Re: Rust Pics - Your Thoughts?

Posted by R Anderson On 2012/3/2 15:45:35

Welding is not brain surgery, and can be a highly therapeutic exercise... why not buy one of the new $200 wire feed welders, practice a bit on scraps, and do it yourself? Not only would the results be far stronger and safer, but you'd save the car for the long run as well as having the great satisfaction of a job done properly. The material costs are relatively negligible, a 4 x 6 of 18 or 16 gauge sheet metal and the sealer and paint mainly, and since it's not exterior panels that need work, the cosmetics are not critical. You can do it piecemeal, and so what if it takes a year or 2. Unless you're getting to be my age LOL. Just putting goop on it is to, my mind, a mistake. If I can do it anyone can, sure I goofed, but I just made patterns using thin cardboard to make my mistakes on, cut the sheet metal with tin snips, and spot welded it in. Do it yourself and do it right. That's my 2 cents!