After quite a bit of trimming, then fitting then trimming and then some more trimming and more fitting, then a lit bit of grinding and then more fitting....I was able to finally get the spare tire bump tacked in place. There is still a little hammer and dolly work that needs to be done before I can finish weld it, but it's getting close. Overall, the shape turned out really good and will be fairly easy to metal finish.
I normally would have ground the paint off around the hole before I started welding, but my 4 month old daughter finally fell asleep after fighting it all day. I was not about to wake here with the soothing sounds of an air powered die grinder and chance upsetting her and my wife....
