GSX Body - Floorpan Support Repair

[@Pu7Vk3rz]

Pre-video like and comment because I already know I’m gonna enjoy it!

[@Jafromobile]

Awwww! Are you sure? Now you won't have one left to give me at the end of it!!!? :P Everyone has two hands, they should give us two...

[@malkierie]

Ooohhh a way to clean up my GTI!!

[@whoismario]

I would say 100% of DSMs need this.

[@Jafromobile]

Oddly my Galant does not. And all the Galant owners will remind me they're not DSMs and insist you're right.

[@mikescherrer4923]

Both of mine sure do. 😅

[@aserta]

You can reuse the studs if you make a small form die (two pieces of metal with a hole down the middle, slightly smaller than the stud size and a punch with a round, concave hole in it). Heat the stud, smack it with the hammer on the punch and you'll get a new head. You can do this at least 3 times before the slide hammer won't work anymore, or you can reuse these as filler until the welder doesn't engage right.

[@Jafromobile]

I thought about doing that, but I had a dozen left of each type by the time I was done. I can get bags of these things cheap, nearby where I live, and that's what stopped me. You're totally right! This sure beats the method I had to use on my Toyota truck back in 1992, where you had to drill a hole, thread a screw through it and slide hammer with that. It made much bigger holes to fill, and this was WAY easier!

[@arva1kes]

@@Jafromobile Even your comments sound exactly like you talk in the videos. Flowing so great.

[@Jafromobile]

@@arva1kes lol! I know, I talk way too much!

[@crackpotfox]

Thanks for showing me how to fix my teenage screwups :/ i'm no IT guy, but i am still 27, and your videos help alleviate my quarter life crisis i've been having :)

[@barnhouseinc]

Why Jafro?? WHY?? Why would you release a new video when We are at work!!! You’re putting all of us through hell!! 😅 cant wait to watch it today!!

[@Jafromobile]

I tried to upload it during everyone's commute! ;)

[@barnhouseinc]

@@Jafromobile Well all I have to say it was worth the wait.😀 How many Studs did you end up using?

[@Jafromobile]

@@barnhouseinc Just about all of them that it came with. I have around a dozen of each size left, but I've got no more dents to pull with it! You can get about 500 of either size for between $15-20 in stores or shipped to your door, and I used nowhere near that many.

[@Jafromobile]

It comes with 200.

[@Jim_M_75]

Lovely job Jafro, it is a nice feeling to repair "mistakes" on your pride and joy, even when only you know the mistake. A new viewer would probably think "why the heck do you care, no one can see it?" but those of us who've followed for years and share the same bug fully understand.

[@carpetbomberz]

Fixing past transgressions! Yes. The best fixes. 👍

[@Jafromobile]

Feels good man... feels good!

[@HUBBABUBBADOOPYDOOP]

Must be so sweet having the use of a garage. Having severe mobility issues with one arm precludes me from using or needing a lift; I'm better on my back anyway (that's what I tell her). I'll be doing much of nearly this pretty soon with my Buick, so thanks for the pointers and superb insight & thoughts. I always enjoy your videos, always appreciate your time and effort.

[@Jafromobile]

I had to do the lift. Not just for the kinds of jobs I'm doing... I.G.T.O.F.T.S!

[@HUBBABUBBADOOPYDOOP]

@@Jafromobile I Googled "I.G.T.O.F.T.S" and an APK for Android came up, called IG Tools. My damage I am repairing is from scumbags who didn't belong operating a lift, not knowing that if owning & repairing my Buick, you *must* have the $100 Factory Manual, issued only to GM Dealers who sold the cars (it also covers the Riviera of that year) for their Techs to reference, what tools to use (J-### now OTC). There are certain "liftpoints" on every car; many are ISO nowadays. and if improperly applied- the car's own weight can twist and even puncture a floor pan.

[@DIYAUTOCAR]

I used this same stud welder to remove the dent kn my s13 rocker panel that the 27 year old(at the time) got from running over a gator in the road at night. Good form chap.

[@patrickmoodabe9728]

Still. &. Always. The. Greatest. KZbinr. Ever. Jafro. For. President.

[@Jafromobile]

I want to be the President of Greenland!

