zeds
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Z3 2.8 pre-facelift in Montreal Blue
I've got all the rear suspension out at the moment for power coating and re-bushing. There are a few boot spot welds that have failed and it always was in the plan to do these at the same.

Considering there is a bit of corrosion around the spots welds holding the diff hanger, and I'll obviously have a closer look at those once I clean off the corrosion, should I consider seam welding the diff hanger to the cross member, and the cross member to the boot floor while I've got access? Or would that be overkill?

It's a 2.8 that has survived 145k without needing anything more than factory welds, I'm unlikely to do much more than an exhaust + M50 manifold upgrade. No intentional drifting planned!

Your thoughts folks.

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Woodsta888

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2.0
Yours doesn't look bad at all to be fair, still looks sound. Get a wire wheel on those and they're probably still fine.
 

Lee

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Agree with the above, looks pretty good.

What I've done with a couple of zeds is clean the area up and run a seam weld round the hanger.
 
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