What thickness of steel?

[kevinhall]

Hi all,

I am using repair panels for most areas of my bus that are rotten. However, there are a few areas where panels aren't available or I only need a little bit of a large panel so I will need to fabricate my own patches. Question is what thickness of steel should I be using for the bodywork and chassis?

Cheers for any help,
Kevin

 

[Guest]

Hi all,

I am using repair panels for most areas of my bus that are rotten. However, there are a few areas where panels aren't available or I only need a little bit of a large panel so I will need to fabricate my own patches. Question is what thickness of steel should I be using for the bodywork and chassis?

Cheers for any help,
Kevin

i think its 18 gauge for the bodywork... 1.5mm?

 

[ronmidg]

Johnny, I think its thinner than that for the body, certainly for modern cars much thinner, if I can find an exposed edge I'll measure it.

 

[Doris]

the original VW metal measured 1.4mm with a vernier when I needed a repair to the tail light areas. hth's

 

[ronmidg]

The panels behind the front seats are .031 inch including thin paint so 32 gauge or 3/4 mm, the long chassis rails underneath are .089 including thicker paint so probably 2mm bare perhaps, 12 gauge?

 

[kevinhall]

Brilliant, thanks for all the information guys. I love this site

 

[majorhangover]

I'm useing 1mm for body panels, 1.5mm for a, b, and c post and 2.5mm for little chassis bits.