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twitchy · 05-16-2004, 01:24 PM

well i never thought id do it but next week were going monster garage on my car to make it a new floor segment, new piece of frame rail and new undersides to the rockerpanels

the frame, where it bends from the firewall area on the driver side took a speedbump one day last year and busted open, unknown to me. Now a winters worth of salt and moisture have gone in and left a nasty gouge about the size of my hand on either side. Were going to cut it out and fab. a new piece from plate steel and weld it on. Im going to do another spot like this on the other side that also seems to have some rust. That steel will easily outlast the car

the floor directly above the bend in the exhaust collector is rotted through to a hole about 4 inches around and its rusty all around that. That whole thing is gettin cut out and re done. Its only a small hole and can easily be fixed.

lastly, the downward facing part of each rocker panel are a little...soft....as well as the inside, front facing lower part of the rear wheelwells where they meet the rockerpanels inside. Thats all getting cut out and re-welded too.

Anyone ever do any work like this to their cars? I cant complain, my car is in excellent shape for its age/mileage but if I hadnt had it oilsprayed every year, the whole underside would be rotten out like those other spots.

and that settles it....no more winters.

Would anyone benefit if I took some pics of the procedure?

s13driver · 05-16-2004, 02:21 PM

definitely pix... how was the total price to get all that done ?

mjjstang · 05-16-2004, 06:10 PM

yah pics would be great, I just bought one from upstate NY, needless to say its not rust free.

twitchy · 05-17-2004, 01:57 AM

dont know on the price

parts, well I need steel, im going to....acquire it legally......

and the welding will be done for a case of beer

"Gentlemen we can rebuild her..."

05-16-2004, 01:24 PM	#1
twitchy Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ontario Posts: 1,579 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Floor, frame and rockerpanel angries well i never thought id do it but next week were going monster garage on my car to make it a new floor segment, new piece of frame rail and new undersides to the rockerpanels the frame, where it bends from the firewall area on the driver side took a speedbump one day last year and busted open, unknown to me. Now a winters worth of salt and moisture have gone in and left a nasty gouge about the size of my hand on either side. Were going to cut it out and fab. a new piece from plate steel and weld it on. Im going to do another spot like this on the other side that also seems to have some rust. That steel will easily outlast the car the floor directly above the bend in the exhaust collector is rotted through to a hole about 4 inches around and its rusty all around that. That whole thing is gettin cut out and re done. Its only a small hole and can easily be fixed. lastly, the downward facing part of each rocker panel are a little...soft....as well as the inside, front facing lower part of the rear wheelwells where they meet the rockerpanels inside. Thats all getting cut out and re-welded too. Anyone ever do any work like this to their cars? I cant complain, my car is in excellent shape for its age/mileage but if I hadnt had it oilsprayed every year, the whole underside would be rotten out like those other spots. and that settles it....no more winters. Would anyone benefit if I took some pics of the procedure? __________________ Who the hell needs a sig anyhow

05-16-2004, 06:10 PM	#3
mjjstang Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,654 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	yah pics would be great, I just bought one from upstate NY, needless to say its not rust free. __________________ I was going to, but I can not think of a sig less than 75 characters.

05-17-2004, 01:57 AM	#4
twitchy Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Ontario Posts: 1,579 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	dont know on the price parts, well I need steel, im going to....acquire it legally...... and the welding will be done for a case of beer "Gentlemen we can rebuild her..." __________________ Who the hell needs a sig anyhow

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05-16-2004, 02:21 PM	#2
s13driver Zilvia Addict Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: BrokenlanD Posts: 625 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	definitely pix... how was the total price to get all that done ?