Floor Pan Sheet Metal Thickness

Also the rocker panels are galvanized be aware of the fumes when welding or grinding galvanized fumes are dangerous.

Floor pan sheet metal thickness. What thickness or gauge is standard automotive sheetmetal on american vehicles such as a door skin or fender skin. If it s not more than a couple of years just plate over. Npd has what you need to restore your piece of american history to its full glory. You need to hold the tip favoring the thicker metal to get even pentration when using disimilar thicknesses.

Replacing the floor pans on my 240z with 20 gauge and it looks to be the exact same gauge as datsun used. The metal sandwiched together on the bottom inside of the rocker panels some of it is 060 and 040 thick so when you re working different panels and braces be aware you have different thickness s of sheet metal. This cuts down on the warp factor of the sheet metal. With floor pans warping is not nearly as much of an issue so you can weld a little closer than 3 inches.

Link to post share on other sites. Thanks for any info. The tables in my texts and on the machine reference gauge. Floor pan lh 73 91 blazer suburban 73 87 c k pickup.

Floor pan lh 73 91 blazer suburban 73 87 c k pickup 0 reviews. Is the sheet metal of your 1960 1976 mopar damaged. Write first review description. Do you have dents dings rust or other damage to your mopar s door shells fenders hoods or any other sheet metal.

Welding solid bead will likely lead. If you are overlaying the sheet metal you can use the 16 which is easier to find around here. I m practicing up on my mig and am trying to determine settings using er70 6s and c25. Agree with tim on riding that thicker piece of sheet metal and momentarily dipping onto that thinner gauge for a deposit.

I also like a fabricated flange to frame the sheet. 0 8mm to 1 0mm would be my guess for thickness.