AA1PR
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Nice! A bit of that edging stuff on the bumper will help
roger that, it'll look cleaner as you suggest
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roger that, it'll look cleaner as you suggest
AA1PR
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my dad was busy fixing a hole in his porch roof where a dang squirrel made his way in
so I tried to finish off the M416 carrier (I did) I am stuck on the rigs
gave up on those & decided I wanted to tear off the fender flares, when I peaked behind one a couple of months ago it was coated in salt & dirt back there
appalled & embarrassed to say the least, tons of body work, need Mikies help for these
it looks like theres foam of some sort behind the panel, might be that expanding foam, so I'm wondering who did that, long before I bought it
need a new fender too
so for now I covered it up with duct tape & some black primer, I now own a rust bucket
now its clear those fender flares were a very bad idea
my daughter suggested we trade it in, so off came all the decals, I might explore that option
& went over the rear bumper with some more black primer
I'm at a loss right now, so undecided to keep or trade it in for something smaller
so for the mean time it looks like I'll be ordering up some panels
so I tried to finish off the M416 carrier (I did) I am stuck on the rigs
gave up on those & decided I wanted to tear off the fender flares, when I peaked behind one a couple of months ago it was coated in salt & dirt back there
appalled & embarrassed to say the least, tons of body work, need Mikies help for these
it looks like theres foam of some sort behind the panel, might be that expanding foam, so I'm wondering who did that, long before I bought it
need a new fender too
so for now I covered it up with duct tape & some black primer, I now own a rust bucket
now its clear those fender flares were a very bad idea
my daughter suggested we trade it in, so off came all the decals, I might explore that option
& went over the rear bumper with some more black primer
I'm at a loss right now, so undecided to keep or trade it in for something smaller
so for the mean time it looks like I'll be ordering up some panels
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snowblind
Adventurer
it looks like theres foam of some sort behind the panel, might be that expanding foam, so I'm wondering who did that, long before I bought it
need a new fender too
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my daughter suggested we trade it in, so off came all the decals, I might explore that option
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I'm at a loss right now, so undecided to keep or trade it in for something smaller
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so for the mean time it looks like I'll be ordering up some panels
Take it easy brother! :Wow1: It's just a little bit of fender lip cancer. No structural issue. Purely cosmetic. You would probably have bubbled fender paint regardless of the flares. Flares just hid it.
Get a new truck if you're into that. Maybe a mid-size truck would be a good fit for you.
If it were me... I would look at cutting out the rust, welding/patching the lip and running a new set of flares. I don't like the look of the GMT800s without flares.
Matt
AA1PR
Disabled Explorer
yes thanks, thinking about just that...
found some prices on the fender
http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/s...25.html?intcmpid=Product Listings Best Seller
seen it listed for more as "COPA" not sure what importance that holds?
& amazon has it with free shipping too
http://www.amazon.com/Evan-Fischer-...-0&sr=1-12&ymm=2004:gmc:yukon&keywords=fender
rockauto has the best price of $76, but after hearing how they screwed over hardtrailz I'm hard pressed to order from them
http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raf...US+MFR+GM1241281&catalog=69&partnum=GM1241281
however all the wheel arch repair panels mention they're for an XL, not sure if it'll work?
heres an example
http://www.ebay.com/itm/REAR-QUARTE...ING-/171755679764?hash=item27fd6fb014&vxp=mtr
looks like I'd need to remove about 4 inches or so of the left side of that panel since my wheel arch runs off over into the door
& liking it w/o the flares
appears its cheap enough to do the work, I'll get my kid to lend a hand, some welding, marglass etc & it should be an easy fix
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snowblind
Adventurer
Good for you. These things do have a habit of escalating though... you might end up with a full re-spray.
Interesting. I'm surprised they don't make a tahoe/yukon specific arch but it does make sense to do it that way. As you say the door is half your fender.
Good for you.
Matt
AA1PR
Disabled Explorer
yeah scared me too
just order the last piece, the wheel arch repair panel/kit, carid had it the cheapest $79 with 3day priority shipped
though every place I called like them was having it dropped shipped directly from sherman, but was more $$, hate to be frugal
should be here by friday
AA1PR
Disabled Explorer
ok got the drivers side done, here was my progress along the way
opened it up to see how bad it was behind there, all was good whew
coated everything with a heavy coat of etching primer, hence the green color
cut it out to fit in the panel
sorry Adam (bushcoat) heres were I stopped texting you in fear of the incoming storm
got some tacks to hold it in place, that dang foam back there kept burning...not all of them shown
forgot to take any more pics in fear of a fire near the gas tank, until I had a skim layer of marglass over it
cleaned up a couple of surface rust spots on the passenger side while the storm retreated & the sun came back out
& gave them a quick coat of marglass as well
forgot to get a shot of it all primed, clouds were changing again & my back was killing me so this was it for the day
will get some finer finish sanding done on this next weekend as time allows
opened it up to see how bad it was behind there, all was good whew
coated everything with a heavy coat of etching primer, hence the green color
cut it out to fit in the panel
sorry Adam (bushcoat) heres were I stopped texting you in fear of the incoming storm
got some tacks to hold it in place, that dang foam back there kept burning...not all of them shown
forgot to take any more pics in fear of a fire near the gas tank, until I had a skim layer of marglass over it
cleaned up a couple of surface rust spots on the passenger side while the storm retreated & the sun came back out
& gave them a quick coat of marglass as well
forgot to get a shot of it all primed, clouds were changing again & my back was killing me so this was it for the day
will get some finer finish sanding done on this next weekend as time allows
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AA1PR
Disabled Explorer
Great work on the repair panel. Glad you did not give up on her
thanks, figured it was cheaper to keep her
took a trip to Burlington to get away for the day, kids needed to stretch their legs & I tried to keep up
most of these were taken while driving, here's our slideshow along the way ~ s685.photobucket.com/user/aa1pr/slideshow/Exploring%20VT/May%2017th%20Burlington%20Trip