Replacing rusty jack points, So this is what it means to own a 914... Options

[Lilchopshop]

Pulled my rocker covers today to inspect for rot. Unfortunately I found significant rust on both jack points and the driver’s side long has a good size rust hole. I’m going to cut and patch the bad spots in the longs, but I’m trying to avoid a complete resto right now and I don’t want to get into exterior bodywork. The rear fenders are in pretty good shape but they seem to block access to the top flange of the jack point plate. Does anyone know if the jack points can be replaced correctly without cutting out a lower portion of the rear fender?

[FourBlades]

Glad to see you are going to save it, you won't regret it. These cars are super fun to drive as it seems you know from your first one.

I love Michelko's restoration thread.

It really helped me to learn how to do this and I picked Adriatic blue for my car because of his thread.

One thing I would throw out is there are more replacement panels available now than there were when Michelko did his restoration in 2004. This is mostly thanks to Restoration Design making new dies for additional parts. I think michelko made a lot of patch panels himself because he enjoyed doing it and it fit his situation at time.

So you may be able to just buy replacements rather than making patches yourself. When I restore another 914 I will try to buy all the replacement panels I can to save loads of time and increase the quality of the build. I dream of picking up a 220 spot welder to attach all these panels to save more time avoid grinding and be more OEM.

Just a thought.

John