# Welding a floor **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 11, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-a-floor/166417 "2004-05-11T22:53:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-a-floor/166417/1 "2004-05-11T22:53:07Z")
Before I do anything else on the Swift, I need to patch up the rocker panels and floor. Anyone know the best way to go about this? I was told to use 22 gauge sheetmetal for the hole in the floor. How about the rockers? This is going to be my first time using a MIG welder… i’ll bet i fuck something up. ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-a-floor/166417/2 "2004-05-12T04:34:43Z")
cut patches out of ur old hood!!! ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-a-floor/166417/3 "2004-05-12T07:32:16Z")
> [@Pewterss](#): > > cut patches out of ur old hood!!! no way… that hood is thinner than paper. i’ll drop a quarter on the floor and it’ll go straight through! ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-a-floor/166417/4 "2004-05-12T07:36:02Z")
on the rockers!!!its the same metal!!! ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-a-floor/166417/5 "2004-05-12T07:37:19Z")
> [@Pewterss](#): > > on the rockers!!!its the same metal!!! are you sure? my hood is very cheap… it flaps in the wind. ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-a-floor/166417/6 "2004-05-12T07:39:58Z")
yes!!! ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 7:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-a-floor/166417/7 "2004-05-12T07:42:15Z")
ok!!! i’ll try that. thanks! ---
**Author:** ![8Grand](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/8grand/32/5940_2.png) [@8Grand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/8Grand)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-a-floor/166417/8 "2004-05-12T14:11:45Z")
if not 18g sheet metal will work. MAKE SURE ITS NOT GAVLANIZED! Welding galv w/o griding off the dull cover that well, galvanizes the metal will produce a toxic gas… I tried practice welding on my old CRX hood. on the lowest mig setting it went right thru!.. so 16 or 18g steel(you can get at Home Depo) will work… I was gonna do this to my old 85 Si, but the rockers were eaten and not worth the money to sink into them. ---
**Author:** ![imported\_gearhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_gearhead/32/5957_2.png) [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-a-floor/166417/9 "2004-05-12T14:57:37Z")
mmmmmmmmm…toxic galvanized metal gases…mmmmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-a-floor/166417/10 "2004-05-12T19:11:02Z")
couldnt you use rivets as well? ---
**Author:** ![Pewter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pewter/32/5936_2.png) [@Pewter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pewter)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2004, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-a-floor/166417/11 "2004-05-12T20:23:59Z")
> [@Darkstar](#): > > couldnt you use rivets as well? no,it will turn shitty if u do!!! ---
**Author:** ![imported\_SINISTER](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sinister/32/5970_2.png) [@imported\_SINISTER](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_SINISTER)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/welding-a-floor/166417/12 "2004-05-13T05:35:56Z")
> [@8Grand](#): > > if not 18g sheet metal will work. MAKE SURE ITS NOT GAVLANIZED! > > Welding galv w/o griding off the dull cover that well, galvanizes the metal will produce a toxic gas… > > I tried practice welding on my old CRX hood. on the lowest mig setting it went right thru!.. so 16 or 18g steel(you can get at Home Depo) will work… I was gonna do this to my old 85 Si, but the rockers were eaten and not worth the money to sink into them. x2!! works good did that one the rear quater on my crx! bent and formed that shit on my legs and tacked that bitch up there with a lil sheet of copper behind it so it didnt warp the metal on the car—bending and tacking like paullie!