A question to all ZX owners;

 

I'm thinking of buying one of these seriously nice cars. Checked out one today locally which was a 1992 auto twin T import in silver, 68,000km. On test drive felt really good, apart from a very slight tendancy to pull to the left (tracking?).

 

More seriously, on opening the driver's door I noticed what appeared to be a weld running across the bottom of the door sill to the outside and down the exterior sill; another exactly the same on the passenger side. Sprayed over in both cases. Otherwise the car was in really nice condition.

 

So is this a normal part of the shell manufacture or something I should avoid (body cut & weld?).

 

Any help appeciated.

The welds are not normal - well mine hasn`t got them!

Could have had new sills , which is unusual.

Or could have been accident damaged.

Or could be two cars welded together!!:eek:

If you are serious about the car I would get an expert to look at

it before you buy.

Also bear in mind that autos are generally less reliable than

manuals and will cost more when they go wrong.

So in short get somebody off the forum that lives near you

to have a look and buy them some of their favourite drink!!:eek:

 

Mark

Sorry to contradict you Mark, but the weld is quite normal and is the sill section join, it is usually has a mastic seal and painted over and the result is a visuable raised seam.

 

Jeff TT

ive had mine 9 months and never even noticed this

Jeff

 

He said a weld running across the sill!

If I misunderstood I stand corrected.

Does he mean the weld that runs top to bottom of the sill

about 3/4 or 7/8 of way back from front of door?

If so that ones normal.

My fault again - usually is

 

Mark

Get under car,pref with a torch,see if the weld continues across chassis from sill join,check for fresh under seal in area to,if in doubt get someone to do proper check,ie laser chassis alignement etc,could be ok but i bought a XR3i long time ago,looked the biz,allways pulled to the left,after wheel alignements still same ,got it proffesionaly checked,found to be out from back to front of chassis,basicaly car was crabing,on further investigation was found to be 2 different halves of a XR3i welded together,you never know:(