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Originally Posted by Justin9999
The thing about welding is that I would have to remind myself how to weld after 18 years. I highly doubt the car is worth enough money to pay for this welding.
Where do I buy the steel? I suppose there is a particular grade that would be needed?
Or can I buy this section of the car (new, not from Mercedes)?
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You need to get some mild steel sheet of the appropriate thickness. Most of it close to that area will be about 1mm thick but there's (almost certainly) some sort of strengthening gusset there too that needs to be fixed.
Companies such as Klokkerholm might make repair panels: You'd have to search. They won't be cheap - they won't be cheap to fit.
"Worth" is an emotional variable - this repair is going to be a big one - from what you've shown I imagine it might take as much as a day to fix those bits. What does the car mean to you? Do you want to "save" it?