cert help regarding panel chopping

[muddyhilux]

can anyone help?35s fit with heaps of space except right on the corner of the door so i want to cut the panel steel off at 45degree angle but cant get hold of my certifyer due to time of year,any one done this before?will it pass certification? any help appreciated

[wopass]

no idea mate, i hope they dont mind cutting panels or im in the shit!!

just fold it back upnder with a BFH

[muddyhilux]

yes ive seen ur litle rust removing exercise very nice by the way,im sure what i wana do will be fine,its only cos so close to door im questioning it,weather or not certifyer thinks itll weaken the area at all crash wise,itll have full bush bars so i dont see a prob but others input always helps

[H2OLOVA]

I'd say you'd be fine. They'd probably be worried if it was close to the hinges or doorlock, but down there should be sweet.

[tgaguy1]

I'd say you'd be fine. They'd probably be worried if it was close to the hinges or doorlock, but down there should be sweet.

Also being a full chassis, the sills do not carry the same structual strength as a monocok body

[muskie]

i chopped my old terrano in the same areas to get my 33' on. when it was certed they never mentioned it. however certifiers are MOSTLY awkward t%$$*r$ most who are around 50+ and have no interest in cars anymore so if you catch them on a bad day you will be the object of there little game which is I AM THE HIGH AND MIGHTY CERTIFIER YOU WILL OBEY ME AND WHATS PERFECT TODAY WILL NOT BE GOOD ENOUGH TOMORROW............

just remember this and you should be ok, personally i would ask first, try to find a certifier in his 30's/40s' they still have an interest in what they do.

the last certifier i used messed about and it took 5 weeks to get the CORRECT plate, not becouse of problems with the truck it passed fine, HE BLAMED IT ON BACK LOG FOR A START, then i found out he had lost the paper work then when the plate came through it had 5 speed manual on it but it was auto.........

[UBZ]

Ive cut my Zuk sort of like that.

If i get asked it was due to rust removal.
Cut it ,weld it , paint it , under body deaden it , put some mud on it and you will never know

[muddyhilux]

cheers guys,n yeh thts exactly how i see it,no where near importand stuff,has full chasis plus i thin i mentioned it was getting full bush bars/maybe exo and yeh,the cert guy i use is pretty dam good,he knows im an engineer and has beeen impressed with my stndad of work in the past which just pisses me of more that cant get hold of him coz i kno once i xplain it itl take him 30sec to say yes or do it like this and then im sorted but yeh,plus id love to wait but he starts back up end of jan and i want the truck done by then not half finished unfortunatly

[muddyhilux]

nice explaination chris,hey sori i aint got back to ya bout that spacer either,2days after my last email the twat at work broke the latheand weve nly just gotn it back from the shop,and now where in our busy xmas shut but i have materials and will get it made up asap for ya