[Andygoodbloke]

Hi all
My journey to get road legal continues
I have to strip the under body back to metal to prove it isn't going to rust away to nothing - I have spent a few hours with a wire wheel, rinding disc on the angle grinder and a sand blaster to get the thing back to metal and only a holding primer over it, once passed the black rubber with be going on.

I also got pulled up for a dent on the left chassis rail. I went to see a mate with a SJ413 soft top and he had the same dent in the same spot on his

Is this just pure co-incidence or have the SJ413's got a indent as standard under the middle of the door on the left rail?

I am preying it is standard so I don't have to get it pulled out.

Or is it just a common place to get a dent?

[Andygoodbloke]

OK I will ask it in a different way for this who look and don't answer.

Who has a dent in their chassis rail under the passenger door?

Please reply rather than look and passing as many have done as the fabricator I am using also said this could be standard, but nit is a matter of proving it so if every one has a dent, then it must be standard - right??

[fordem]

I'm replying - it's not a particularly helpful reply, but, you did ask for it.

Did you ever think that the reason many of us don't reply is because we don't have an SJ413?

[Gwagensteve]

SJ rails are fairly crudely shaped but I’d say the dent on the underside of the rail is damage, not from fabrication. The sides of the rails have various ripples and “dents” where they are bent for the taper.

[Slug]

What’s the black sealer covering, I’d be removing that you will get your own answer
I wouldn’t pass the first photo of that chassis either for engineering
Would be speaking to a panel beater or a fabricator to look at re making the section and joining the section in complying with the ADR chassis modifications all the ADR motor vehicles regulations are on line with diagrams, section sizes, cut & weld designs
I’ve lengthened chassis from a land cruiser to a Kenworth and replaced sections, it’s not that hard but follow all the ADR regulations and speak to your engineer
Even do a welding class if you not proficient welder Engineers do not want any grinding of any welds they will fail it fast

[Gwagensteve]

Shep- the OP is in New Zealand so ADR’s aren’t a consideration. AS/NZS 1554.1:2014 should still apply though.

I think (?) the OP was implying they thought the black side was normal but the underside dent was not, which I’d agree with.

Personally I don’t think the dent is concerning and weld repairing it potentially more problematic than leaving it alone but it appears the NZ rules are perhaps even more pernickety than our rules.