quarter panels and wheel well, should i cut em' out?

[mctrigger]

so i got some rust on the outside rear quarter panels. im wondering if anybody just cut the fender section out and traced the pattern from that to a donor panel cut that out and welded it on? i figuer i wont see the lines to bad if i bed linered around it kinda in a fender flare pattern. has anyone done this or am i gonna have a hell of a time getting my body lines and molding to jive?

 

[badmix]

I say do it and post pics of your progress. There has been some talk about modifying the rear wheel well to make em larger, to match the front. I havent seen it done yet.

 

[tRustyK5]

It's easier to cut the patch piece first, then clamp it over the repair area and trace out what needs to be cut.

This is my driver's side repair I did, in sequence.

what i started with:

patch cut:

I hacked the lip off and clamped the patch in place:

Cut along the dotted line

Patched the inner part:

Then tacked in the patch after some fine tuning:

Welded in, a bit of fill and sanding and this is where it's at.

I made sure I cut my patch so it ended up close to the body line. That part is nice and rigid so it's a lot easier to keep the whole thing straight.

Rene

 

[str8axle55]

Looks good, I need to figure out what to do with my Burb, no patches avail for the inners.

 

[tRustyK5]

If you're talking about the area I patched, it is available through LMC...just gotta look in the pick-up catalog. I know the spare tire tub isn't though.

I had a decent rust free 8 foot box i used for all my patching.

Rene

 

[mctrigger]

dang that looks great

 

[dirtygoat]

Yeah, really nice looking patch job...