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Steel taillight buckets to composite bedsides??

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FADE2BLK94   +1y
Whats the best thing to use to shave the tails on a stepside ranger and french in some sheetmetal taillight buckets? Since I cant weld it, should I glue it all together? Whats the best stuff to use?
roachmotel   +1y
you can use fusor or 3m structural adhesive. Even better would be tofigure out a way to make a fiberglass mold of the bucket then glass it in.
tuckinlugs06   +1y
no make a mold the fiber gloass to metal will crack no matter what you do ...it will crack ..just make the buckets out of fiberglass
tuckinlugs06   +1y
what kinda lights are they
FADE2BLK94   +1y
They're 94-99 Cadillac Deville tails. I know they are played out but I have only seen a few stepside rangers with them and I think they look good on them, plus I have a set of them laying around and I'm tired of looking at the stock tails on it.
oh4sho   +1y
Deff. better off just making fiberglass buckets. If you know hoe to use fiber glass it really is not all that hard to do.
FADE2BLK94   +1y
I found this video on youtube and it reminded me that I have a set laying around, I also like the phantom this thing has...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09PNhhhtjig
tuckinlugs06   +1y
yea thos lights would be easy..tape off the light and lay some matt and resin about 4 layers of matt on all sides
Wicked Fantacies   +1y
I would use fiberglass fillers I think ive heard someone once say stylin concepts makes em for certain trucks. and use panel bond to adhier it to the bedside and then use kitty hair to mud it. Same with your buckets is your best bet.
bodydropped85   +1y
metal bonds to fiberglass really well, if the metal and fiberglass are prepped right. the rougher the metal the better. i shaved the mirror holes in my doors on my ranger( 8 1/2 in holes) using small pieces of fiberglass from the rear. preppted the door w/ 80 grit from the inside and use kitty hair once it cured for 24hrs. still holding 6 years later. and it was my daily for 3 of those. since your working w/ a splash, take the bedside off. only disadvantage is you will be loosing the bolt that is behind the taillight. i would recess the fillers in just enough so u can put a couple layers of matt over them, using them for more support then trying to fill the hole. now the caddy buckets will be a lil tricky, i would fit the filler in the hole, secure it(tape usually works) and weld what u can of the metal bucket to the filler and go ahead and grind the welds then overlap matt as much as you can. just be sure to grind were you ar adding new matt and resin till you can see the fibers, but not past that.so technically your making fiberglass fillers, but you also have steel to mount some of the caddy bucket to.i would cut out the inside of the pocket so you can glass the back side and seal it off w/ a ton of resin once you are done, since its water proof