Lower Rear Quarter Patch Repair
Thank you both, I very much appreciate the feedback. I'll also elaborate further. My first cut is a rough cut so I could start the fitment. My plan is to make a final cut 2" above the top body and use a flange tool so I can lap weld the greater portion of the "skin". It looks funny now, but when ready to attach will look much like a quarter panel skin would. For the first several inches where it meets the door, I plan on butt welding. I read that this method helps considerably with accommodating the transition around the door jamb, and, I have less material between 2 body lines there and want to split the difference. Let me know if my thought process needs some adjustment.
I really didn't decide on this approach as a shortcut by any means, but that it was in my amateur opinion the process that would yield me, with my limited skills, the best results. I used the rockers as a mini test, the drivers side was all butt welds, the passenger was a lap weld. I found out quickly that lap welds were much easier for me to control.
Really good to know about tacking it in place as work on the fitment. I was thinking I needed to have it perfect before welding. Once I have the final cut I'll do this as needed.
Here is a pic to help with my description. Again, advice is greatly appreciated.
Thank you both, I very much appreciate the feedback. I'll also elaborate further. My first cut is a rough cut so I could start the fitment. My plan is to make a final cut 2" above the top body and use a flange tool so I can lap weld the greater portion of the "skin". It looks funny now, but when ready to attach will look much like a quarter panel skin would. For the first several inches where it meets the door, I plan on butt welding. I read that this method helps considerably with accommodating the transition around the door jamb, and, I have less material between 2 body lines there and want to split the difference. Let me know if my thought process needs some adjustment.
I really didn't decide on this approach as a shortcut by any means, but that it was in my amateur opinion the process that would yield me, with my limited skills, the best results. I used the rockers as a mini test, the drivers side was all butt welds, the passenger was a lap weld. I found out quickly that lap welds were much easier for me to control.
Really good to know about tacking it in place as work on the fitment. I was thinking I needed to have it perfect before welding. Once I have the final cut I'll do this as needed.
Here is a pic to help with my description. Again, advice is greatly appreciated.
