Hi Guys,

 

While I was working on the car last nite I found some ugly spots of rust above the fire wall near the air vents behind the bonnet. :lolcry:

 

I'm looking to weld them up tomorrow but unsure where to buy some steel plate offcuts and what kind of metal plates to use.

 

I looking to cut out the cancer and I'll be using my Mig welder to install new plates.

 

What sort of metal sheets are best to use?

 

Cheers

 

Vinnie

jst use car panels? that way it'll be the same thickness.

as in spare quarters from another car or something?

thats what i used for my rust repairs

Look up steel supplies in Google/yellow pages, they will have basic mild steel sheet stock.

 

Ask them if they've got any scrap pieces in funny shapes, I picked up a funny Z shaped sheet of 1.6 the other day which would make a hell of a lot of patch panels for cars. Cost me 10 bucks.

 

Measure the thickness of your panels, I'd be guessing that it's most likely 1mm or 1.2mm thick. Try and get the same.

jst use car panels? that way it'll be the same thickness.

as in spare quarters from another car or something?

thats what i used for my rust repairs

 

Thanks greenmac, Thats being resourseful.

 

I don't have any spare care panels but I found a place in locally that sell mild steel off cuts. They seemed to be pretty helpful.

Yeh, I'd rather start with a flat piece and shape it to the curve you need, rather than start with one curve and try shape to another.

Yeh, I'd rather start with a flat piece and shape it to the curve you need, rather than start with one curve and try shape to another.

 

As you said Philbey, a sheet of 2mm mild steel cost me 10 bucks exactly. and is a pretty big sheet.

 

I welded up one hole and it worked well.

 

Cheers

2mm?!?!? Jebus. these things are only made out of 0.8mm - 1mm.

 

Zinc annealed is apparantly the stuff cars are made out of. doesnt ripple as much as normal mild steel when pressed into shapes.

 

I'll be using 0.8 or 1mm for when i blank out my rear side windows.