Rear Quarter Panel Replacement?, Any info is appreciated Options

[Special_Edy]

Hello all, Im going out to zfjohnsons house this weekend, and may end up with a straight driver-side rear quarter panel. Theres alot I dont know about this so before I get into it I thought it would be a good time to ask some questions.

Is there an optimal place to cut? Should I try to cut along welds and where do I chop the pillars.

Should I grind the seam welds off or Sawzall it?

Is there a better blade for my reciprocating saw than a 24tpi?

How much is it going to cost to have it welded into my car? Assuming I remove the old quarter panel and trim/prep everything so its ready to weld in.

What is the best coating I can put over the bare welds? I have grinders, a sander, a buffer, some HVLP spray guns and Im damn good with a rattle can. What do I need to do to protect the metal?


I found this sticky, 6GC Collision Manual , and it seemed like it was missing alot of pages from the manual. Also, the resolution was too low to read some of the finer details. Does anyone have a .pdf of this maybe?

Anykind of feedback is greatly appreciated.

[czwalga]

Hmm.

The wheel arch is tricky, the unibody is welded together which ends up forming the wheel well arch. There's two or three pieces of sheet metal that merge together.


What I would do, which is not necessarily the correct way, but would be the easiest and probably cheapest... if you can go to a pic-a-part and cut out that back section, under and to the back of the gas filler. Weld that part in, then bondo the rest. Hard to tell from the pics, but if that fold going around the wheel well sticks out further than the lines of the car you can even tap it back in so you could sand the bondo down to the lines of the car.

Replacing the entire rear quarter is not an easy task, but if you actually ordered the quarter you'd at least know what the piece your installing looks like, so you'd know exactly what needs done