Your first option would be to take the tailgate to a place that does paintless dent removal to see if they could anything .

Your second option is your own idea. Cut a panel from the inside, big enough to get a dolly behind the dent and massage it back into shape. Then weld the patch back in then try to re-patina the patch. At least the fix won’t be so obvious from the outside and in a few years the patch will patina itself.


Phil
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