poortecher Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 So, after a long, long intermission due to financial crap, I've finally made some progress. I finished up replacing the floorpans with 18 ga sheet and patched the rust in the A-pillar. I also made a set of pete paraska-esque subframe connectors out of 2x3 0.090 wall tubing. Coming up are a set of MMS coilovers, vented 4x4 front disc and 240sx rear disc, and getting my hands on an R-200. Then I can save for my transmission and buy the JTR engine mounts and make a trans crossmember. P.S. Are the dogleg panels a real pain to replace and get right? Both of mine are rusted, and I am debating whether to replace them myself so I can rustproof behind them. I'm just worried about it coming out looking like a hack job. Anyway, onto the pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickiewicked240z Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 the good old days of removing the rust. same techniq i used when replacing the door pillar rust holes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8_DatZun Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 nice progress! i know what you mean about financial crap... lol im just waiting for a spare 200 bucks to get my tranny fixed.. *UGH* stupid money issues.. its all part of it though man.. ***EDIT*** is your car on your freakin back balcony?? that pic looks crazy! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Fom looking at the work you've already done I think the dog legs will be no problem. Dragonfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 When I did the dog legs on mine I used magnets to hold the pieces in place because there are not any "good" spots to clamp the parts in place for welding. Dragonfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poortecher Posted June 19, 2007 Author Share Posted June 19, 2007 DatZun- no, it's on the RV parking on the side of my house. My firebird lives in the garage, so the Z gets stuck outside for now. Dragonfly- when you replaced your doglegs, did you use a hole punching tool and re-make the factory spot welds, or did you just weld along the flange, such as at the pinch weld or in the wheel well Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfly Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I did mine the hard way... I took a piece of flat steel cut it to shape, spent hours forming it then I held it in place with magnets in order to put a few spot welds on it. After that I brazed it into place in a buttweld fashion so there is no acual overlap of the piece I made and the clean steel of the original body. It is difficult to do but if you work it out ahead of time you can "hammer weld" part of the job which means less grinding and blending after the part is fully welded/brazed in place. Dragonfly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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