Cleaned the other half of the grill. So shiny.
Found a dent under some bondo. I'm going to leave it. As with every other dent that isn't structural, it adds character.
More of the tailgate plate for greater firewall reinforcement. This piece will be welded on the passenger compartment side. Started, as before, with some spray paint to mark my holes.
Drilled them out so that I know for sure that the pedal assembly will mount up accurately. I wasn't happy with how I aligned the holes from the engine-side, so this should work better.
Scrubbed and ready for fitment.
A rough draft, with the same paint-to-find-holes as before. I was then able to drill a few big ones that will help hold the plate to the tub's existing firewall.
I had to remove some of the bedliner, but I'm okay with that. I'll just primer it later with some of the black epoxy primer from TCP Global.
I bolted the plate in place to get it and the firewall as close as I could to weld them together.
Perimeter welds. and some of the plug welds done.
Partly welded and ground smooth.
Just about done.
It was tough to get the grinder up in here, but I was able to do decent enough job. I have to make sure nothing is proud of the plate and may cause brake pedal assembly misalignment.
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