a lot of places will tack or screw or rivet in some sheet metal and bondo out the rest, they believe it’s strong enough to hold it so there’s no point doing a full bead
I chopped out a secion of wheel-well/floor-pan right behind the pedals and down a few inches at the floor, big enough to easily stick my head through, I welded in new heavier guage metal with angle-iron welded to the frame to support it where I had removed all the sheet
after welding it in complete top to bottom, there were two spots that were leaky, one because it was a deep corner, the other because I ran out of gas and mig without gas sucks ass… I ran over the whole welded area on the outside with brushable seam sealer and then the asphalt undercoat… turned out very nice, you can beat on it with a sledge and nothing happens it’s that strong and tight
…then 2 months later the other wheel well fell out haha
Then, when it turns out it is possible, you add an opinion like you know what you’re talking about.
THEN you actually feel smarter.
But who now has a rust-free $600, e-tested 240SX?
There’s nothing wrong with Bondo, there’s nothing wrong with rivets.
You all want a $10,000 frame off resto for free. Actually no, you want to be paid so that someone else has the privilege, nay, the honor to touch your Ferrari-Nissan-ghini.
And welding heavier gauge metal to existing thin and oxidized sheet metal is in no way going to make anything stronger. Also, if you’re afraid of your floor flexing, you have more rust than your conscious mind is willing to admit.
holy smokes ppl, stop complaining about the guys car. In the pics, the car is looking great after the body work. even if it was all bondo and some metal, 300 is still a steal, just look at the results!! the car isn’t going to break in half, nor does those spots even help with structure anyways. let the guy enjoy his rust bucket. i rather see one resurrect from the dead than see it go to the junkyard.
Having actually removed and replaced rocker panels on an S14, I can tell you that if you have holes, your better off replacing the whole panel, because the inner rocker will also be rusty poopy, and that rocker panel is also rusting from the inside out,
so in places it will be thin enough to puncture with a pencil (more than likely)
I had a set bent up from 18 guage galvanized and took care of the inner rocker to more less solve the issue, I haven’t tried but I’d bet with the new rocker I could lift 2 tires off the ground with 1 jacking point near the centre of the rocker, without damaging the rocker.