Car Sheet Metal Gauge

Whether you re working on a classic american car from 1957 or a truck made as recently as 2007 eastwood has sheet metal to help you fix it.

Car sheet metal gauge.

As the gauge number increases the material thickness decreases. We have a huge selection of high quality rust repair and auto body panels including rockers cab corners wheel arches fenders and more. Most orders shipped same day. Automotive sheet metal once ran in the range of 18 gauge which was 48 thousandths of an inch thick actually 0 0478 inch.

Remember that you re always trading off weight against strength when choosing a gauge of sheetmetal to use. Universal sheetmetal repair panels available at low prices. 20 gauge became common in more recent times and this meant 0 0359 inch thick metal still a lot to work with in bumping and metal finishing. A sheet metal gauge sometimes spelled gage indicates the standard thickness of sheet metal for a specific material.

When doing old car restorations sometimes its simpler to replace an entire panel instead of trying to straighten it or repair rust spots. We can build a body from scratch or re design a classic. For a weight bearing floor use 14 or 12 gauge steel. 1 16 of over 2 000 results for auto body sheet metal eastwood 7 pieces 20 gauge auto body repair patch panels kit 20 gauge aluminized steel sheet metal corrosion resistant 4 0 out of 5 stars 10.

A gauge conversion chart can be used to determine the actual thickness of sheet metal in inches or millimeters. The tin man s garage inc. Sheet metal thickness gauges for steel are based on a weight of 41 82 pounds per square foot per inch of thickness. This is known as the manufacturers standard gage for sheet steel.

Many racing organizations will specify the minimum acceptable gauge for sheet metal in critical applications such as firewalls and protective enclosures. For example 18 gauge steel according to a gauge conversion chart is 0 0478 inch or 1 214 millimeter. Get your universal sheetmetal repair panels today.