Well, today was a pretty good day! I got out to the shop early and got both sides seam sealed and the drain channels installed.
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These things are on there! I buttered all of the surfaces before screwing the channels and covers in place. if you have never worked with seam sealer you need to know this stuff makes an amazing glue as well. To get these parts off I would have to use a chisel to cut them off.
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I let the sealer set up for an hour or so and then buried everything in primer.
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With that done I finished prepping the outer covers. I got the final fit-ups done and all of the plug welding holes punched and sanded the E-coat down. I usually take parts like this down to bare metal but the E-coat was on there very well so I did a heavy scuff and primed the inside of each piece.
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Both pieces primed and ready to weld on.
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I am still debating opening up a hole in both sides to have access to the inside of the seams after welding. You can see it outlined here in silver sharpie.
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I will get a top coat of gloss black sprayed on everything tonight. This will be ready to close up tomorrow.
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