And that last little bit of repair before we head up to the PVGP has also been completed. The driver side shock tower has been welded up and we’re ready to roll. Not much to say here so I’ll just let the pictures do the talking.
(Initial welding to seal up the lower support shelf before covering it with a larger patch.)
(Using a piece of cardboard to trace out a template. Running your finger over the edge of the hole creates a nice crease to use as a guildline.)
(Template all cut and ready to transfer to 16g mild steel purchased from Lowe’s.)
(Large patch tacked in place.)
(A few more tacks and a bit of filling on the upper left. The dotted line drawn on the top edge is what I had to cut to make it fit just right. Still, I had a little bit of gap filling to do.)
(All welded up and just a bit of grinding on the tall bits. Removed my tacked on grounding tab too.)
(Coated with self-etching primer.)
(A light coat of rubberized under-coating for texture and finished with color matched spray left over from when I painted the turbo flares.)
And that’s that. It doesn’t look to pretty, but it will do just fine.