[@patrickmoodabe9728]

@@Jafromobile would you consider New Zealand?? It's pretty green here. ✌️✌️

[@Jafromobile]

Sandy beaches and snow capped mountains in the same place surrounded by salt water? Sounds like paradise to me... Where do I sign up?

[@patrickmoodabe9728]

@@Jafromobile AND an endless supply of JDM cars to tinker with. I hope you’d be a kind & generous Overlord.

[@michaelblacktree]

I was wondering what those stud welders were for. This video made it abundantly clear. 😎

[@molsenice]

mad pops for yet another next level repair

[@Jafromobile]

I'm gettin' 'er there. I think all the body things need their own individual videos.

[@hogueraleksander5868]

Damn it. I always wanted to buy one of those. Now i prettt much have to. 🎉 awesome video as always

[@802Garage]

I wish I didn't have multiple cars that need this. At least it wasn't my fault?

[@Jafromobile]

I find this on so many used cars. I'm sad that I did it to one that din't have it, but I'll make it all right again.

[@MitchRichard65]

Amazing work. I tempted this on my old rust bucket 95 DSM and gave up. My new 98 are in perfect condition.

[@scottcates]

I want a spot welder mow. This video shows how accessible spot welding can be.

[@Jafromobile]

Now I feel like collecting different kinds of spot welders!

[@davidsawyer1599]

Hey Jafro,I had a few bad suggestions about how to go about this repair. I will die with those. I'm glad to see the progress.

[@Jafromobile]

LOLWUT?!?! Clearly I'm too hardheaded to listen to wisdom! ;)

[@innerspace56]

awesome work, JM

[@Jafromobile]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@PHUSII]

Well done, looks a lot better than before! :)

[@WilliamDye-willdye]

15:30 Ooo, nice foreshadowing! :-)

[@andyoverall1951]

I did a similar thiing to my Triumph Herald years ago and felt that same sinking feeling when I saw the damage that the jack had done. I was so naive that I didn't realise such a thing was possible. I cheated and had the garage repair it. I paid my price but it was in cash instead. Still remember it just the same......

[@Jafromobile]

I enjoyed this because I knew it would be way more relatable than a driveshaft rebuild!

[@kevinb158]

That's a good tool to own I've been saying i needed to get one for year's now just haven't yet one day soon

[@denelvo]

Step 0: disconnect ECU

[@Jafromobile]

Yes. It's hard to do my videos in everyone else's context, but yes. It did happen 2 videos ago!

[@denelvo]

@@Jafromobile My dumb ass did watch you strip the car :-)

[@zaraak323i]

Great stuff, Jafbro!

[@hond4srule]

Great video, I really enjoyed it 👌

[@deanharriss2029]

Great job as always jafro. Love you content dude.

[@hoseqt1]

Good Job Jaffro, this is one of your best ""Short"" Videos, but it could have been an easy hour long, not that I'm complaining that it isn't, I'm just sayin, it's short and that's all....

[@Jafromobile]

I thought about making it an ASMR video, but it kinduv just goes bang bang bang bang bang zzzzzzt, bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang pop zzzzt bang bang bang bang.... it didn't take me long to speed it up.

[@treewisemenllc7281]

Thank you jarfo! I love these videos and voice overs. Off topic: im going to catch gojira in concert on Friday. Ill throw down extra hard for you! 🤘🤘🤘

[@Jafromobile]

Rock On! Hey if that's still with Mastodon, beware the merch booth closes the very second the show ends. Rojo has a video of me putting on like 9 shirts before the show started because I cleaned out both acts. I was warm that summer night. THICCCC

[@treewisemenllc7281]

@@Jafromobile thanks for the tip man! I appreciate that. Yes, it's with mastodon and Lorna shore.

[@Jafromobile]

​@@treewisemenllc7281 My best advice is... (((withholding opinion))) get it during the opening act like I did. It wasn't a long enough line. I don't know why we shoed up early? lol

[@treewisemenllc7281]

@@Jafromobile because waiting in lines in the middle of the summer, blows. The early bird buys out the inventory! 🤘🤘🤘

[@aserta]

A piece of hard durometer rubber (or thread belt piece) thinly covered in blue can help reveal the high spots or low spots once the majority of the dent is fixed.

