Kick panel repair

[4x4Poet]

I gotcha Wolf. You mean the space between the floor and where the kick panel wraps under. The factory used a moisture absorbing sealant between the floor and the kick panel that made that area vulnerable to rust. Same sealant as what's between the floor and fire wall seam. Open cell foam is what it looks like. Says, "Come rust here!"

I would shoot some flexible, water-impenetrable sealant inbetween there. Welding the edge won't seal farther back in the gap and welding would burn any sealant effort. POR 15's PorPatch comes to mind, but other sealants would do well, no doubt. Affix one of those conical nozzles to the tube to get all the way back in there.