Yeah baby! It's done! And this was the LAST (planned) panel replacement, a milestone for me!
Because I had forgotten to take measurements before I removed the panel I had to take a load of measurements to figure out the best position for my replacement:
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In the end I had it positioned just fine:
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My stacked-hole plug welding technique also proved to work quite well:
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I won't show every one of the 60 plug welds I had to make but the result is a very well fitting and well positioned new battery tray apron:
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This job concludes a three year proces of replacing large body panels: taillight panel, trunk corners, trunk drop-offs, quarters and wheel well edges, 2 half floors, corners of the lower cowl panel and finally the battery tray apron. In between there were some other odd jobs, the biggest one was building (from scratch) and adding the subframe connectors.
Now it's time to get all the holes I won't be using anymore filled up and maybe see if I can tuck the rear bumper. After that the car will need to be made ready for the dipper!
Stay tuned....