Filling in seams

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Doppleganger

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I am in no way close to doing anything like this, but was curious if when re-painting your square, if you, or the shop that did it, or maybe one you saw at a show, ever filled in or blended the factory seams, like where the roof meets the A or B pillars? I noticed that my roof is actually offset to the driver's side about 1/16 - 1/8". At the seams, it hangs over on the driver's side and is recessed on the passenger side. To make up for the shift, the door jambs at the B pillars are so blobbed with seam sealer they look like they were hand forged with playdoh.

I have enough to do but it wouldn't take much to clean it up. Just wunnerin.
 

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I am in no way close to doing anything like this, but was curious if when re-painting your square, if you, or the shop that did it, or maybe one you saw at a show, ever filled in or blended the factory seams, like where the roof meets the A or B pillars? I noticed that my roof is actually offset to the driver's side about 1/16 - 1/8". At the seams, it hangs over on the driver's side and is recessed on the passenger side. To make up for the shift, the door jambs at the B pillars are so blobbed with seam sealer they look like they were hand forged with playdoh.

I have enough to do but it wouldn't take much to clean it up. Just wunnerin.
I shaved and smoothed the door jambs but left the seam at the top of the B pillar on the exterior.
 

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I dont necessarily find them an eye sore.....but they are kind of cobbled enough I wouldn't mind cleaning them up a bit. If they were to disappear, I doubt anyone would notice. lol
If mine were off by a 1/6” I would’ve smeared body filler on em.
 

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Picture time. If it’s truly up to 1/8” off, that’s a lot.
I checked my trucks and one of them is not perfect, maybe 1/16. The other is pretty nuts on.
I never considered smoothing those lines anyway. IMO it’s part of the truck.
On a similar note, @Doppleganger, I know you have frustrations with the progress on your truck. To date you’ve been unbelievably meticulous about everything which slows progress. This is another one of those things. Put some seam sealer in it and move on, IMO.
Thats what it looked like when it rolled off the assembly line.
 

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