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Fenders trimmed to clear 37 inch swampers. need to do something to create a lip on the inner part of... | 
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Fenders trimmed to clear the 37 inch swampers
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Another shot of trimmed drivers side rear fender. | 
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crumpled drivers side fender. |
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close up of the crunched drivers side fender. | 
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Posted: 12/9/13
shiny new (to me) fender from a Bronco and matching color..this was before it got trimmed. | 
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Old fender about to come off. | 
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accidentally cut into the tub while removing the old fender so I welded it up.. | 
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not the greatest job but it's not something anyone is going to see so it will do..I hit it with some... |
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you can see the alignment pins for the fender behind the headlamp bezel. | 
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Drivers side fender completely removed. In the lower right hand corner you can see the rubber duck b... | 
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Posted: 12/10/13
post trim, the new fender is just sitting there..looks much better. | 
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Posted: 1/6/14
getting everything bolted up. |
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Posted: 12/16/13
here it is with the lower mounting bolt in .you can tell something got tweaked when I bottomed out b... | 
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Posted: 12/16/13
side shot of how much it's bowed. | 
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Posted: 1/6/14
lower mounting bolt that was giving me trouble..had to come back a grind off part of the tab so it ... | 
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Posted: 12/17/13
used a pop rivet to connect the inner plastic fender to the outer. the result is much better than th... | 
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Posted: 11/15/13
Tailgate lip started to rust. I had this repaired once by a shop that replaced the outer skin. They ... |
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Posted: 11/15/13
another shot of the rust on the tailgate lip. | 
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Posted: 11/18/13
this is my attempt at a weld repair on the tailgate reinforcement this piece had completely cracked.... | 
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Posted: 11/15/13
more rust | 
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Posted: 1/3/14
here are some of the products I used to fix the tailgate. Was able to get the oxford white duplicolo... | 
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Posted: 11/15/13
this was outer skin with the fascia removed..that entire strip where the added the new skin was rust... |
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Posted: 11/18/13
the lip was the worst..I had to do a ton of grinding to clean it up with a wire cup brush, then hit ... | 
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outer tailgate skin sanded and hit with rust inhibitor | 
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shot of the lip of the tailgate. this took a lot of sanding to get it even. | 
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Tailgate sanded and primed. not the greatest job, but at least there isn't any rust. | 
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Posted: 6/28/12
b-pillar passenger side right by the door jamb. You can see where the water coming in from the crack... | 
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Posted: 6/28/12
b-pillar seam..you can see rust forming in the crack |
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Posted: 6/28/12
PS - underneath the rain gutter. this is obviously rusted through. | 
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Posted: 6/28/12
back of passenger side rain gutter, rust is the worst here. | 
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Posted: 7/2/12
passenger side rain gutter and cracks. you can clearly see the rust bubbling up underneath the paint... | 
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Posted: 7/2/12
passenger side access panel. this was from a previous attempt at repairing the cracks. | 
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Posted: 7/2/12
Inside the access panel, looking at the back side of the rain gutter, passenger side.. You can see w... |
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Posted: 7/2/12
another shot inside the passenger side sail panel..once I get it cleaned up, I'll douse the inside w... | 
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Posted: 12/29/13
inside of the passenger sail panel..look at all the rust..going to hit it with rust treatment.
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another shot of the sail panel inside towards the back | 
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passenger side drip rail..this side had about a 1/4 inch gap where it had rusted through at the top. | 
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a shot from the back of the passenger side drip rail before I started cleaning it up..
the grey stu... |
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passenger side drip rail cleaned up..the rust was a lot worse than I thought. you can see the huge g... | 
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back of the drip rail.. | 
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shot from the inside of the sail panel, I was able to easily knock out the old reinforcement panels... | 
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Posted: 12/29/13
another shot from the inside of the sail panel with the reinforcement panel removed...the will need ... | 
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Posted: 12/29/13
this is on of the factory TSB kit reinforcement panels..the rust is mostly surface so I may actually... |
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both reinforcement panels | 
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the view with both panels removed..this was a lot worse than I thought. | 
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back of the sail panel, I ground out as much of the old seam sealer as I could..this was in pretty g... | 
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drip rail cleaned up with rust treatment applied..ready to repair.. | 
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Posted: 1/1/14
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test fitting my reinforcement panel. | 
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started welding up the corner where the cracks were. | 
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good thing I had this spare fender was able to use it to cut my new reinforcement panels and other p... | 
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welded and ground down. not the best job, but with the panels in place from the inside, it should be... | 
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passenger hole below the drip rail. It had rusted all the way through so I had to cut to clean metal... |
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Posted: 1/1/14
This is permatex product called cold weld. it has a sheer strength of 3000 psi once it is fully cure... | 
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Posted: 1/1/14
my homemade reinforcement panel. I'll be using this one on the passenger side. made from a piece of ... | 
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Posted: 1/6/14
huge hole from rust in the ps b-pillar | 
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Posted: 12/29/13
here is where the sail panel meets the body, still need to do some cutting to clean it up. |
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Posted: 1/3/14
this area around the seam in the pillar was bad. going to need to do some cutting to get to clean me... | 
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Posted: 1/1/14
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cut out all the bad material and ready to start patching the sail panel from the inside. | 
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Posted: 1/1/14
