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Hello all;

Thanks Fox, bittersweet for sure, but I was ready to let it go and not forced so it is a good thing. My love was conflicted, the 40 or the 46???
I spent the day in the shop, which was good, the plan was to get the box trim sorted out. Well, plan the work, then work the plan. All well and good that is until I was drilling out a spot weld, sitting kinda twisted and I felt a "something" between my shoulder blades. Seriously, like 15 minutes in and I strain my back???
Well poop.

Anyways, I did the best I could, slowed down a little but still got some work done. I started on the passenger side and drilled out the spot welds which were holding the box side trim on. Most of it was removed when I installed the mini-tubs, there was still a little over 1' of trim on either side of the wheel openings. I was a littler surprised at the number of spot welds that each piece had. I think there was 6 at the front and 7 at the back. I was not expecting that many, I figured 3 or 4?
Once I got the trim off I removed the mini-tubs as it needed a bunch of work. The tubs were one of the 1st parts I was welding on and there was some issues I wanted to repair. I split the ends and straightened the back edge as I realized the tub was warping the box side when the 2 were bolted together. Splitting the ends I could straighten the edge and eliminate the warpage. I had also cut away the tub along the bottom where I thought it would be covered up by the trim pieces. That is the case, but there was a little of the cut visible so I added some extra material to fix it up.
This sets me up the next time I am in the shop to complete the trim work, at least for the passenger side?
Best of the season to you,
Steve