Due to the weak design of the S13 chassis and the few small bits of rust in the car I decided I wanted to stiffen the old shell up. I already had the motor out so figured it wouldnt be too much more work.
I started off by scraping/sanding/wire wheeling all the old gap sealer out of the joins in the tops of the strut towers and inside the wheel arches after removing the coilovers to make access easier.
Once I had all the old sealant out I had my best mate come over to start welding it all up. We decided multiple spot welds would be better than stitch welding due to the heat involved in stitch welding and not wanting to twist the chassis.
I would take a guess that there would be around 200 extra spot welds now in the front of the car. This should stiffen it up quite substantially.
Once we finished welding we primed the area to stop any more rust
Then the part i didnt like, we refilled the gaps with gap sealer. I dont like this as it covered all the spot welds so unless you really look you cant tell the car has had many hours work put into stiffening it up but atleast it will stop moisture getting in gaps and rusting it from the inside out.
Once we had sealed it all back up we resprayed inside the wheel arches black again. The engine bay will stay in primer for now as I will be respraying the engine bay shortly.
Thats all for today. Will have more updates shortly. This time ill try to make them less than 12 months apart!
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