What is the best way to weld on rear 1/4s? I'm having a friend weld mine on as soon as I get them and just wanted to know. Also How to remove the old 1/4s and where do you cut them?

 

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I would say that if you have no experience in welding body panels you let someone who does, do it, or bring it to a body shop. It's very easy to mess up the thin metal if you don't know what you're doing.
Just my .02 cents.
PS try finding a copy of the Helms "CRX body work manual"

 

TIG welding... its the cleanest way... the hardest way... so you better practice

 

Like I said I have a friend that welds that gonna do it for free I was Mostly just wondering about the how and how much it would cost to get mine cut off.

 

I posted this in a thread a few weeks ago in the appearance forum becaues i was doing this for the first time. I didn't want to cut and weld the whole panel because i didn't want to have to make sure the whole thing was on right and i wasn't sacraficing the rigidity of the car so i just cut out patch pieces. I welded this side by just cutting the patch piece perfectly to size but i learned it's easier to cut it a little bigger and weld it from behind the existing body panel. Then just fill the area will filler where the transition is. It looks a lot better now since being filled and sanded down.

Here she is....

Before
http://phillyshack.com/vince/g...1.JPG

After some work (BY THAT I MEAN DOZENS OF HOURS lol)...
http://phillyshack.com/vince/g...3.JPG
http://phillyshack.com/vince/g...0.JPG
http://phillyshack.com/vince/g...1.JPG
Still need to work on this one, ouch
http://phillyshack.com/vince/g...6.JPG
And here's my new pistons just for fun
http://phillyshack.com/vince/g...2.JPG

Hopefully i did this pic thing alright...

Vince


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heres 20.

 

dang computer isn't cooperating with digi cam right now...i don't know if those pics help but feel free to ask me any questions. This was my first time and i may not have done it perfectly but hopefully it will help.

Vince

 

well i thought u might have posted a pic of your car in the worst 1/4 post and there it was but there wasn't a finished product. Got any other pics? Just wondering I have The known too well 56k so is there anyway you can get them smaller?