[@tokuchaan4693]

Remediate your mistake made by your younger self sounds like very fulfilling activity. Heck I can imagine it's almost therapeutic...

[@HonestEvolution795]

Satisfying to watch

[@BoostedCajun]

Thought I was the only one that liked before I watch :-) Jafro like always packs every video with creativity and budget minded fixes. Can’t wait to see what you coat the bottom of the chassis with? Raptor liner?

[@alexhise968]

I saw your grey hair and realized..... that i started watching your videos before I started to get grey hairs

[@spineblaZe]

This was awesome, thank you!

[@eralie9004]

Hello Jafro! I am a big fun of your's DSM stuff and I am planning to buy a 4G63 of the Eagle Talon 1g with engine harness and ECU to fit into my Hyundai Elantra ex-1.6. Will there be troubles if I just replace the regular ECU-unit on it's place? Won't it harm any of other electronic system function? Sry for bad English, not my native one. Thanks for the videos. The playlist of work on Elantra is truly a treasure.

[@zac2384]

Anything about pinch welds? Mine are so toast.

[@Jafromobile]

I don't see why this wouldn't be one of the tools that helps those, too? They're crush injuries after all...

[@dee1089]

its a lot more effective if you can pull and tap with a body hammer at the same time. go get yourself a cheap body hammer kit from HF. its decent enough. keep up the awesome vids Jafro! love them.

[@reubenmorris487]

My Laser has some really bad under-body damage - like the car either hit something, fell off jack stands, or a combination of the two. Not sure if I will have the ability to do this level of body work. Can't tell if you're just a big time hobbyist or master mechanic on the side.

[@Jafromobile]

Still an IT guy 24 years later. I pulled dents out of my truck when I was 19. I scored a 98% in metal shop in my senior year in high school which made me the highest scoring metal shop student in Virginia that year. I own a MIG welder and clearly I'm self-taught with it based on the crap I've made so far. Those really are my only qualifications. Oh... Forklift Certified in 1996. There's that one...

[@MOPERY609]

Hell yeah!!!!! I have one spot under my car that makes me cringe because I was the dumbass that did exactly what you fixed. Off to hobo freight to grab that stud gun.

[@Jafromobile]

It feels good, man! Look, and think! Be patient...

[@partsguy9423]

My man!

[@austinrussell5577]

Cavity wax on the inside of the frame rail. Epoxy primer and undercoating the outside.

[@twinturbotaj]

Center post lift railroad tracks its all the same. See no evil speak no evil

[@RollingRoadEFI]

Couldn't help but notice you've been absent these last couple months. You must need more beer.

[@jefrymiranda9525]

Lmfao! Oh gosh! I did this! It hunts me every night! Lol your the best man! Keep up all this great content!

[@andyoverall1951]

Hey, Jafro, is it time to release another video yet? Looking forward to it.......

[@Jafromobile]

Yeah, it is... but I'm at the Shootout. I'm not working very hard on making a video about the Shootout, either. Not because it's the best one I've seen with the biggest turnout in 8 years, but because I'm making a video about a different thing. I'm working very hard on the part of this channel that doesn't involve making videos right now. But I've got another one near its final stages that needs work, and it will be going up soon. I have no bad news to report!

[@andyoverall1951]

@@Jafromobile great, have fun, and we will hear from you soon.

[@goblinphreak2132]

Was that a bug/spider at about 9 minutes in, inside the rail? lmao.

[@Jafromobile]

Ooo... I saw that one whiz by... briefly... where did it go? Yeah, pretty much exactly at 9:00. Looks like some kinda dead critter in there. NEAT! He's pretty ashy! I'll get him out of there. ProTip, pause and use period and comma on a computer keyboard and you'll get a frame-by-frame playback.

[@baconandbourbon9395]

Have you considered using the shrink disc that Proshaper sells/uses. It would have made all those tiny bumps easier to even out. If you haven’t already finished this, it could still be used for finishing touches.

[@Jafromobile]

Do you think that will work on something this small? I know it works phenomenally on large flat panels or skins, but on something thick that's only 1.5" wide?

