Sorry mate 😅 sometimes the gap between the floor and the car was soo small to fit my Fat head and welding mask under so just improvised, will wear it the next time 🫡
@@barryrodgers7519 Thank you mate! I've taken a look and ordered some for the other side of the sill, can't say they are the most stylish things in the world though 🤣😅
Hey mate! I do appreciate that alot you know! The outer sill, was pretty disgusting looking, but it does the job! Alot of people giving me tips to improve the next side which I'm grateful for although most of them are slating me, tough love i call it 😅🤣❤
im not the best of welder fabricators, but by the looks of it, id switch the welder into the 2nd mode, and up the wire speed a bit to make the welds come out more flush, easier to grind, dont put either too high as you dont want to burn through the metal
Thank you for the comment mate! And really appreciate it mate, Most people if not all people would of just sold this on or scrapped it, I'm glad, i've kept it on the road for even a little longer!
That seatbelt anchor point is dangerous, in a crash the rust will just crumble needs the whole anchor point cutting out and replacing not just the nut being bunged up with weld
Hey mate!!! I have a new bolt and nut coming tomorrow to weld back on! But the area around the seatbelt seems more then strong enough, but I’ll take your comment to account and check this before I put the new nut and bolt in! Thank you for the comment mate! ❤️:)
I've got to say that is very good first attempt at welding on a car. Its a large area to repair and you've gone about everything in the correct way. Very well done!
you will have to go back to your repair job and create holes for the water to drain out of, if its fully welded with no holes it’ll be carrying water and you’ll hear it sloshing back and fourth when you drive. Good job👌🏻🫡
Hey mate! Thank you for the comment and your honesty 🤣🤣 Most people told me to throw the car away, and they wouldn't be wrong, although its not perfect, i'm super happy with the result! Just hopeing it stays in one pice in the next video when I try and jack it up 😅
Hey mate! Thank you, really appreciate it! And I definitely would, I might have to join you on that one! Welding is such a cool skill and can save you so much money, and even further, if your good enough, it can make you alot of money!!!! GOod luck mate! ❤😎
Impressive for someone doing things on the drive, and you are getting out there and doing stuff. Outer sill looks pretty damn good. Inner sill should be made right tho as that is structual part, it has holes and bends along the way to reinforce the plate and therefore the chassis.
Hey mate! Yeah honestly, i did regret not wearing them a day after welding, I'll make sure to wear it for the other side 🤣 Thank you for the comment mate
Should have got some cavity wax or under seal or even a coat of primer under there bud, cover all the bare metal before the outer skin goes on. But otherwise, kudos to you man, for a first timer you’ve done very well 👍🏼 fair play for getting stuck in, most people 💩 when they see this type of thing
Hey mate! Yeah I should of done that before it all wend back together 🙄 But I'll try and get some up in there somehow! Thank you for the comment mate 😁
Hey mate! Thank you very much! I really appreciate it! Yeah, I definitely will mate, thank you for the comment, my eyes were hurting after this video 🤣 What car do you have?
@@TheOtherStuff I have an NC too, with an old man brown roof. 😁 But I think it goes with the brown leather and black paint. That or need my pipe and slippers. But yeah your work on the welding was brilliant, I'm sure it was hard, but you made it look very doable.
Great video. Use weld thru primer next time. You could have got the complete sills cheaper. I’d weld a new sheet for the seat belt unless you have tested and it’s only surface rust.
