[Rfhimes]

Hey guys, made my cuts, I broke a few sawsall blades in the process. I made ny cuts about a quarter inch into the roll panel because I didn't want to chance getting into the lip on the quarter panels. Then i carefully ground off the rest and the welds to the lip. There was a skim of bondo over the weld so I need to lightly sand and paint touch up to make it perfect. I think the new bumper will cover it anyway. I was able to fit a piece of sheet metal where the cutout was for the roll pan license plate box on the roll pan. I used my mig welder and welded it in solid and ground and sanded it smooth, then primed the whole panel. I have some paint mixed up and put in a spray can to match the truck so all I have to do now is finish and paint the areas. I'm waiting for my parts to install the rear bumper, also since I had a painted white front bumper I bought the front chrome bumper too. All in all it took me about 4 hours to make the cuts and grinding and weld in the patch. Rick