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SO I am thinking I should put some relief cuts on the flat sides of the welt like upside down V's to make the welt flow to the curves of the fender. Eliminate bunching.

I will cut the minimium amount needed 4-5 I would guess.

On target?

That's what I did. The tighter the curve, the closer together the notches.

You might find this helpful.

Welting

Good luck!
Jerry

unfortunately this welt was rolled and in a bin for some time. No matter what I do it has kinks from being rolled up so tight. Good article -

The first time I put mine together I cut the welting exactly as described in that article and still wasn't happy with how it followed the contour or what was left between the panels. For my second try (after final paint)I found that buy cutting slots instead of a V and using a hole punch at the ends the welting was much more cooperative. See here and here.

Excellent solution Curt! I'm always looking for another excuse to use my hole punches and that's a great one. Makes me wonder if a similar approach can be used with metal.

I think my issue is the welt I have was curled up for too long and it is cheap vinyl I am going to try this one
http://www.julianos.com/fender_welt.html

A bit pricy but naugahyde is all natural!!

yeah, all natural plastic

Bill

Natural? Unnatural?

Was the use of fender welt "natural" between the rear fenders and the bed on Advance-Design trucks?

I thought that the AD trucks used welting for the front fenders but not the rear fenders?????

True

That is a correct.

Welting or not on rear should be decided based on how flat the fender lays against the bedside. Is there daylight? The mounting flanges were mostly rotted off on my truck so with the huge amount of metalwork I was pretty happy to have less that 1/32" gap anywhere and a pretty uniform corner radius. Welting will hide pretty big imperfections between the fender/bedside.

So will a layer of two of 30# roofing felt. And the fender-to-bed appearance might still look original/natural.

Help me understand this it looks like you used a hole punch and then cut from the hole to the outer side of the welting away from the seam.??