vega gen 2 chassis repair
 

Thought I would share this with everyone:) Mine is a very early gen 2 vega and the front kickup on the chassis started to split and had a hairline crack right along the bottom ( wasnt totally snapped off but would have eventually ) I found a way to fix the problem and is an easier option then tig welding, it also can be done at a very reasonable cost and the "weld" is a hell of a lot stronger than aluminium, about 3 times stronger than the chassis itself:)

I built it up on the inside purely for extra strength, but I could make it flatter and still would be stronger than the chassis itself...if anyone has suffered this and needs a reasonable fix feel free to pm me;)

I believe Lee Martin broke a vega chassis at a meeting and glued it using some crazy epoxy. I think the event and story is in the race reports here on Oople.

yeah...he snapped his all the way....this one was cracked along the bottom about half way through the full thickness:)

I think he snapped one chassis completely, borrowed another chassis that had some small cracks along the bend line ( tbh they all do after a while ) and used the glue to reinforce the front end kick-up to give him some piece of mind.

The Gen3s aren't welded either. I use a small amount of milliput along the fold just for extra support. But looks great what you have done pugs....;)

Gen 2 cars were welded , the Gen 3 had this area beefed up so the weld wasn't required

But good to know if you have a big shunt pugs can weld them up