anyone know how much to replace pinch welds, one of myn is horrible and the other seemed fine but F*8 bent when i jacked it up the other day its def time for new ones rofl

 

pinch weld? is this the same as a spot weld, or im i lost

 

 

 

so what is a pinch weld? im from a long line of sheet metal workers and none of them know what that is.

 

It would be a protruding body seam that is "pinched" together and spot-welded.

 

We have pinch welds ive been lifting the car on the subframes

 

ahhh that would make sence...thxs for the clarifacation

 

the pinch weld is the area underneath the car between the rocker and floor. the metal looks pinched together

Why do you want to replace this?

I have seen cars bottom out and mangle up this area pretty bad and every body shop wants to repair this. very easy to straighten and will look brand new with a little time spent with mr. hammer and mrs. dolly.


any way to post a pic to show us how bad it is

 

well ill grab a picture tomrow, heh basicly its rotted out bad on one side and all deformed in the front the back is fine, on the other side its better but on its way out

i wanna get it replaced and painted up before the rust spreads

 

I too want to know how to fix this. some jack *** lifted my car up with a fork lift to move it and crinkled mine. they have no rust but theres no way to get inside them to pop them out. he dented my floor pan too. luckily this was a day before i got it or he would be dead.

 

couldnt get the pics today guys was pouring ill try to have em tomrow, but its sposed to rain all week end :/

 

ya man, this rain blows. I was trying to drive on the highway earlier tonight... I couldn't even see where the white lines were.

 

Tell me about it i tried to race a Z06 and couldnt because it started to kick sideways in 2nd. I know i would have taken him too I was starting to pull on him in 2nd till she broke loose at 5krpm.

I will try to get pics of my pinch welds too Theres leafs and **** suck up inside of it. I seemed to find a flaw in the design because my inside of my fenders are packed with leafs and so are my rockers. looks like a compost pile.

 

i just got through straighting mine out and patching the rust that was behind there, then i get a screw in a tire last night and i took it to pepboys since they were the only one open and just about went balistic on the kid that went to jack it up by the pinch weld

 

haha, i woulda killed him to even i know when ever you can jack something by the frame you should not to mention im sure he coulda seen that it didnt look to stable

trying to grab those pics, rain has stopped for liek 20 mins ( now watch ill step outside and itll start again)

 

just a quick message to everyone that reads this post- NEVER lift your f-body by the pinchweld! You're taking a big chance that they'll crumple. There are plenty of good lifting points to use. You can use the k-member or A-arms up front and the rear axle or just in front of the rear control arms in the back. And if you have properly installed subframe connectors, you can use those too.