WOW, sounds expensive to me. How much did the bodyshop quote on this patch panel welding? for $1500.00 you can buy a TIG machine and give it a try yourself. Read up on doing patch panels repairs. Practice on some sheet metal and when ya feel up to it, take your time and do it yourself. Having TIG is something you will always use time and time again. You can even tack it in with silver solder and fill using a body tinning lead. Check out EASTWOOD CO. they have books on the subject and also have very inexpensive ways to do patch panels other then the cost of a TIG, but having a machine like that is a valuable piece of equiptment. You can even weld up a beautiful stainless steel exhaust...hint, hint, hint. The fun is doing it yourself and doing it youself will improve other skills, like welding... You can do it, if someone else can, you can and sometimes even better cause its yours.