Make sure to seal them side skirts properly so water salt of the roads and dirt doesn’t get behind them .. main cause of the sills rotting.. but well done for tackling the job yourself bro.. but ffs wear a welding mask them poor eyes 👀 lol 🤦😂
Dude. You cannot do any decent weld bead without looking at what you’re doing. Did you check you got full penetration on that thickness of metal on a test section before starting? (As this is your first time using I’m guessing you’re not that familiar with the power settings you’ve got to play with?) You want to get it hot enough that you almost burn through but obviously don’t. As someone who’s only just been getting into welding parts for my NC like the Nielex clutch bracket gussets. I cannot stress how important prep is for a decent weld. It’s why welders can charge what they charge because most of their work is prep and ultimately any monkey can use a MIG torch. Especially if you’re going to grind back the welds. As long as you got good penetration that is the most important thing. If you can’t get under the car with a welding mask then I suggest you jack it up more on axle stands. The only time you can get away with not looking and closing your eyes is doing a quick little tack weld. That’s okay. But if you ever have weld spatter get you in your face or clothes you’d know about it. Get yourself some proper thick MIG gloves. As for welding to rust that’s almost as useless as a chocolate tea-pot mate. When your grinding back welds it’s important on thin sheet metal that you cool the weld down with either compressed air straight away or with a damp rag. This stops the distortion in the panel. Weld through primer can be used in certain areas too. I suggest you take a look at “Make it Kustom” Karl Fisher has excellent MIG welding tutorials. I suggest you watch his videos on fabrication it’s quite good. I’ve read most of these comments and most of them are Yes-men. Hopefully you might actually be able to get better with the info I provided. If you haven’t yet. Get a cheap Hyundai or SGS air compressor and air-duster/gun. Probably cost you £100. Dollars your tyres with it too etc. In regards to anything structural mate, I suggest you over-engineer it and if you see anything is at all rusted to bits after a fleece wheel on a grinder then it needs to be totally cut out and repaired. I’d speak to Alex or Tom @PerformanceLink as this is what they do day in, day out. That seat belt anchor defo needs some proper work. Also you could have just bent the 2mm thick or so mild steel in an old Record branded vice with some cheap Amazon Draper soft-jaws. Or even blocks of wood. Wood is good.
Hello mate great video. i have a tiny bit of rust showing on the rear where both my wheels connect to, but its nothing as worse as yours just to stop the rust from spreading what should i do use lanoguard?? If anyone could help id apprciate it
not bad meh guy. dont let anyone thats never built a damn thing in their life tell you shit. people love to point out stuff do this do that you messed this up and none of them got the gumption to tackle any type of repair let alone one as big as this.
THERE is probably a good REASON it was going to a SCRAPYARD tbf I see people driving around with half exhaust hanging off so wonder what these evs are gonna be like when they get a rusty what the battery going to be half hanging out the car the future is scary
I understand giving stuff a go but your welding new metal onto old rusty metal. Not protecting the new metal as you go so it will rust instantly anyway
Mate I do work as a welder and fabricator and while this defo isn’t a professional job it’s solid and looks half decent mate take a bit more credit for someone first time welding it’s a very good effort get your mask on 😂
They drive like boats and are way too slow from what my mates have had. Driven 2 1.2L 64 bhp and a 1.4L 100bhp and they are just not very good. If ur tryna get into cars definitely wouldn’t recommend but if u just want a cheap first car then they are good for that.
Go on man restoring the rust bucket, im doing same right now but will fiber glass and body filler no need to weld something that I ain't keeping, nah nah nah g I just watched the whole video your car is fucked no way you can repair that
I'm impressed mate But please use a mask for welding or at least welding glasses you will F up your eyes if you look at it Looking away is not the best either
Hey mate!!!!!! Thank you for the comment! Yeah honestly bit stupid of me not to wear the mask for most of the welding, only excuse is, the car wasn’t jacked up enough, so my mask wouldn’t fit under the car 😅 But yeah mate, I can’t even lie, my eyes hurt after welding on one particular day! Will take this into account the next time 👏
deffo use that welding mask
Sorry mate 😅 sometimes the gap between the floor and the car was soo small to fit my Fat head and welding mask under so just improvised, will wear it the next time 🫡
You can buy welding goggles/glasses for the right atleast. Not as good as a mask but better than nothing.
Tight areas*
@@barryrodgers7519 Thank you mate! I've taken a look and ordered some for the other side of the sill, can't say they are the most stylish things in the world though 🤣😅
Actually didn't look half as bad as I was expecting 😂 great job and excited to see the rest of this build 👍
Hey mate! I do appreciate that alot you know! The outer sill, was pretty disgusting looking, but it does the job! Alot of people giving me tips to improve the next side which I'm grateful for although most of them are slating me, tough love i call it 😅🤣❤
Gotta say, you’re a f***ing legend for giving it a go, mate. Looks mint
im not the best of welder fabricators, but by the looks of it, id switch the welder into the 2nd mode, and up the wire speed a bit to make the welds come out more flush, easier to grind, dont put either too high as you dont want to burn through the metal
Loving the MOT approved rubber mallet! Rust friendly way of checking. Good video, excellent editing yet again
I called it the Mallet of death because it took half of the car with it 😅😅 Thank you for the support brother ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for sharing bro.
