Looking for some advise on the best way to dress up seams around the door jambs on my 58 apache project. Working towards priming the cab with epoxy but thought the seams would look better if filled with something, I'm thinking a very small bead of seam sealer smoothed immediately with solvent. Any better ideas? Thanks!
I believe you're over-thinking things. Once you paint the truck that's going to look great. Some things are just better left alone. Just my worthless 2 cents.
You couldn't pay me to fill that in. It looks like perfect OEM sheet metal that way. If you want to "dress" anything, maybe the spot welds, but even those leave a "form follows function" look. I'd wet that seam with solvent so the epoxy creeps in and call it a day. Also, I'd be very frugal with film build in that spot. Filling it in looks like something to hide. Just my .04 (cuz I coulda just said "leave it"...).
The problem with covering seams is that people (future owners maybe) think you have some problem to hide especially when you want to sell. Just my thoughts on the matter,
...yet both panels the seam lies between (on many cars) are coated from one end to the other with body filler to level them out. Just sayin'.....LoL I wouldn't dream of welding them up just because of the damage a full weld will cause with regards to rust protection etc. (Burns up the paint etc on the inside that might be inaccessable) A thin bead of self-leveling 2K sealer on the other hand will look factory fresh and keep any rust stains etc from leaching out over time. I often use it to replicate the factory sealer on door flanges etc and it works great. WAY better than air drying sealer and you can paint over it without fear in an hour or so. Even scratch pad it prior to painting if its a bigger bead! Awesome stuff!!! Next time I put on a door skin I'll take a pic and post it!
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