Thanks, Burdar! I hope it goes good too! It was a lot of metal to be removed, but it had to be done. I’m going to be a measuring fool before, during and after the sheetmetal goes on.
Thanks for the advice! I plan on placing everything with clamps and sheet metal screws before any welds are done. That should let me tweak and get everything perfect (or at least darn close).
What kind of issues did you have with the outer wheel well housing? Did the heat warp the sheet metal?
Sean
I used a Goodmark panel because thats all there was available when I bought it. I had to make many corrections all over where ever there was contacts to the innner structure.
The main problem with the wheel well was that the gap between the outer wheel house I replaced (which was dead on where it needed to be like the original) was having gaps. I used small clamps everywhere.
It was difficult to get the 2 metals perfect contact so that mig welding into both would be quick and easy. Burn thru was occuring especially at the upper top areas even though I was using twenty guage wire.
Based on this experience, whether it's an AMD or Goodmark, I would glue the wheel lips together. That way its sealed really good anyway. The rest of the contact points I could see mig weld or even spot weld. The way the factory did it with the tongs is by far the most ideal way I think.
Another area of fit was the back wheel well behind the back of the tire. I ended up needing to get a BFH and mooshing the 2 lips together so they would fit together.
Again, this was a Goodmark panel. Which never had any bragging rights on fit by others including myself.
