Picked up the sway bar reinforcement plates from MM.
I figured...now that I have a welder I might as well weld some stuff in
I figured...now that I have a welder I might as well weld some stuff in
Damn fine welder there! Matches your car Mike!Bottle showed up, along with other welding odds and ends. So yeah...$800 or so later im ready to weld.
Did some quick trial welds. Welding with gas is much easier than flux. Better looking welds, less splatter, and I didn’t burn through!
Now to find time to start welding in the panels. I really want to get the pass side done by this weekend
Wish I would have used gas, but glad to see yours coming out nice.
The gas made a huge difference. Was actually surprised how much so. Flux core seemed “hot” no matter how low I turned the power down. With gas, it seemed to penetrate easier with less burn through. Once I got the power and speed figured it, it was easy. Was worth the bottle purchase for sure.
I made notes on my settings. One setting to weld, and then a slightly weaker setting to fill the couple burned through spots where my panel gap was a little big.
I plan to grind the welds on the side just for appearance, but likely leave them in place underneath. Glad I started on the easy side.
Hate to say it, but it was actually fun. I’m probably going to end up filling holes now and definitely will be welding in my subframes myself.
The gas made a huge difference. Was actually surprised how much so. Flux core seemed “hot” no matter how low I turned the power down. With gas, it seemed to penetrate easier with less burn through. Once I got the power and speed figured it, it was easy. Was worth the bottle purchase for sure.
I made notes on my settings. One setting to weld, and then a slightly weaker setting to fill the couple burned through spots where my panel gap was a little big.
I plan to grind the welds on the side just for appearance, but likely leave them in place underneath. Glad I started on the easy side.
Hate to say it, but it was actually fun. I’m probably going to end up filling holes now and definitely will be welding in my subframes myself.
The subframes were the only thing I really hated doing, but mainly just because of the angles and getting the welds right while laying on my back with the car not quite high enough.
I've used a bunch of can's of that on mine... still have some in the basement, I still need to treat the rocker area's, will do that in a couple weeks, I'm going to spray it into any area I can't get too... I've done several coats on my frame rails already.Also picked up some of this stuff to spray inside when done
Oh, i'm sure it won't be fun. I dispise anything to do while laying on my back under a car.
Still, I was all set to drop the car off at a local shop to have them done. Now, given my investment in the welder, I should actually use the thing. My confidence is going up the more I use it. I spend my evenings watching YouTube vids on MIG welding sheet metal and various techniques and angles. It's been a good skill to learn.
I would have loved to have kept going and finish the rail, but i need to grind the welds down a bit where the frame rail peices is going to patch into place for clearance. I may even add some small stitch welds to the backside of the tower and start working on filling holes.
I'm not going to fill EVERY hole. I'll just focus ont he ones on the towers where you will see the swiss-cheese look plain as day and some of the holes on the aprons. I plan on running a stock Airbox and battery in stock location otherwise i would have gone with the scott rod aprons. I'm not building a show car, just a clean driver. But...while i'm here
As clean as the black LX is, I'd have never guessed.
Here's a geewiz question:
Where do you all generally buy your sheet metal from? It seems like Home Depot is probably not the way to go if doing these kinds of things regularly.
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