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Old 03-28-2024, 11:32 AM
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Next I decided to move on to the quarter panels... a real test of my "abilities". I like the stock look of these things and I didn't want to decrease the value by doing the old "cut n fold" so I opted to buy the replacement panels from Quadratec and do a full repair. Started by cutting out all the bad and bending up my interior pieces and wheel well.

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Once everything fit to my liking I started welding it in...



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Hit all this with a thick coat of seam sealer and a couple coats of primer and It was ready for the outer skin to go on.
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Most of the grinding done...
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Nice. It's already looking better than most rigs I've seen out there
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Originally Posted by DJKnightmare
Nice. It's already looking better than most rigs I've seen out there
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Left side quarter repair... took better pictures of the process for this one.




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Bending up the interior pieces...




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Once I got bored of doing quarters I moved onto the doglegs... seems these don't rust as easily as the quarter panels? They were still pretty bad though. :/




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Looking good! Gets me thinking of how I gotta do my rockers and rear quarters this summer. The inside of mine was in dire condition so I worked from the inside out.
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Finished patching the hole in the trunk. Then like everything else.... seam sealer and primer.

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Originally Posted by tlc1976
Looking good! Gets me thinking of how I gotta do my rockers and rear quarters this summer. The inside of mine was in dire condition so I worked from the inside out.
Rockers does not sound like fun. Thankfully mine are in good condition. (I don't know how).
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