• epyon22@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    What this seems like is it would replace things that are normally spot welded or glued together, things I can think off the top of my head that are like this are the front radiator support and strut towers in various cars. When these items are bent or rusted you can usually buy these peices. See skyline r34 strut tower rust issues. On this new proposed design your options would be to replace the whole front or rear third of your car, or precision cutting and welding a piece in, which may be inaccessable because of the casting design.

    • Thetimefarm@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Welding a casting is a lot more dubious even if you can access it easily. If the original material was welded together chances are it can be rewelded without much issue. Most successfull welds in cast material I’ve seen have been in compression, it tends to split around the weld when you put it under tension.

    • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Now there I can see how this design might make more problems than it solves. Bending the mounts of different parts might total the car.