Access is limited but I was able to knock the backside of the door jam welds and it’s nearly perfect now. Will still take a little lead but it’s looking great.
I welded in the main panel one tack at a time and that was a mistake. It still warped like crazy and I think a continuous weld would have worked better. It would have been much better if I had cut across into the wheel well. Two welds running my in parallel creates twice as many issues.
After planishing the welds and a bunch of hammering it’s looking pretty good except….
The patch is bulging out about 3mm. It’s a smooth and consistent curve but it shouldn’t be there. This is probably due to me hammering too much and stretching the metal. I’m now left scratching my head on how to get it to lay flat. I could try heat shrinking or using a shrinking disc but I’m not sure that will shrink it enough. Alternatively, I could run a weld down the center which shrink a lot and really pull the panel in.
I’m going to sit on it for a few days to make a plan.
