bankz5152

Well-Known Member

• Aug 6, 2013

• #1

Hey Chaps,

Just done a De-Cat & Straight through on my TD5 (sounds awesome btw ) just wondering if that X-member below the Cat needs to be there?

May well be a stupid question..

Quite lucky I decided to do this, there was some rust behind it not too bad but not excellent either.

Josh.

 

200tdi ayre

Well-Known Member

• Aug 6, 2013

• #2

Yes

 

buckshot

Well-Known Member

• Aug 6, 2013

• #3

course not! most of what's on and under the fender is for cosmetic purpose's only :doh:

 

bankz5152

Well-Known Member

• Aug 6, 2013

• #4

Yeah well I did admit it was probably a stupid question lol

Cheers guys.

 

Brown

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Full Member

• Aug 6, 2013

• #5

Well, if you do the sort of thing depicted in your user picture, it's probably helping the rigidity quite a lot. TD5s don't seem to have a lot of cross-membering. Aside from the detachable one there's only the one in front of the engine, the one the rear suspension A frame is attached to and the rear rust trap. There were considerably more on our old Series, I seem to remember.