[theastronaut]

We cleaned off the back of the fenders to see what the original primer color was... light gray. There was a very thin coat of Sahara Beige that would wipe off with wax and grease remover, we'll replicate this when we paint the fenders.






Mocked up the fenders to check their fit. The passenger side has a bulge at the bottom. We'll try to find another one since there are 5 long creases hiding under the paint; it's full of bondo.







The driver's fender was much better, it won't need much work to fit the door perfectly.





Didn't post this earlier, but we shot weld-thru coating on the door skin flanges.






Rust in the right rear cab corner.






Blasted, pinholes welded up, inner cavity painted with Chassis Saver. Used a long dauber to reach farther up into the cavity to get more paint in there.









Marking the door edge for cutting. I use 1/8" steel welding rods on the edges of the doors to reset the gaps.






Door edge cut back, inner/outer skins tacked together.




Nylon feeler gauge for checking the size of the gap.




Welding rod bend to fit the door edge, tacked in place.




Fully welded.




Welds smoothed. The gap is too small, but there is a full 1/8" of material to grind back without the edge splitting.