Whats the point of Spot/Seam Welding cars?

shuddupowh, Aug 29, 12:27am
Looking at cars in performance magazines and on here, some say "seam or spot welded" car. Why do this! Whats it supposed to do!

grangies, Aug 29, 1:33am
Complete waste of time unless it is a race car.

shuddupowh, Aug 29, 1:40am
I see. Explains it a bit then. Still seems a bit overboard.

pandai, Aug 29, 1:54am
Depends, some E36 BMW's (bigger engined Z3's for instance) would break the spot welds where the diff brackets were attached to the chassis, that's the sort of place where reinforcing would help

grangies, Oct 6, 2:13am
Yes. But that is more of a repair/problem fix.

No way normal road going cars need to be fully seam welded.

It would ruin the average car.