Compared to some of you. I spent some time installing the toe panel. I warn you the following pics are not pretty. This is my first time with sheet metal.

Made a poster board template and went from there cutting the panel. My welds aren't so hot or pretty.

Some grinding.

A small patch on the left side inner rocker and some weld through primer in case I am not done.

Next the floor pan, but not tomorrow. Calling for 3-5 inches of snow tomorrow. No garage yet and just got done with 20 inches from the day after Christmas. Where's my garage?!

 

Looks great, you kidding me. Please never look under my car at the snotty welds when I put my subframe connectors in. Welds get better over time, sheet metal is a tough place to start.

 

Looks great. Nice work! I feel for you having to work out in the cold. When's garage coming?

 

Thanks folks. I guess it's like steak cookin on a grill. It always smells better coming from someone else's back yard.

I would hope the garage is coming soon, but if it snows they won't make the trip up from the Carolinas. People tell me to call, but I did before Christmas and they said 2-6 weeks.

My knees are shot. Sucks getting old.

 

My rear welds went so much better than my front pan welds or at least I think so. I stitch welded the rear, working in one location and then jumping to another. Is that the way you are supposed to do it. I then ground down the welds.

 

Looks better than my welds! Haha

 

Looks good..

 

You can get by with less stitch welding and more constant welding here. The thickness of the floors along with the contours reduce the warpage as well as hide any that does occur. Knowing this can keep from out of the nut house a bit longer.

 

Use a flashlight and a helper to check for pinholes. It helps if it isn't too bright out.

For added frustration, try grinding it down to make it look like it was never replaced.

Then take a screwdriver and shove it into your eye. It's kinda the same feeling.

 

Always fun

I really hate it when I grind through my weld and have to redo it. Most of the time though it just shows I did a bad job in the first place, lol.