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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 11:23 AM
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Arrow tailgate issue!!

Do they make a a veneer I can stick on the outside of the tailgate panel?? Like A effin bone head, I dropped the gate on a roll of duct tape on the bumper!! Left a 5 inch circle ping in the tailgate./...AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!I'd post a pic but Whaddya do now??The website has changed, I used too copy and paste the pic. i tried the direct link and the image code wtf. I can't get the pix too stay when I post the thread. they are there when I first paste but like I said . Anyway back on topic i figure an easy fix was a vaneer panel with 3m adheshion. If I go ss what guage shoulkd I use?? I'm prbably gonn paint it black anyways.
Another excuse for a roll pan huh?!? F^%K!
 
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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 11:44 AM
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weird it works for me? lol... put the image up on photobucket, facebook, myspace or what ever you use... then right click on image, click on properties. copy the photo adress (URL) come back to the forum and click on the "Insert image" button. this will open a User prompt and then just paste the URL and click ok
 
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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 11:51 AM
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http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1276444095
 
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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 11:52 AM
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I'm misssing something. Screw the pix, how about the tailgate problem, any ideas??
 
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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 03:03 PM
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craigslist. all sorts of tailgates on there for cheap, or find a cool sticker and cover it up
 
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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 03:28 PM
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I was thinking black diamond plate, I got all the chrome I need. They have that decorative stuff some where I forget where, lowe's home depot? I'll check on them I guess. Still wondering what if there is something else I could do?!?
 
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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 03:47 PM
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Remove the inner plate of the tailgate and pop the outer out with the palm of your hand, letting the sun get the dent hot helps too.
If not, do what I did when a pine limb fell on my hood while I was hunting one day. Put a scoop over it!!! LMAO!

As far as your pics go, it's got nothing to do with DF, I can take your links and paste them into a search engine and they come up as no good...
 
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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 04:54 PM
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thanks hammer yeah I put a nasty word too find them easier on photobucket, raining like crazy here but a circle ping is the worst, i'll cover it up with the dd I mentioned earlier. Now it's a question of how much too cover?? Hmmmm i'm thinkinking just the bottom 5 inches or so. Make it look like a mod at the very least.Still like the heat idea too another degree hmm.
 
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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 05:04 PM
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Yeah what hammer said. Or if you don't think you can do that, see how much a body shop wants to fix it. 6 months ago I was helping my girlfriend move and I had a trailer hooked up the the truck. Kristi dropped the tailgate on the crank handle for the foot on the tongue of the trailer. Didn't say anything, then I proceeded to back up and heard this god aweful (nails on chalkboard) sound. 8 Inch gouge into the metal. (sigh) Needless to say, 200 bucks later she's good as new thanks to my local body shop. Your tailgate would prolly be cheeper to fix too.
 
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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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I might swing by the local shop I deal with, see what he says. Thanks trup
 
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