General Paint cracking on B-pillars

[gaz.d]

You may of read this on my ECU thread, but I thought I start a new thread for it

my paint has cracked on the b-pillars, both sides

would it just be the paint that has cracked or the actual pillar, is there anyway of telling

a lot of lowered corsas suffer from the same problem they blame there suspension for doing it, im just wondering if mine is to blame too

has anyone else suffered the same problem since they lowered there car

EDIT - im worried that it could be MOT failure as it is an important part of the car

 

[Steven]

Picture? What do you mean by cracking?

 

[custard]

the crackrd B pillers on the corsa's was part of a recall,just the lowering increases the chances :slayer:

 

[gaz.d]

i will get a pic for you, its only a slight crack on both sides, but the longer i leave it the more chance its got to spread

 

[gaz.d]

this is a pic of a crack on a b-pillar on a corsa

mine is exactly the same on both sides

 

[arseofbox]

I think it may be due to a stress-raiser caused by the door locks...or the way yu shut the door, cos none of the Sei's or Cinq's ive seen are affected by it

 

[gaz.d]

damn, i must learn not to slam my door

is there an easy way to find out if the paint has just cracked or the actual b-pillar is cracked

its going into bodyshop soon to get some work done, so it could be fixed when it goes in, im assuming a quick weld and i will be alright

EDIT - just a thought, I have speakers in my rear quart, that wouldnt do any damage to it, I do have them on very loud, but i but roofers felt inside it to try and stop the flex

 

[Steven]

I'd say it's only the paint. I've never heard of this happening to any other Fiat!

 

[gaz.d]

i was running on dodgy suspension for about a month

i mean dodgy as springs weren't seated right so was catching against bodywork and I was running on the bumpstops on the back too

another possible reason it could of cracked

 

[Liam]

All corsa's have that even the standard ones.

Liam