Love what u do....very inspiring to see u sort the car out yourself.
Looking forward to the next vid. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you for the comment mate! And really appreciate it mate, Most people if not all people would of just sold this on or scrapped it, I'm glad, i've kept it on the road for even a little longer!
Hope you disconnected the battery before you started welding 😂
Can confirm I did, luckily, or bye bye electronics 😅🥲🤣
That seatbelt anchor point is dangerous, in a crash the rust will just crumble needs the whole anchor point cutting out and replacing not just the nut being bunged up with weld
Hey mate!!! I have a new bolt and nut coming tomorrow to weld back on! But the area around the seatbelt seems more then strong enough, but I’ll take your comment to account and check this before I put the new nut and bolt in! Thank you for the comment mate! ❤️:)
You could weld a metal bar in and attach a harness to it haha
Impressed considering its you're first time plus saved a chunk of money👏👏
You're a good lad tbf, alot of people give up on mx 5s as soon as the sills go through
I've got to say that is very good first attempt at welding on a car. Its a large area to repair and you've gone about everything in the correct way.
Very well done!
You couldn’t be further from the truth 😂
Are you high?!
i have seen some bodge welding in my time and i must say that that was not a bad attempt for your first time. well done!
you will have to go back to your repair job and create holes for the water to drain out of, if its fully welded with no holes it’ll be carrying water and you’ll hear it sloshing back and fourth when you drive. Good job👌🏻🫡
Nice work Mike, certainly a saving doing it yourself.the left hand side is now rust free and looks pretty good.i would invest in a mask though.M7.
Fair play man, I spent £355 on welding for a car I bought for less than a grand, it was for for the scrap but decided to just fix it
Well congratulations numpty you welding without a mask will lead to you burning off your uv protection layer off 😂😂
I know mate I'm sorry 😅 I can't lie, wish i saw this comment before welding, my eyes hurt for a couple days after welding 🤣😅😅😅
Put some harnesses in the mx5 and get rid of the seat belts, problem solved 😂
Done a better job then most welding jobs I’ve had to have done. Well done mate
Did you treat all the rush that was left behind if not your new metal will rust
Hey mate! Yeah I used Primer, Tiger seal on the weld joins and Underseal? Is that ok for it?
@TheOtherStuff use Hammerite either black or white paint great stuff.
Bro, i was like... Just throw the car away... After i saw you do all this welding without any experience.. all I can say... Great great job!!
Hey mate! Thank you for the comment and your honesty 🤣🤣 Most people told me to throw the car away, and they wouldn't be wrong, although its not perfect, i'm super happy with the result! Just hopeing it stays in one pice in the next video when I try and jack it up 😅
Good job Michael. Im thinking of doing a welding course as I'll need to learn to weld to keep my old Ford transit on the road 😭😂
Hey mate! Thank you, really appreciate it! And I definitely would, I might have to join you on that one! Welding is such a cool skill and can save you so much money, and even further, if your good enough, it can make you alot of money!!!! GOod luck mate! ❤😎
Love the video bro! Can tell you're putting a lot of effort into the storytelling and production! Keep it up! 😀
Fair play on diy welding matey, not too shabby for your first crack at it 👌🏻
Thank you mate! Really appreciate it! Definitely not the perfect finish, and i definitely see there are professionals out there for a reason 🤣😅
Impressive for someone doing things on the drive, and you are getting out there and doing stuff.
Outer sill looks pretty damn good. Inner sill should be made right tho as that is structual part, it has holes and bends along the way to reinforce the plate and therefore the chassis.
Make sure to wear your visor when welding even just for tacks cause you’ll regret it once you feel ark eye 😅( known from experience😂)
Hey mate! Yeah honestly, i did regret not wearing them a day after welding, I'll make sure to wear it for the other side 🤣 Thank you for the comment mate
Should have got some cavity wax or under seal or even a coat of primer under there bud, cover all the bare metal before the outer skin goes on. But otherwise, kudos to you man, for a first timer you’ve done very well 👍🏼 fair play for getting stuck in, most people 💩 when they see this type of thing
Please get a welding mask, and re do that seatbelt anchor area bc that weld will just break under enough force I.E. a crash
hey fella much better than they daft POV drive videos, keep up the good work.
