My spare tire area is pretty badly rusted - I'm curious if anyone knows if a company makes a replacement. I've seen some floorpan replacements, but never the spare tire floor area.

Thanks!

 

I don't think they are. I went to the U-pull it with my cordless sawzall and cut out what I needed. If you do that just make sure the piece you cut is larger than you need. It's easier to trim it down than it is to add metal. The hardest part for me was making the patch piece fit the hole or making the hole fit the patch.

This is what I had.


Here it is all cut out. I welded in some tabs to help with fitment.


Here is the patch all trimed and ready to be welded in. I kept the spare tire bracket in place to help hold in the correct location on the car.

 

if you wanna buy it used (perfect condition) let me know i have a car that has it just send me a pic of what u have to see if its the same and make offer ill separate it on the spot welds.

 

Here it is all welded in. You have to tack weld it, making sure to stagger your tacks in order to avoid too much heat, which could result in warping. It looks ugly but you grind the welds anyway. As you can see I started grinding the welds... nice and smooth.


I miss cut the bottom. No worries, it won't be seen so I added a little filler strip

 

i wouldnt have chosen those welding point but Looks GREAT for some one that doesnt do body work for a living

 

Here it is all burned in. I was careful in grinding the welds so I wouldn't need very much body filler. Just a real thin skim coat is all I'll need.


Here it is all primed and ready to go.



Hope this helps give you an idea as to what's involved. By the way, I just do body work as a hobby and I am not a professional. It's not that hard, just a little practice and some tools. I made some mistakes along the way but learned alot.

 

Thanks! I thought it came out pretty good. Not sure what the "text book" repair for this was, but It's good enough for me and you can't tell it was repaired.

 

Ok.

 

niiiiiice than u need the floor and part of the quarter panel that means you are gonna have to do something like RAD5 did do you have a welder and compressor with grinder and cutoff tools?

 

Yup, all of the above. I'm ready!

 

ok. let me take a pic right now of what i have and you decide if you want it

 

K....

 

whats ur email so i can send u the pics theyre heavy so i cant post them here

 

You've got a PM.

 

pics sent let me know

 

juanillox8
Do you happen to have the inner wheelhousing in the same area available. I have a similar problem, but also a fist size hole in the back side of the wfeelhoysing that I need to repair.
You can email me at pshelc@comcast.net

 

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