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Originally Posted by mcbassin
Yep, watch out for heat. It can be a real turd on sheetmetal. Once it's warped it can be nearly impossible to get out without just cutting a new patch. Sometimes you can make a cut in the dip or bulge shrink it or expand it then weld the cut seam. The key is only a little heat in one spot then bounce around with your welds. Takes time but worth it.
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I did bounce around with the welds and only did spot welds. I am just not sure if its the way the metal is on the back that caused it. I put in a whole wheel arch on the drivers side with no issue and patched the rear behind the wheel with no issue doing the same technique. I am just not sure what happened. It did it on both sides.. I wonder if I got some water to spray on it or a wet rag to cool it down in btween if that would help. I might try to find some test panels and figure it out. Oh well no biggie.. It will be good enough for the driver truck.. I just want to learn what I did wrong so I dont make the same mistake when I get my show truck build going in a few years.