My Eastwood Versabend just showed up today so I can start working on a few little sheetmetal tasks. One of these is to cover up the hole for the e-brake handle in the passenger floor since I'll be using an E-Stopp electric e-brake and won't have an e-brake handle. I have a tendency to overthink and overengineer things sometimes, and I've spent a lot of time figuring out how I can fill that hole flush with the surrounding sheetmetal, but I'm wondering if that's even necessary. If I simply make a patch panel that I apply over the hole and attach it with some flush-mount rivets, will that step between the two layers of sheetmetal telegraph through the carpeting or will it totally disappear? FWIW, I'm planning to use the Lizard Skin spray on heat and sound coating under the carpet. I'm inclined to think that the patch panel height mismatch will totally disappear under the Lizard Skin and carpet but am curious what others say.

Thanks,
John