Welding torque boxes...tips?

Originally posted by Coupe50h
Ok thanks simi, good info, i for sure dont want my baby catching fire.
But where would i put these brackets if i had them? outside of the box? weld too the floor? i can take my back seat out i guess, not hard right? this guy is know to be able to weld some thin stuff, i trust the floor wont glow too much and catch fire, will he need to get in the car and weld? or can i just weld some brackets from bottom? i guess i need to look at it with the seat out.......anymore info welcome....

As for the back seat...I don't think it should be difficult to remove. My car has a salvage title so some things were a little funky with the interior, because when the car was originally stolen, they ripped out the interior & stole the wheels. At least it wasn't in an accident though! Back to the subject...the bottom of the my backseat just lifts out on my car! There's nothing connecting it. The seat belts are bolted down though, so passengers are safe. So all I had to was pull it out. But I can't imagine it being all that difficult. I've had most of my interior out at one time or another...and it's not that difficult at all. The guy may have to do some welding inside your car...but if he's good at welding on thin metal...then maybe he won't burn any little holes right through into the backseat. It happened a couple of times on me, but wasn't a big deal. I just did a little more welding from inside to assure eveything was welded up good. As for where to put the brackets...you are just going to have to look underneath your car real good and you can pretty much figure out where the brackets should go. Basically all around the torque boxes themselves. On the bottom of the boxes, the sides...anywhere where you think it will help reinforce the boxes. Sorry I don't have any pictures for you. I did mine about 6 years ago actually. I used an old issue of MM&FF where they made their own brackets. They only used 3 per side. I took it a step further and figured where to put a 4th one that helped beef things up even more. Maybe you could do a search on their website for the article?? Not sure if they have old issues from that many years ago readable from the website though. Good luck.