Invisible Hand wrote:badsix wrote:bang out the dents as your going to do. but I think your going to run into a problem with stretched metal after you get it flattened out, what is called oil canning. you may need to shrink some areas. around here you can get a spray in bed liner done for about 300.00 that's a long wide box. your about half that size and if you have it all prepped it shouldn't cost that much, in your case it would be money well spent.
Jay D.
Thanks for the advice! You're correct regarding the stretching metal. The area I've started to work on is stretched. Metal shrinking isn't too difficult though.
Regarding the bed liner. The interior (floors, foot wells, transmission tunnel, etc) is a lot more difficult to prep and coat than a regular bed. I'm assuming this is why it's more expensive. I'm also doing a layer of a product called Al's HNR (heat and noise reducer) before the bed liner, and tinting the bedliner with pigment to match my tan interior. All said and done I'm sure I won't be saving any money. But I'll know it'll be done exactly how I want it (except for the banged up rear hahaha).
Any advice on a body filler that can take some abuse and not crack? I'm trying to find something that can flex a bit like seem sealer.
Thanks again!
-Jared
great sounds like you know what your doing . and as 68 said most any filler should work. i would question the Eastwood rattle can epoxy, though I have never used it. remember this is the foundation for everything you do from then on, if it fails everything fails. i'm not trying to scare you, but i'm just not confident with rattle can anything when i'm going to spend a lot of money on products to go on top of it. if you were to use like DP or ********** epoxy then I would say your good to go as they are proven products that work .
Jay D.