i've got my DC4 with holes in the hatch
one of the previous owners put a type R replica wing on it with a 3rd brake light
i dont like it so i want to remove it, but without a stock LS wing i'd rather just go without one

how much should it cost to get it welded up at a shop? if i have it all stripped down and just bring my car in?
i'm looking for them to just weld it, they dont have to paint it or anything

i would weld it myself, but i dont have a welder (anyone suggest a budget MIG welder?) and my garage isn't wired for one yet

 

I wouldn't think any more than $50. Its pretty simple to do, you just have to keep the heat down to not warp the panel.

I would get a small miller mig welder. I have a little miller 90 that I bought along time ago for 150$, we use it all the time.

Most little mig machines are 115v, so you can just plug it into a normal house outlet or run it off an extension cord.

 

hmm, might have to look into getting a 115v welder then.
i took a class on automotive welding a couple semesters ago, but i couldn't really seem to get the hang of welding on thin metal. I would burn through it a lot of times when welding from bottom to top, but not so much when going top to bottom
think i should still try and give it a go?

 

I've done this on two of my hatches, cut a thin gauge piece of metal out that fills up the hole, then just pull the trigger on the welder real quick (almost like a spot weld) and just keep doing that around the whole hole. after a couple zaps put a wet rag on it to cool it off then continue.

 

or use a backing pad as a heatsink. a decent sized peice of copper works great as a steel weld wont stick to it.

 

and i just use a piece of steel for the filler material? do i have to cut a chunk out? or could i just use the welding wire itself to fill it?

and by decent sized do you mean wide? or just thick enough to suck up the heat?