[@baconandbourbon9395]

Personally, yes. There are different sizes. Maybe there’s a fellow KZbin special that could be worked out between you two

[@williamperryman6957]

LOve the stud welder. remeber you can use clamp clocks to pull more than one at once...well with a porta power or something.

[@Jafromobile]

I saw Ed China do that once. He had a big framework rig with a rod that you could attach and screw them back individually. No banging. I thought that was cool!

[@williamperryman6957]

@@Jafromobile I ran a world rack 2000 in high school vo-tech. I was in the demo video for the stud welder, we made for future auto-body students. 90 to 91 i cut cars in half, then welded new halves on and got 'em lookin new. Gm had donated 2 door gran prix shells from the late 80's for us to put dents in and repair. lol. Thanks for letting me bore ya. Love the show.

[@Jafromobile]

Dude, that's awesome! I wish I had you here to weld the back half of my Colt the front half of my Elantra.

[@M074503]

makes me wanna fix the ones on my 1g that PO did :(

[@Jafromobile]

Post Office?... Parole... er... Petty Officer? Purchase order? Pepe Oriola?... .....?!?!

[@M074503]

@@Jafromobile previous owner. xD

[@Jafromobile]

At first I was like... You know Pepe?!?!?

[@talontsi92]

The shootout is in 38 days, Jafro... What are you bringing?

[@Jafromobile]

Perhaps an empty trailer... we will see...

[@talontsi92]

@@Jafromobile You still need a transfer case for the GVR4?

[@Jafromobile]

@@talontsi92 Is this Jeff?

[@talontsi92]

@@Jafromobile Yes, Yes it is.

[@Jafromobile]

@@talontsi92 Bro, I'll take all the manual stuff you want to get rid of. I just never wanted to trouble you with shipping it. Yes. Yes, indeed. I will be there.

[@samh6761]

no bondo?

[@Jafromobile]

Not before stripping the rest of it first. Probably going rounds with hi-build primer instead.

[@michaelblacktree]

I wouldn't use bondo in that area. Next time he jacks up the car, the bondo would probably chip / flake off.

[@Jafromobile]

@@michaelblacktree See, that's just it... this is a really common problem because many people mistake floorpan supports as a lifting point. They never are. It LOOKS like a more logical place than using the pinch welds along the side rocker panels... but still then, it's only supposed to be done at certain spots along the pinch welds. You are dead-on otherwise about the bondo and I'm not correcting you, really. I'm just illustrating how easy it was for me to have made that mistake and bent it. Jacks and lifts should never go near this, but it looks more like a frame than the pinch welds do to everyone who's accustomed to working on a car that has an actual frame, and who didn't read the manual first.

[@stevenrice47]

One trick is not to pull of the studs so much as to rip them out. Gotta go slow and systematic with them.

[@tiagoangelo3828]

Hope KZbin pays you something for this video, got 4 ads !

[@Jafromobile]

That's twice as many as my last 1-hour $2500 video got. Not a joke. There's 1 ad break.

[@aliababwa3866]

I physically reacted to the pronunciation of "chassis"

[@aliababwa3866]

fantastic video 👍

[@Jafromobile]

What did I do wrong? lol... where?

[@ChristmasCrustacean1]

tell me the truth, has every single guy around the workshop at some point picked it up and said "haha it should work on me". I know how you men think.

[@Jafromobile]

I found they don't stick to denim... wait...

[@deeiks12]

The issue I have with this method is that every time you grind, you're gonna make the material thinner and thinner. And this is a pretty structural part.

[@Jafromobile]

Yes! You will, but you can minimize it with the right grinding tool and good aim. I punched the welded spots back in before grinding specifically because I was trying to avoid that effect. My awareness of it is why I reamed the holes out bigger with a punch before filling them. Floorpan supports are indeed structural on a unibody car, but straightened ones serve their purpose much better than crumpled ones will at any thickness. It's always better when you can do the repair without the grinding, but this tool inevitably always will. There are thermal and magnetic means, but I'm too poor! lol

[@urbanweekendwarrior7238]

You could've gotten the $50 regular welder, since your a.. ;)

[@Jafromobile]

...an IT guy? Do IT guys get discounts? lol!