Ideas for repairing the carnage, Installed the front swaybar mounts Options

[bobhasissues]

If you have installed the inner triangle mounts for a front swaybar you had to hack up the ledge in the gas tank compartment so the triangles will fit in the right place. I had a real hard time getting my die grinder in there and ended up cutting more than I intended to. I have about a 1/4" gap on the ledge around the triangle plus an additional notch where the nut had to pass through. What did you do to patch up the carnage? Was thinking of welding in a small sheet metal patch, but was looking for some ideas.

[strawman]

I just did this mod on my tub. I drilled 1/4" holes for each "corner," and then used a combo of an air die grinder, an air angle grinder and a Dremel to connect the holes. For the vertical cuts, I used a round burr bit to grind out the spot welds and a square burr bit to cut the straight lines. Hard to describe, but it worked. I'll post some pics on my build page when I get back home from a trip to S.F. to help my blind mother with my stepdad's recent stroke -- it sucks getting old, but he's recovering pretty quickly.

Count your blessings daily (although my 8 y.o. yellow lab died today -- what next?). Time for another beer!

Geoff