This was actually the worst of the rust on the entire truck. The typical spot on left rear quarter panel just behind the wheel.
Cut out the cancer
Then started welding in ½” strips. Welding in small strips makes it easier to follow the body lines.
After the strips were welded in I spot blasted the area before adding body filler
Couldn’t get a good picture of the back side where I cut that portion of rust out but here is the patch I formed and welded in.
Tah, da!
Funny as there wasn’t any major rust spots on the back side of the rockers at all. The couple little spots blasted off easily and will be undercoated.
The other night getting ready for primer
Last night as I was block sanding
This morning after paint and removing the paper
Fresh paint! I goofed and didn’t paint the top edge by the molding. For some reason I thought the molding went over that little section. Oh, well
Left rear quarter panel with fresh paint and a bug in it too.
Driver’s door. There was a good size rust bubble here too but I didn’t get any before shots of it.
Now for the bad news. I got a huge run in the right rear quarter panel to deal with. I’ll let it dry a few days then sand it down and respray.
Nice to see it sans the rust spots!
Next up, axle swap and lift……
