i posted this in the heavy duty forum but figured you 7.3 guys would appreciate it
got to do some cosmetic work on the truck after being hit by an uninsured mexican in the parking lot. driving down the aisle and he jumped out of his spot into my passenger side. tried to gun it to get around him but ended up dragging him down the aisle with me

so i'll start from the beginning
02 f250 4x4 7.3 with roughly 303k miles in it

the day i got it


then some new lights and wheels and tires



then the day it happened


well i have 2 kids and now the right rear door wouldnt even open so time to fix it






couple junkyard doors and a "bedside" more like half a bed but i only used the skin








then the body work starts. time for a color change
ford dark blue pearl









then acetoned the fender badges and bought 07 door emblems
















then a quick before and after

 

Nice work! Looks great!

 

Damn dude, you are not foolin' around. That looks like great work. If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for the bed side and how hard was it to skin it?

 

Man! You do great work! I know you've got to be proud of that!

 

Thanks guys I can't take credit for the paint job I left that to the pros a buddy of mine owns a body shop out here in phoenix

The bed side was 300 and it took me about 5 hours worth of drilling all the spot welds out. Normally you can just use a grinder on the spot welds to get the skin off but i was reusing it so I wanted it as clean as possible

 

Really nice job man. You