Definitely put some cavity wax oil inside sill to help stop future rust nice first attempt tho
Hey mate! Yeah I should of done that before it all wend back together 🙄 But I'll try and get some up in there somehow! Thank you for the comment mate 😁
That was excellent as a result. Well done! But please for the love of your eyes get a welding mask.
I'm going to be looking all over mine now🤣
Hey mate! Thank you very much! I really appreciate it! Yeah, I definitely will mate, thank you for the comment, my eyes were hurting after this video 🤣 What car do you have?
@@TheOtherStuff I have an NC too, with an old man brown roof. 😁 But I think it goes with the brown leather and black paint. That or need my pipe and slippers.
But yeah your work on the welding was brilliant, I'm sure it was hard, but you made it look very doable.
Great video. Use weld thru primer next time. You could have got the complete sills cheaper. I’d weld a new sheet for the seat belt unless you have tested and it’s only surface rust.
Makes you wonder how the hell did it get through its last mot with the sills that rotten
That was very impressive, looks great! M7 x
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Fair play mate this was a good video. Getting your hands dirty is where the real funs at! What track will you be going to first?
Make sure to seal them side skirts properly so water salt of the roads and dirt doesn’t get behind them .. main cause of the sills rotting.. but well done for tackling the job yourself bro.. but ffs wear a welding mask them poor eyes 👀 lol 🤦😂
Gotta rate it. First attempt at welding and looks good. I’m just about to have an exhaust fitted to my fiesta so hope it goes well 🙏🏻
makes me happy seeing how far you've progressed bro
Love the Mx-5 vids, brings me back to the corsa days where you haven’t got a care in the world if it looks a bit botched 😅
The new Micheal Armstrong
No he is in a different league to us RUclipsrs mate, but appreciate it, none the less 🤣❤
Dude. You cannot do any decent weld bead without looking at what you’re doing. Did you check you got full penetration on that thickness of metal on a test section before starting? (As this is your first time using I’m guessing you’re not that familiar with the power settings you’ve got to play with?) You want to get it hot enough that you almost burn through but obviously don’t. As someone who’s only just been getting into welding parts for my NC like the Nielex clutch bracket gussets. I cannot stress how important prep is for a decent weld. It’s why welders can charge what they charge because most of their work is prep and ultimately any monkey can use a MIG torch. Especially if you’re going to grind back the welds. As long as you got good penetration that is the most important thing. If you can’t get under the car with a welding mask then I suggest you jack it up more on axle stands. The only time you can get away with not looking and closing your eyes is doing a quick little tack weld. That’s okay. But if you ever have weld spatter get you in your face or clothes you’d know about it. Get yourself some proper thick MIG gloves. As for welding to rust that’s almost as useless as a chocolate tea-pot mate. When your grinding back welds it’s important on thin sheet metal that you cool the weld down with either compressed air straight away or with a damp rag. This stops the distortion in the panel. Weld through primer can be used in certain areas too. I suggest you take a look at “Make it Kustom” Karl Fisher has excellent MIG welding tutorials. I suggest you watch his videos on fabrication it’s quite good. I’ve read most of these comments and most of them are Yes-men. Hopefully you might actually be able to get better with the info I provided. If you haven’t yet. Get a cheap Hyundai or SGS air compressor and air-duster/gun. Probably cost you £100. Dollars your tyres with it too etc. In regards to anything structural mate, I suggest you over-engineer it and if you see anything is at all rusted to bits after a fleece wheel on a grinder then it needs to be totally cut out and repaired. I’d speak to Alex or Tom @PerformanceLink as this is what they do day in, day out. That seat belt anchor defo needs some proper work. Also you could have just bent the 2mm thick or so mild steel in an old Record branded vice with some cheap Amazon Draper soft-jaws. Or even blocks of wood. Wood is good.
that had a dodgy mot
M7!!!!!😅
Brilliant job😅 n the sill mate, class video can’t wait to see more on the MX5👊🏼💙
Hello mate great video. i have a tiny bit of rust showing on the rear where both my wheels connect to, but its nothing as worse as yours just to stop the rust from spreading what should i do use lanoguard??
If anyone could help id apprciate it
not bad meh guy. dont let anyone thats never built a damn thing in their life tell you shit. people love to point out stuff do this do that you messed this up and none of them got the gumption to tackle any type of repair let alone one as big as this.
