tail light fillers

any tips on making you own tailight fillers and tailgateskin, i'm goin to try this tomorrow and was just wonderinghow everyone was doing theres, to get all the bends and stuff. thanks!

i have a 96 ford and i made my own skin, tail light fillers, and tailgate handle filler as well. it came out ok but to do it right you have to have all of the right tools. im talking about an english wheel and a few other higher dollar set ups. it also depends on the vehicle their going on. an s10 is not hard, a square body c-10 is not hard. mine were hard because of the top of the light it has a compound curve. very difficult to taper it off correctly. i learned as i went. it was a learning experience. the first filler i did was without the use of a torch to anneal the metal (16 guage might i add) if i were to do it again i would get all the metal from grant fabrication or can-do specialties. they have some good stuff. you want little or no filler on your work. the trick is to take your time now so you dont have to slap mud on it. look at the grant fab's website. their work is top notch. it will give you an some good ideas. hope this helps

What tools do you have to make these fillers

lol, all i got is my hands and some metal working hammers and dollys. the rear tails look pretty easy i think just a square sheet with one bend, i was thinking about using the orginal tails light to bend the medal over to give me a guide.

I cant remember exactly how a 'kotas tails look but if they are convexed (bubbled out) you may have a very hard time creating the shape. As for the tailgate skin you will need a brake to make the bends.

in the issue of MT where it has a grant kustoms tour/feature, bob grant makes some corner fillers for a hardbody.. it kinda shows the basics to bending your own over the stock lights. maybe someone will post back which issue it was, it could help a little.

hey that issue is the November 2005 issue with the Chx Ryde single cab s10 on boyds...pink...flamed out

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