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8-28-2011
So I decided to shave my antenna hole. I was hung over for the better part of today, but I got after it this afternoon and got it almost done.
The donor for the patch sheetmetal (my old driver door):
The patch:
Holding itself in with tight fitment:
Paint ground/sanded off:
Masked so I didn't torch the rest of my quarter panel:
Tacked all around:
Quick video of a tack weld. It was raining hard outside when I shot this so that's the background noise.
Done up - no more hole!
Ground down:
Dolphin Glaze:
I know the welds look kinda lousy, but it's a 110v flux core welder so it off-gasses and spatters quite a bit. The foil tape actually helped a lot in keeping nastiness off the rest of the quarter, although it did leave some melted residue that I had to get off with rubbing alcohol. I kinda gooped on the filler with the full expectation that most of it will become dust tomorrow. Hopefully it's not too hard to keep the curvature of the panel - I think my long Durablock will make short work of it. I'll probably do a quick wipedown of the inside and slap a little seam sealer on it and forget about it, and I don't anticipate any future issues with it. 
The other thing I got done today was the removal of the screws and inserts from the fender lips. I'm picking up my buddy's fender roller tomorrow morning and hoping to get that job done tomorrow so I can mask the wheelwells.
Lots of screws and inserts:
That solves the question of whether or not to keep the fender strips. 
Hopefully more pics tomorrow, with bodywork results on the shave and some rolled fender action.