[HWYSTR455]

So my buddy came over and welded the smoothie plate in today. Only took minor doctoring, a few slight high spots, and a little trimming of the panel. Held it up there and started tacking it into place.

He did like 4-6 inch spacing between the welds, started at one side, and worked his way towards the center of the firewall. That he said would prevent having the panel under any kind of tension.

Once he made a pass, he went back and started filling in the spaces. Hit it with a grinder with a course sanding disc on it, ground the welds down some, checked for open areas, and hit any remaining.

He's going to come back on night this week and do a slight bit of filler, sand it out slightly, and it will be ready for seam sealer and paint.

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