Will be getting back into the body work on my truck here soon. Just wondering for any of you guys that have taken the trim off, how did you fill the hole from the fender flares, front of the fenders, and back of the cab behind the door. Only option i can think of is filling with a weld but am afraid of warping the metal from the heat. any ideas?

 

you can weld them but it will warp even on light heat. a kinda redneck way but it works good is to put some tape behind the hole, and fill it with bondo or jb weld. not the correct way, but it works good and is easy to do

 

redneck way i never read about that in the redneck rules and regulations

 

Yeah, it's made from pages of ducktape, written with grease in pictographs form, and bound with bailing wire.

 

hehehe if you got a spare send me one but really back to Ttipsword question i have seen it done like tltruckparts said but what about soldering or tinning as they say never seen it done but heard about it

 

I take a ball peen hammer and put a little dent on each hole then fill it with bondo, it gives the bondo allittle more to hold on to

 

i may just end up putting a piece of sheet metal on the insed of the fender, tack weld it in carefully then use a fiberglass filler to bring it flush. See what my auto body teacher thinks. I was going to fill the holes up with cab lights but dont know if that might look wierd and to much lighting.

 

Would make for a helluva chicken truck

 

brazing is what I do.

 

like sneed said, ball peen hammer and push area arounnd hole in for more surface area for bondo to grab to. another good way is to go to a local west marine and pick up MARINE TEX it is 10x the strength of bondo and alot easier to handle