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Title: Tailgate skin
Post by: keg87 on January 24, 2012, 06:47:48 pm

Started shaving my tailgate recently will post pics soon. relocating the handle and putin a tailgate skin on.

UPDATE*
If anyone decides to do this dont buy the tailgate skin from sir micheals buy the complete skin not the one that meets at the body line.

Title: Re: Tailgate skin
Post by: bake74 on January 24, 2012, 06:55:04 pm

      Are you putting the handle on the inside ?  While you are at it might as well put a lock into the works too.

Title: Re: Tailgate skin
Post by: keg87 on January 24, 2012, 07:01:41 pm

i went with a poor man lock and put a hose clamp with a torx head on the sliding side to thwart off thieves.

this may be the wrong way of thinkin but if someone has the balls to steal a tailgate they deserve it

Title: Re: Tailgate skin
Post by: keg87 on January 25, 2012, 06:58:26 pm

Picture Update

still got some fitment issues but im working them out

Title: Re: Tailgate skin
Post by: VileZambonie on January 25, 2012, 07:57:50 pm

Quote from: keg87 on January 24, 2012, 06:47:48 pm

Started shaving my tailgate recently will post pics soon. relocating the handle and putin a tailgate skin on.

UPDATE*
If anyone decides to do this dont buy the tailgate skin from sir micheals buy the complete skin not the one that meets at the body line.

I've never used sir michaels but I disagree with that. I've used both and I can tell you the half skin is the way to go. I used Mar-K for mine and it fit very nice. How did you attach yours? Panel bond? Weld?

Title: Re: Tailgate skin
Post by: keg87 on January 25, 2012, 08:03:10 pm

im not disagreeing with going the half skin route but i figure the whole skin would be easier this one from sir micheals was way to wide. it had an over lap on both side. i welded it on, ive never messed with the panel bond  but i hear its amazing

Title: Re: Tailgate skin
Post by: VileZambonie on January 25, 2012, 08:06:29 pm

I would say the 1/2 skin with panel bond is definitely the way to go but I'm speaking from my experience with the Mar-K one

Title: Re: Tailgate skin
Post by: bake74 on January 26, 2012, 06:17:22 am

Quote from: keg87 on January 24, 2012, 06:47:48 pm

If anyone decides to do this dont buy the tailgate skin from sir micheals buy the complete skin not the one that meets at the body line.

     You did not give a reason for not the half skin or not to buy from Sir Micheals ?

Title: Re: Tailgate skin
Post by: keg87 on January 27, 2012, 02:25:02 pm

not neccessarily the half skin but ht eskin from sir micheals is too wide and has no natural curve liek a normal tailgate does

Title: Re: Tailgate skin
Post by: slammed79 on January 27, 2012, 03:16:49 pm

I prefer to use Grant Kustoms for any filler panels like that, never had any fit problems with their stuff.

Title: Re: Tailgate skin
Post by: Skyshadow on January 14, 2014, 08:40:33 pm

Looks dang clean, would like to see the inside, where the handle was remounted.