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Originally Posted by Mike
It's a unibody car so I can make the same critical component comments about that thin piece of sheet metal
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But you would be incorrect. None of that thin sheet metal holds the chassis together. The front and rear sub-frame, braces, suspension, and body panels do. You could remove all the sheet metal from the area I crudely highlighted below without causing any structural issues to the car:
(disregard where I accidentally highlighted part of the front sub-frame where the trans crossmember mounts - you definitely need that)
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you can blindly take a saw to this entire area. You'd have to cut around a few factory braces and mounting points, but if you carefully removed just the sheet metal, the car would be as structurally sound as it was prior to you destroying it.