Welding the pinch weld seem.

[ShafferNY]

I know the accepted practice for dealing with the pinch weld is to beat it over and pound it flat.

Since I'm not a fan of pinch welds, due to corrosion issues, has anyone welded their pinch weld seam?

I realize there probably aren't any advantages of this other than making the job look more 'professional' and less barbaric, but I'm curious if anyone has done this.

If I remember right, there was one person on here or LOST that had a shop cut out the pinch weld and weld in a patch, but that seems like more work than necessary.

I've contimplated peeling back the carpet on the inside of the passenger compartment and running a nice weld right down the pinch weld seam, then going to the wheel well and removing the pinch weld seam by grinding it off.

So. Anybody done this?

TIA

 

[Boiler]

Inc cut his out, along with the rocker metal, and welded in a 2 x 5 x 1/4 wall tube as his rocker which requires no rocker guard.