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With this panel, as shipped, there is a curve bent on the bottom end to match the curvature of the door pillar which is not bad other than the radius being too tight. (point 'b' in the diagram below) After the radius there is a 90 degree bend that suppose to meet up with the floorboard. It doesn't! (point 'a')
Near the door pillar point 'a' matches but not at the toe board.
On the other side of the truck, when replacing this panel, I simply could not figure out their strategy with how they expected this panel to go in.
So I left that left side alone and waited until now to address the issue.
"Maybe with a few days behind me, I could come up with a solution."
My Solution:
Cut off the 90deg bend (point 'a') and then with a body hammer, soften the radius bend.
With the panel back in place, measure the gap in length followed by the spacing in front and back. (6 inches long, 1/8 inch in the front and 3/4 inch in the back.)
With these measurements, cut a piece of metal out from scrap from the toe board; leaving room to replace the 90 degree bend that was cut off from point 'a'.
With a small metal brake, replaced that bend.
You can see this new piece in the above picture.
No where close to being an exact fit but is workable.
With the outer panel now screwed back on temporarily, I could located the firewall and toe board to the new side panel and clamp it into place.
