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bs46488 · 03-05-2015, 03:25 PM

Wow! You weren't kidding about it being almost 1/2" thick. That's insane.

I did the SWB conversion and ran into the same bed liner issue with welding. Mine was nowhere near as thick as yours. I did about 2 - 3 rounds of aircraft stripper, then was able to hit it with a grinding disc to weld.

My guess is that you'd have to make like 8-10 rounds of stripper to get that off.

I had my inner fenders dustless blasted and it took off all the junk, undercoat, etc. The fender where easy because I just threw them in my truck bed and drove there.

03-05-2015, 03:25 PM	#18
bs46488 Registered User Join Date: May 2014 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 547	Re: Another lwb to swb Wow! You weren't kidding about it being almost 1/2" thick. That's insane. I did the SWB conversion and ran into the same bed liner issue with welding. Mine was nowhere near as thick as yours. I did about 2 - 3 rounds of aircraft stripper, then was able to hit it with a grinding disc to weld. My guess is that you'd have to make like 8-10 rounds of stripper to get that off. I had my inner fenders dustless blasted and it took off all the junk, undercoat, etc. The fender where easy because I just threw them in my truck bed and drove there.