Craig Hopkins prefers to replace the car floor with spot welds like the factory, but so you can do it at home he shows you how to do it with plug welds. First, you need to identify with a marker where the torsion bar cross member and the brackets on the sides of rockers are. This tells you exactly where to put holes for the plug welds. Also, learn about the correct spacing for welds and diameter for the holes.
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