How to re-skin tailgate

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How to re-skin tailgate
sdime27 avatar
sdime27
+1y
I would like to re-skin my tailgate with a skin from sd, however im not exactly sure how it is done. could you please explain what i would have to do, any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks
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wizard8575
+1y
ok first do you mean take the old skin off you tailgate and put a new one on? those are for the whole rear and they replace the tailgate not to recover your tailgate. if im wrong please explain what you mean better becuase that is what it sounds like to me
sdime27 avatar
sdime27
+1y
well i was looking at a cali combo kit, and from what i understood i needed to take the old skin off and put a new one on. im not sure how to do this. i will eventually be welding the tailgate shut and getting rid of my taillights and molding it so its smooth.
1 LoWfUKn RaM avatar
1 LoWfUKn RaM
+1y
u get rid of ur tail gate and weld some 1x1 bars across for strngt then u put the skin on it ..
Dejavu avatar
Dejavu
+1y
yea, for that thing, you actually get rid of the tailgate. you dont want to weld a tailgate shut... it will crack on you. a skin that you weld in will take the place of the tailgate and you will have a complelty smooth rear end.
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97juicedGMC
+1y
maybe he means just a tail gate skin not a full cali combo
Dejavu avatar
Dejavu
+1y
he said combo...??? i dunno?
Rambo avatar
Rambo
+1y
newb
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///DragBdy
+1y
post the link to the skin that you're looking.... that'll help a lot
sdime27 avatar
sdime27
+1y
Alright, i think I will have to get rid of the tailgate and weld in the bars, here is the link http://www.suicidedoors.com/MiniTruckFullSkinCombowithTagBox.php And thanks for the help, as rambo stated above i am new to this, but yet, werent we all??? I appreciate learning from all of you, thats what minitruckin is all about, one again thank you