Recent content by guido4512

Heres the same area after welding/ painting with KBS rust seal ........ hopefully the rust won't come back for a while....

Thanks....... Slacker feel free to use all pics........ I have a few more and I'll have more during painting and after.... Mountain..... the wheel wells were in pretty good shape. All I had to do was weld in some patches. Here's the worst rust thru at the wheel well

A sleeping 4runner........ G nite Y'all...........

I just finished a trial wire up of the light .....its a super brite LED flush mount. What do ya think? Any way......... here is a short version of how I replaced the 1/4's on my Moms 4runner. I think anyone with good mech skillz should be able to achieve the same results in a few hours as I...

She looks like a truck again Cap'n! Here is the rear after both panels installed. I also am working on a 3rd brake light for the inattentive drivers!!!!!!

Seam sealer, then a coat of duplicolor truck bed liner....

Here's a shot of the glued seam looking down at behind the wheel well. Here I used more of the bed liner material to hopefully sound deaden the compartment. Seam sealer is next.

The passenger side was next. It has the fuel filler door. You have to cut out the round hole and mount you old door to the new panel. I just thru bolted it on. Drill the holes for the rubber grommet , the opener , and the rubber bumpers -The spots are there where you need to drill.

Before gluing get the clamps together. Many Many clamps.....and then get a few more.!! I did the driver side first ... Just apply the epoxy around the perimeter of the body where the panel will meet the metal and put it on . Use as many clamps as possible but the gluing instuctions said to...

Ok- once I had the fit where I wanted it was time to glue. I used SEM panel adhesive recommended by my paint guy. He loaned (for a deposit) this dual ram gun that shoots the epoxy thru a mixing tube. The guns are very expensive! The glue maker and my paint guy said to apply the epoxy only to...

First trial fitting..... At first I thought " there no way this is going to fit!" but, if you take your time and have a lil patience they fit like a glove! The trick is to start at the back hooking the bottom around the tail light area and work the panel forward clipping the top lip along the...

Heres the panels after I got em home from work where they were shipped. A nice sturdy crate around the panels gave em a cushy ride all the way from western Canada to Virginia. A #2 square bit removes the screws and were ready to start trial fitting one side!!

After all the patch work, I prepped and painted the inners with KBS anti-Rust coating. Very similar to POR15 rust preventive paint. I topped that with Duplicolor truck bed coating. This is pretty versatile stuff as you will see later..... mmmm nice.....

Here's the worst of the inner rust.. I just cut out the bad stuff and mig welded some sheet in there .....

don't forget the gas lid popper here you'll need that later.....:p