Need help with MOT

JRS · 11 Mar 2020 at 15:50

jsmoke said:
I meant it all.

jsmoke said:
The brakes are the main thing, I'm going to throw a number and say over £1000 to fix it. The corrosion doesn't necessarily have to be a big job, but it could be depending on how corroded it is.

Also garages can vary in price. But as I said the brake problems will cost you a bit.

You probably could have made it clearer. Just sayin'

jsmoke · 11 Mar 2020 at 15:53

JRS said:
You probably could have made it clearer. Just sayin'

I see what your saying.

Gaygle · 11 Mar 2020 at 18:00

Lashout_UK said:
I can guarantee that, once you start digging at the metal (or what's left of it), any potential bill is quickly going to escalate. Particularly with these, which tend to turn into tinfoil.

This ^^

I don't often advocate scrapping a car, but this really should be going off to it's next life...

Nasher · 11 Mar 2020 at 18:05

MX-5s love to rust (even modern ones!). You need to keep rust treatment on them to stop it.

Quartz · 11 Mar 2020 at 18:16

You can buy a 2004 MX 5 for £800. Individually those issues don't sound like much but collectively it's a differnt matter.

SonicSW20 · 11 Mar 2020 at 18:26

Quartz said:
You can buy a 2004 MX 5 for £800. Individually those issues don't sound like much but collectively it's a differnt matter.

An £800 MX5 will be well on the way to having similar problems to the OP. You're not getting a decent MX5 for that money.

jsmoke · 11 Mar 2020 at 18:32

Loads of them on gumtree.

bainbridge · 11 Mar 2020 at 21:40

I've just thought about my mx5 and it's started rusting.

Frozennova · 11 Mar 2020 at 22:06

Budget £1500 minimum for the corrosion repairs alone.

Panels, paint and materials came to the best part of £800 when I did both rear quarter/sill panels on mine.

Sounds like front chassis rails as well, the repair sections are <£150 and it's a day to day and a half labour

bobuk · 12 Mar 2020 at 15:51

MX5 Normal corrosion at the rear of the outer sills, local body shop cut out old sill weld in new metal and spray ,last time I checked was around £500.00 they could probably include front floor section. New brake caliper on the rear, dont forget parking brake adjustment is on the caliper 5.00mm allen key in behind a nut.Front brake binding, how bad ? normally DVLA recommend failing at 50 on the brake meters. Exhaust I take it is dragging on the ground ? if not its still supported from some other mounts so not a fail.Bulbs and tyres normal. End of the day you could be around £7-£800 if u need to replace front calipers, chances are it would only be the pads or caliper pins seized
Good luck..

Lopéz · 12 Mar 2020 at 17:28

Honestly, bin it. That's a significant amount of metalwork, you have six failures on metal alone.

I would be surprised if you see much change out of £1500 for just the welding without looking at the other faults.

Lopéz · 12 Mar 2020 at 17:29

jsmoke said:
Loads of them on gumtree.

And almost all in a similar state.

DereksDontRun · 12 Mar 2020 at 18:38

you can phone and send photos to https://www.skuzzle.com/ to get a good idea?

sounds like it will be 2-3k tho to do a proper job - plus then another few hundred to underseal it to prevent it happening again... is it worth it for a 17 year old mk2!?! only you can decide, but financially not really.

jsmoke · 12 Mar 2020 at 20:35

Lopéz said:
And almost all in a similar state.

The key word is ALMOST.