Hi guys,
I bought a '89 Toyota MR2 a few months back that had been sitting and found that it has quite a lot of rust, the worst of which is on the front chasis rails right where the control arm mounts.
My experience in welding is quite limited, I had a cheap gassless mig years ago that I did a little bit with and have since bought a Wolf 140 that I havnt used a whole lot yet. I'm in no rush to get this done though, so if it takes a few months of learning first then I'm fine with that.
I've managed to find a breaker that has what looks like a decent condition chasis he will cut the front section off for me, but I need advice on what the best way to weld this to my existing frame would be.
I have read varying posts on the internet about cutting the box section sort of like a step so that there is more surface area in the weld as well as slipping a smaller peice of box section inside the chasis to back it for additional strength. What do you guys think of this?
Any advice would be great
Here are some pictures:
The drivers side is not as bad but still not good. I'm unsure if I should just replace tho whole thing on this side, or maybe just try and replace the bottom half of the rail where the rust is?
Heres a reference for where the rust is on the car. the rust goes for about 5" after that hole you can see here.
Thanks
I bought a '89 Toyota MR2 a few months back that had been sitting and found that it has quite a lot of rust, the worst of which is on the front chasis rails right where the control arm mounts.
My experience in welding is quite limited, I had a cheap gassless mig years ago that I did a little bit with and have since bought a Wolf 140 that I havnt used a whole lot yet. I'm in no rush to get this done though, so if it takes a few months of learning first then I'm fine with that.
I've managed to find a breaker that has what looks like a decent condition chasis he will cut the front section off for me, but I need advice on what the best way to weld this to my existing frame would be.
I have read varying posts on the internet about cutting the box section sort of like a step so that there is more surface area in the weld as well as slipping a smaller peice of box section inside the chasis to back it for additional strength. What do you guys think of this?
Any advice would be great
Here are some pictures:
The drivers side is not as bad but still not good. I'm unsure if I should just replace tho whole thing on this side, or maybe just try and replace the bottom half of the rail where the rust is?
Heres a reference for where the rust is on the car. the rust goes for about 5" after that hole you can see here.
Thanks