Smoothing the wire gutter on the firewall

[danman987123]

I am in the process of cleaning up the firewall....and would like to do something with the wire gutter on the top of the firewall. Should i

1: box it out like some do by welding a 1'' strip on top....which i think is hard and lots of lots of work

2: cut off the gutter and just weld the 2 pieces of metal together

3: or make it clean the best i can and leave it there....

i really like the smooth gutter....either boxed or cut out but dont want to spend alot of time on the gutter....and i have seen alot of guys do it and it comes out awesome....or i also looked at fesler trucks he just cleans it and leave it alone


please a little help/input what should i do?

[danman987123]

mods can you move this please....

[my67chevytruck]

do what ever you want to do. capping or cutting do sure does clean it up though. the next one i build i will just cap by welding the strip across the gutter after cleaning and treating with a rust preventative. I cut off and welded the 2 pieces of metal together on my sons truck and think this took more time than it would havetaken to just cap it off. good luck on your decision.

[cstm68]

i caped mine, well worth the extra work!! there are pics in my build thread, link in my sig

[danman987123]

thanks for the input guys...i might just end up capping it. I dont know, hopefully it comes out ok. I know it will be some hard work...