I plan to do it in by bringing the stripes from the top and bottom of the rear window and splitting them in the middle leaving the trunk black and roof white. the stripes will just be a little thinner.
Progress from tonight!
Started to repair the pass. frame rail. I am going to go into detail as some people have been asking for a write-up on how to do this.
You will need the following tools:
Grinder (4 1/2" electric or 3"air) with cut off wheel and flap disc
(an air powered right angle grinder w/roloc discs is helpful but not necessary)
Drill
combination square
tape measure
sharpie marker
Spot weld cutter
drill bits 1/8 & 5/16"
center punch
hammer
cold chisel
weld through primer
welder
safety gear
Step one . Determine how much rail you are going to cut out and mark it with the square and sharpie. Using the grinder cut on the lines being careful to only cut through the outer skin at the top of the rail by the cap and inner fender.
Step two. Then take the flap disc and lightly grind on the top of the rail inside and outside to reveal the spot welds. Center punch the spot welds and cut them out with the spot weld cutter and drill, again being careful to not go all the way through, just through the first layer. With the chisel and hammer pry the still attached areas of the spot welds off. An old gasket scraper makes a good chisel for doing this as it is thin and doesn't bend the heck out of the parts you are trying to keep.
Step three. Your rail should now look like this:
measure the opening and cut a piece of Sway bar reinforcement 1 1/2 to 2 inches longer. If your rust goes farther down the front of the car and there is not enough reinforcement to overlap on both sides I'll show you how to fix that when I get to the driver's side.
Grind a large radius on the front side of the longer leg of the reinforcement as shown in the above pic. this will allow you to slide the reinforcement into the frame rail.Test fit the reinforcement piece, there should be 3/4-1 inch overlap inside the rail on each side. with the reinforcement removed, drill 7 5/16" holes in each side of the frame rail about 1/4-3/8" away from the edge of the opening(see above pic). 2 holes on the outside of the rail, 2 holes on the bottom, and 3 on the engine compartment side.
Step four. Prime the Reinforcement with weld through primer and plug weld the 14 holes.
That's all the further I got tonight, Stay tuned!
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