That car is falling apart. Would be sick if you can save it 😂👌
We should do a "New vs Old" video with my MK1 MX5 - 1 of my sills is filler but I have yet to dig into the damage....
holy shit im impressed
It didn't come out perfectly, but still god put back together better then when it started 🤣❤ Thank you for the comment mate
THERE is probably a good REASON it was going to a SCRAPYARD tbf I see people driving around with half exhaust hanging off so wonder what these evs are gonna be like when they get a rusty what the battery going to be half hanging out the car the future is scary
What welding machine did you used??
Well done mate, always satisfying to do something yourself, and was worth a try after those quotes! 👍
Liked those shots at around 8:45, looked very Japanese ahah
What type of metal did you make the new seals out of
A grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain’t!
Great video well done if that's your first time welding
Keep saying can't believe what you do on your drive, very impressive
Also i dont tbink you shoudk ever jack the car up on the seals so dont go testing it and ruin your work
Where did you get your welding machine from ? 😊
Mask for grinding but not for welding 😂😂
Not bad, gives me hope for my Z3 now hahaha
Is your Z3 Rusted is it??? Didn;t think german cars ever rust 🤣🤣🤣
Anything can be fixed with the right amount of money and time 🤣😅
@@TheOtherStuff well it was made to compete w the miata innit 💀😭
@@TheOtherStuff MONEYPITS.
How does that even pass a mot as don’t look very safe,saying that I very rarely check under a car
I understand giving stuff a go but your welding new metal onto old rusty metal. Not protecting the new metal as you go so it will rust instantly anyway
This has to be one of THE worst MK3s for sill rot I have ever come across 😢
Mate I do work as a welder and fabricator and while this defo isn’t a professional job it’s solid and looks half decent mate take a bit more credit for someone first time welding it’s a very good effort get your mask on 😂
why u got goggles but half time u didnt wear 😂. also did u treat the metal to try prevent future issues 😅
M7 great work there mate
Really good video mate nice try keep it up 😊
M7 cool video my guy!
M7 Welding M8
I’m thinking about getting a corsa around June would u reccomend getting one? (First car)
Yes I would most people I know has had a Vauxhall corsa fir there first car and they all recommend it
@@darrenhowie1464 alright thank you
Fucking hated it shocking car
@@yahye6119really? How come
They drive like boats and are way too slow from what my mates have had. Driven 2 1.2L 64 bhp and a 1.4L 100bhp and they are just not very good. If ur tryna get into cars definitely wouldn’t recommend but if u just want a cheap first car then they are good for that.
Do you know what? Im gonna say it. Fair effing play mate
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where is your welding mask 😭😭😭
i wish i had some asian biceps Michael
£1800??? Tell me where because my quote was £4000
Well done that was a great job done tho
You tried your best
your channel is binded to this car
Hate the mz5 need scrapping
Please wrap the car red, so it's the same color as your BMW
im building a cortina mk4 lol on my channle and it is rottern to hell i give your repair job 10 out of 10
Hi how are you doing
I'm afraid to ask how long did it take for you to "fix it"?😅
Safety squint
Go on man restoring the rust bucket, im doing same right now but will fiber glass and body filler no need to weld something that I ain't keeping, nah nah nah g I just watched the whole video your car is fucked no way you can repair that
Whose seat is that on ur drive??!
His sisters i think
Oh thx I forgot about his sister
I'm impressed mate
But please use a mask for welding or at least welding glasses you will F up your eyes if you look at it
Looking away is not the best either
M7 🔥
Where is your welding mask....your telling people they can do it their self but what about safety first 😮 mask finally appears after 12 mins
Hey mate!!!!!! Thank you for the comment!
Yeah honestly bit stupid of me not to wear the mask for most of the welding, only excuse is, the car wasn’t jacked up enough, so my mask wouldn’t fit under the car 😅
But yeah mate, I can’t even lie, my eyes hurt after welding on one particular day!
Will take this into account the next time 👏
please get a welding mask mate
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Mx5 is just gonna eat your money away, Not worth it move on to something else
Let’s gooooo 🙌🏽🙌🏽
First love the vids keep it up ❤
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Use a mask every time you weld , Ark eye hurts like fuck
Not worth the risk just closing ya eyes believe me.
m7
Please stop welding without a mask, ure gonna go blind
common mazda bs