Rep Power: 0

Hello, I have a 1990 Civic sedan. I want to know if it would be ok to cut out some of the metal under the wiper cowl. This image partly shows what I'm looking at.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=...AAAAAdAAAAABAf

The goal is to make the area more accessible and easier to clean out. I want to make to where it looks like in the photo attached.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=...AAAAAdAAAAABAZ

My only concern is, will it impact the structural integrity at all? If I can cut out most of it and just weld back a couple support pieces, I would be ok with that. Any ideas?

 
Rep Power: 518

(ambitious typing detected) .... ok how much cleaning do you plan on doing up in there??

 
Rep Power: 0

Well I'm going to be painting the car anyway, so I want to clean it up as best as possible. I also want it to be easier to clean out in the future for maintenance to get debris out. It's not very accessible at all with the current design. I know newer hondas have that area open with just the cowl on top covering the wiper transmission and stuff, which is why I want to know if it would be ok to do that on a 1990 model.