Welded on my new fender!, The deer mobile is whole again! Options

[McMark]

I finally did the last repair to my green car which was brutalized by a wayward deer. A new fender. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Here's a picture of what I had to start with. We had tried pulling out the damage, but decided it was too much work. We also decided to never drill holes in metal again. Next time I have damage like this I'll buy a stud puller.

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Here the fender has been removed. I left the back part because it's very very difficult to remove and would have quadrupled the work time for this repair. This technique worked out really really well.

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Here is the new fender during test fitting. Almost ready to weld.

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And it's all welded in. Pretty straight forward repair. It's an almost seamless weld and will only take a tiny amount of body filler to make smooth. I'm very happy with the result. You can see the replacement window frame in this picture as well.

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There are a few more pictures here.