Body Work Tutorial

Ok everyone, here are a few more updates, not a lot of photo's but another different repair to consider. Here the battery tray of the Mudstain is rusted up pretty good from possibly a leaking battery. The front part of the apron has a few bolts in it and spot welds to remove. A lot of people will drill out spot welds to remove these panels, I rarely drill a spot weld. I usually take my air hammer with a cutting chisel bit like this

http://www.toolfetch.com/Category/Air_Tools/Air_Hammers/GYCH110.htm

I will go around the area to be removed and cut the center out close to the edges, once the center is cut out I will just take a grinder and grind the spot welds out, to me this is much faster than drilling.

After the panel is removed I masked up the car to sandblast the engine bay, once it was blasted and clean I welded in the new part.

A few things to remember, Always take measurements, take several before you do any repair work, measure both sides of the car and compare (not every car is symmetrical). Take measurements from several different points and write them down. This part I measured the location of the panel, as well as the location of the radiator support. Once you section in the new part you can move either around to get your points right. I always will test fit any bolt on panel before fully welding too.