all of the rusted metal cut out from the b-pillar. In hind sight I probably should have cut a bigger... | 
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b-pillar primed over |
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first patch in place. | 
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Posted: 1/3/14
Ignore this. | 
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shot from the rear of the passenger side sail panel. | 
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Posted: 1/4/14
one patch in the b-pillar. patch was cut out from the old fender 18 gauge and attached with the cold... | 
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Posted: 1/4/14
second b-pillar patch in... |
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the permatex cold weld sets up much more quickly that JB weld, so you have to work fast.. | 
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test fitting my patch for the roof..Initially I was going to, but I decided to weld this in place. t... | 
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here are y booger welds...no it's not pretty..but the the hole is closed up.. | 
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grinding down the welds..this took a while since I had to keep going back to re-welding spots I miss... |
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getting closer. | 
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Posted: 1/6/14
shot from the inside with both patches in place. at this point it is just the patch. I am going to a... | 
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Posted: 1/11/14
this is about at good as it's going to get..need to put some primer on it so it doesn't start rustin... |
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used seam sealer in the gutter, but didn't let it cure long enough. wound up having to remove most o... | 
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getting the b-pillar ready for filler. | 
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had to touch up the seam again. | 
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top reinforcement panel in place I put as much cold weld in there as possible. | 
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Posted: 1/13/14
prepping the b-pillar..didn't work too well with my angle grinder, so I picked up a D/A sander from ... | 
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rain gutter, almost done..need some cold weld to fill in the drip rail a bit. | 
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another gift from the rust Gods. This was the front of the drip rail, luckily nothing had gone throu... | 
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Posted: 1/19/14
harbor freight specials. I think I spent about $60 for both..the D/A sander has been great..haven't ... | 
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Posted: 1/19/14
Interior shot of the b-pillar...it doesn't look pretty but hopefully the rust won't come back any ti... | 
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roughed up the b-pillar with the D/A sander and some 80 grit..seemed to work pretty well. |
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had to move the Bronco into the garage to paint. it was still a tight squeeze, even after losing 20l... | 
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getting the body filler in the seam..not sure if this is going to crack again or what but it should ... | 
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rain gutter almost done. | 
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patched the lower hole, used pop rivets and cold weld..hopefully I didn't lose too much rigidity her... | 
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all primed up inside...hesitant to put the cover on, would still like to get some more rust inhibito... | 
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sail panel primed, ready to paint. | 
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Posted: 1/27/14
one final prime before painting. I used the self ething primer. | 
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This was after a couple of coats of base. I used automotive touchup paint in an aerosol can. At $20 ... |
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The rain gutter came out much better than I thought it would. | 
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I'll get another shot with the tape and everything removed. all in all it turned out pretty good..At... |
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Posted: 1/28/14
you can see the difference between the two paints where it was taped off. Plan is to feather the new... | 
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rain gutter came out pretty good, you can see some waves, but it looks fine from 10 ft away... | 
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Posted: 2/3/14
not happy with the uneven way the paint looked, I sanded to whole pillar again and re-primed to get ... | 
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primer dried, ready for 1st coat of paint. |
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paint down, time for clear coat. | 
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looks much better with the pain blended. | 
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Rain gutter finished.
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passenger side done with the top back on..looks good. | 
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Posted: 1/19/14
This is the front of the driver's side rain gutter. Willing to bet that hole is all the way through.... | 
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drivers side sail. I don't think it's as bad as the other side, but the paint is going to have to co... | 
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gap in the seam on the drivers side rain gutter. you can see how the seam has separated, and I'm pre... | 
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about to open the drivers side..this one had rivets in it and one screw...can't wait to how the insi... | 
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not great, but not as bad as I thought..your can see the reinforcements panels are starting to rust.... |
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another view of the rust on the drivers side. | 
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at least the rust doesn't seem to be as wide spread as it was on the passenger side. | 
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picture down inside the b-pillar you can see the rust stain running towards the floor. | 
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fortunately, both of the reinforcement panels pulled right off..there goes the top..and I think I'll... | 
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this is what was behind the reinforcements. the rust was all on the surface. would have been nice i... | 
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again, whoever did the repair before, did a piss poor prep job.. | 
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cleaning up the inside..not sure if I'm going to have to weld up the corner yet or not. there are a ... |
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these gray blobs are the remnants of the holes from my old soft top bracket. will smooth them down t... | 
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rear shot of the drivers side rain gutter, the previous shot that did this repair did a real crap jo... | 
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Posted: 2/10/14
cleaning up the old filler. |
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Posted: 2/11/14
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bought the napa seam sealer product. came in beige, not a big deal since I'll be painting it. Applie... | 
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underneath the rain gutter. | 
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front gap filled. |
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front of the rain gutter. this came out ok. | 
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seam sealer in the drivers side rain gutter. | 
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shot of the drivers side b-pillar after it was primed. | 
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side by side comparison of the passenger before and after the rust repair and body work.
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Body Work and Rust Repair including drip rail R&R