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The next big one was to get rid of the crease on the passenger side of the bed and attack the rear tail light housing. To get to the crease you would need to cut the inner fender well out and that was not going to happen so I decided I would go after the crease with a stud gun and the Steck stud lever. I have used this tool a few times before and can't tell you how impressed I was with what it will allow you to do over the standard slide hammer. the tool allows you to pull the welded on stud in different directions and also while putting pressure on the stud allows the use of a body hammer to move metal. After working this area with the stud lever and hammer cut off all the studs with a 4.5 grinder and started checking with a 5 foot straight edge to see where it has ended up. I added a few more pulls in between the previous pulls along with some pulls that required hammering at the same time. Added some filler and moved onto a lower section that needed to be replaced because it was smashed up beyond repair. Marked out the area and started cutting with the grinder. After matching up the cuts onto the repair panel I got it all secured with a few panel clamps and started spot welding. Got back after in the morning and smooth down the spot welds with a grinder and DA sander to get it ready for filler.