Hey guys,
I've had my truck for almost four years now, and when i first started i had a little more money, and was able to pay for someone to do a lot of work to my truck... but turns out a lot of work and time and money doesn't necessarily get you a long way. What i got accomplished through a great deal of help of a journeyman auto body tech is in the picture below of the inside of the cab. A couple of years have passed and i have now apprenticed as a welder for 2 years, but returned to university, so to keep the skills in use i thought i had finally built up enough courage to do some of the work myself. The other pictures below show some work i did in about an hours time this weekend at the shop. I replaced a portion behind the driver side rear wheel well. Let me know if i'm on the right track, and i'm definatly open to any critasism, tips or help.

here's the rest...

Well the first thing I see is that you need to remove the paint from around the weld area.

i removed enough paint to be able to tack the pannell on clean. anyone thats any good with a mig shouldn't have any problems welding with the amount of paint that remains. the primer they put on those replacement pannells is so ****ty and thin it doesn't affect anything. and if you couldn't notice the rest of the box is sandblasted so there is no paint to remove. maybe the picture just aren't clear enough