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here is link to more photos when i had a chance to take a close look at the undercarriage when the car went in for the importation inspection. the car failed because of worn down brake pads, torn tire and a corroded exhaust section. otherwise its in good condition. only very small area of rust behind front wheel arches. seems to be a right angle piece of metal that has a trailing lip that catches water and can imagine when the car is driving it doesnt dry out. anyway not significant and hasnt rust through so will coat with rubberised compound. all in all, pretty easy fixes.
the structure of these cars are pretty flimsy. when it was hoisted, it wasnt possible to open the driver door as the flex of the body caused the door to be wedged shut.
 
They are flimsy but you should still be able to open and shut the doors when its lifted - it would worry me if i couldnt.
 
Outer cover with screws is not the rocker panels. Big question, why is the motor pan and everything else on the undercarriage the same color? This coupe has had the complete bottom sprayed the same color why.
 
That doesn't sound right with the door wedged shut on hoist? Had mine on a hoist and no problems opening or closing either door?
 
Looks like one arm of the hoist on the frame rail and the other on the jack point? That may explain the torquing but still...
 
Skiver said:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64111588@N08/?saved=1
here is link to more photos when i had a chance to take a close look at the undercarriage ......otherwise its in good condition. only very small area of rust behind front wheel arches.
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You have me a little confused - while your text says "in good condition. only very small area of rust...", your picture titled "inspection #2" not only shows a couple of scary looking areas, but these have already been circled and labeled on the photo. Seems that you (or someone) have recognized that this car does have some corrosion. The photo "inspection #12" shows some gnarly areas as well.

Not trying to insult your new baby, but I don't want you getting into a dangerous situation either.

when it was hoisted, it wasnt possible to open the driver door as the flex of the body caused the door to be wedged shut.
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Stevehose said:
Looks like one arm of the hoist on the frame rail and the other on the jack point? That may explain the torquing but still...
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Yes, "but still". I would think that parking on an irregular patch of ground would torque the unibody as much as putting one arm of the hoist on the frame rail and the other on the jack point. And, I've never had my coupe's doors fail to open just because I was parked in a field. I'd dig deeper into the cause for the door wedging issue.
 
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i had an opportunity to get underneath the car today and took off the rocker covers and found this. i used a screwdriver to poke at it but it was pretty solid. i tapped around the front fender boxes and they seem pretty hard and solid.
however, when i was under the car, and started to pull away the black stuff, i found rust underneath the driver side footwell. its definitely the front half of that area as the behind that circular indentation, the rust rubs off to show solid metal. however, the leading edge of that round indent is rusted. is this a big problem to fix? using a screwdriver to poke at the underside to see the extent of the damaged area, it seems localised to just the front half of that footwell?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64111588@N08/?saved=1
 
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