mot failure !

[jdm666]

new to all this hi can does anyone know roughly how much these things would cost to get fixed and how easy are they to do yourself, hope thats not sounding stupid!!

offside front seat belt frayed

nearside track rod end ball joint has excessive play

offside front cv gaiter split

rear exhaust major leak

nearside and offside vehicle structure has excessive corrosion seriously affecting its strenghth
within 30cm of the body mountings


ive brought a gaiter boot kit so its just fixing it on

cheers for any replies

i have a corsa 96 1.4 automatic

[haydn1987]

a seat belt can be picked up cheap from a scrap yard and fitted easily

Track rod ends are about £10 but u need a ball joint splitter to do it your self, and then the tracking needs realigning. I recently had mine done at a grarage.
£13.70 for the new part
£20 fitting
£25 tracking

CV gaitor can be difficult you will need to buy a haynes manual to do this yourself, I have don't know how much a garage would charge maybe £30.

I had a new back box 6months ago it cost about £45 at a garage. If you wanted to do it yourself it would cost about £35 for a cheap exhast if you shop around but they can be a pain in the arse to get the old one off as the joint usualy rusts over.

I wouldn't recomend welding yourself as the MOT tester will fail it if your welding isn't up to standard. As for the cost it all depends on how big a patch needs welding and where it is.
This year I had two patches welded on the chassis legs that cost £90 which is a bargain I had other quotes of £150.
Last year I had a hole in my sill about the size of a 50p coin that cost £30

[jdm666]

well from in n out i got quoted £234.81 without the welding or seatblet trouble is ive got 10 working days to sort it out for a retest lol
yes thought about going scrappy for the seatbelt

welding id need done in a garage

can get an exhaust for £20 its just getting it fitted

my first car too ! and im female! lol

thanks for replying

[haydn1987]

that price is a little steep

if you can get a mate or someone who knows a little about car to see if they can get the old exhasut off then do it yourself, putting a new one on is easy it just a case of will the old one come off.

you ussualy find that realy nice people work at scrap yards and for something like a seatbelt if you ask nicely they will put in on your car for you.

[jdm666]

well i just got the welding bits done cost £130 just for that ive brought a cv gaiter just need it fitting getting there slowly

[danthemann]

the track rod end can be done easily enough if u know someone thats half good at working on cars..i changed mine without a splitter,and u dont need tracking done as long as u count how many turns it takes to take the old one off,then just make sure u do the same amount of turns when fitting new one,.