Repair Ideas Please

I don't want to admit that I did this myself, but i did. (don't mix Jim Bean and power tools) Well now I need to fix it. Anybody have any ideas that will cost less than $300?

Yes it is on both sides, rear, all the way around the wheel well.

I could fix it with a welder and some Jim Beam! But, seriously. You just need to weld in some patch metal.

Do you have access to a welder fill in the blanks. Another way would be cut small relief cuts in the outside sections fold them over to close the gap and rivet or screw the pieces back together. Don't blame the hooch that's poor sportsmanship....

Doesn't Jim beam make it better!!!! With a welder you can fix anything

Go get yourself a riveting tool with some 3/16th steel rivets at the hardware store. Start at one bottom with a pair of vice grips. Clamp the two pieces together, Pre-drill the hole, then add a rivet every .5" - 1" inch. Work your way around to the other end. Then add a shallow relief cut in between each rivet. Take a BFG and then GENTLY pound the relief cut pieces up into the wheel well. If done correctly, you'll save the unibody and add some clearance at the same time.

If there's not enough material for the rivet trick, you'll have to weld in some 1/4" or 3/8ths bar to fill the gap. not fun to bend.

Good luck,
Jim

Thanks everybody. I'm going to do some welding this week. Hopefully it turns out. i'll post final pictures soonish.

Looking through the pictures, thinking "ouch", then it dawns on me, I don't drink Jim beam. Too cheap of a drunk. Then I see, "Oh SH!T" your from Yelm. Have not seen those wheels on a Cherokee out here, or have I... Too much cheap whiskey.

Moral: You have a welder?

Just an idea, if you look up grant Thompson on YouTube, he shows how to make a cheap spot welder. Might be able to use that.