jipp
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Registered: 31st Jan 03
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washing my car yesterday i notices a line of rust on the b pillar. my heart stopped as my worst fear became reality. fecking b pillar is cracking.
how expensive is this to fix??
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stuyw
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: North West Drives: Rev3 MR2 Turbo
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dunno m8, but it is a common thing on corsa B's and if it gets worse, it can fail the MOT 
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jipp
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Registered: 31st Jan 03
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i'm going to buy front and back strut braces on friday to see if that can slow it down for now. as i hjave spax shocks and springs it can only get worse cos the ride on the spaxs is very hard.
i have a bad feeling that it's going to be expensive to fix. at the moment the crack is tiny but it's growing by the day
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paulr202000
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Registered: 20th Jan 01
Location: Lancaster
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if your car is under six years old then vauxhall will repair it for free! but after that i dont know how much it will be. But if you get someone else to do it ask vauxhall for a copy of the repair procedure off TIS as there set points to weld to stop it from cracking again.
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Kris TD
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Ware, Hertfordshire
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strut braces wont stop it now its started mate, if u weld it, then it cracks in anoth place, dont really think there is much u can do
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daz145bhp
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Registered: 13th Feb 03
Location: Derby
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If i remember my mate corsa sri cracked the b pillars after 6 months of owning it he took it back to the dealer & welded the cracks up then they drill 2holes in pillar & fill it will expanding foam to stop it flexing any more
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Kenni
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Registered: 29th Jan 01
Location: Worcester(sauce) Drives: VX220 & Zaffy GSi
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save your money on the strut brace. I have them front and rear and it will crack again.
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corsakid69
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Registered: 6th Feb 03
Location: westmids
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hi jipp
iv got the same prob and its geting worse and worse.i called just nova's and corsa's and they quoted me £100 to get it welded ip and sprayed. i expected it to be alot more so im hapy and i takin it in soon to be done 
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Robertio_uk
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Registered: 2nd Sep 02
Location: Nottingham
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i have the same problem too, its been fixed 2 times and its just starting to crack now, the person who done it says he gets corsas all the time with this, so he welds a plate to slow it down a bit but still doesnt help :-(
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StuartGee
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Registered: 10th Dec 02
Location: Ellon, Aberdeenshire
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Is this true that if car is less than six years old Vaux will fix it for free? Just noticed my passenger side is beginning to go yesterday whilst washing it.
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jipp
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Registered: 31st Jan 03
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twat mines seven , eight this year , twat grrrrr arrrgh 
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d0gz_bollox
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Registered: 8th Apr 02
Location: Walsall
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you lot sure it aint just your paint thats cracked? it'll obviously have surfice rust if the paint has cracked.
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K100RSA
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Registered: 2nd Apr 02
Location: Devon. drives: too fast
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was told by my vaux dealer that the car has has to be under 6 years old and have a full vaux history.
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lacky75
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Registered: 8th Dec 02
Location: Norwich
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thank god i bought a 5 door (they dont suffer b pillar crackage) !!
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STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
Location: Ballymena N.I.
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they r glued with some sort of stuff from behind and welded at front. my m8s a painter and used to work in a Vauxhall garage. he said they got them all the time
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anz
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Registered: 25th Dec 02
Location: Sheffield
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mine is cracked, so what, i cant see the roof comin off or owt lol
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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I had mine redone by Greenhau Vauxhalls top guy, at a knockdown price at his own weekend bodyshop, it was done not long after I got the car, they cut a setion of pillar out and about 2/3 inches of the rear 3/4 panel, refabricate da whole new piece, strenthened it from behind and then rewelded the new piece over the top of the strenghtening beams, I havnt had ne other problems since. He also pulled out a huge dent I had in the rear 3/4, which needed to panel beaten and sorted some parking dents and a few rusty bits out on the sill for £180, which was really good
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andy hirst
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Registered: 18th Apr 02
Location: Rochdale, Greater Manchester
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just rub it down weld it and spray it. The MOT dude at vaux said if he cant see it, he cant fail it!
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