These just looks cool. I first seen this done in the 70s and just love the fat fender look from behind. A club member in the San Gabriel chapter of Pickups Limited did the widening for me, and I got to do the bodywork. He cut the flange and added 3″ of steel them stitch welded them together. I had the underside sprayed with TuffSkin bed liner (also under my running boards). Now this isn’t for the person in a hurry. It takes time to get it right. Especially on a curved fender. I will keep adding to this post since not finished yet.
You can see the end flange and about 3″ in the welding process.
See the indent for the running boards.
Got them blocked just need to add some High build primer then sand to 600 before paint
Applied shop line JP355 primer
Now, I will look for any issues, use Evercoat glaze putty, sand and prime those areas, sand with 600 and they will be ready for paint.
I used the truck for about 2 years before I started the project. This is how it looked before I took them off and started to block them out.
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