NONHOG
equal opportunity car guy
- Joined
- Oct 3, 2008
- Location
- Tucson ish
Be sure to buy a spotweld cutter and a body saw.
Your piece of mind will thank you.
Cut the extraneous pieces off the replacement to get an idea of where the spotwelds are and how it goes together. You can then remove the quarter off the car much more easily.
Spot weld cutter is on my list. Body saw, air saw? https://www.amazon.com/s?k=air+saw&...825860&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_6cpi2w5dct_e
also on my list.
Just bought a cordless sawzall for the PnP car (RIP) it'll still come in handy. Used a plug in sawzall in Eugene as well as one of my HF death wheel. So nasty sounding compared to my "stay at home" DeWalt.
I figured the same, take apart the "new" pieces and use each in part or whole when reconstructing the car.
According to one of my favorite books "Keys to metal bumping" the old one is fixable.
According to my logic and how I have limited experience its nice to have the extra piece.
Either way I'm not scared. I probably should be.