Josh,
Weld a steel brace (strap) under each side.
Kevin V.
Josh wrote:
>I need some advice on the front footwell area. I cut out the old floor (what
>was left) and made new panels from 20 ga steel. I welded these in tonite, but
>I clearly should have used thicker sheet metal. THe problem is that the center
>area will "depress or flex" however you define it, a bit. This is
>disappointing, I spent forever cutting these!
>
>Options:
>
>1 Cut out the "new" floor, get thicker steel re-do with 16 ga.
>2 Cut out new floor fire up VIsa, get the full floor panels and just cut off
>the footwell part
>3 Leave the new panels, skim coat the whole footwell floor with west systems
>epoxy to stiffen
>4 Forget about it put floor mat down
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