noooooo!!!
I get it, it's becoming your baby, and you want her to look great/perfect, but I'd stay focused on the mechanicals if it were me. It's just you and her and she don't care. As it is, she doesn't just look good doing chores now, she looks great, gaps and all.
Thank you for that. I love the way it looks too! And there's plenty left to do mechanically, mostly odds and ends at this point.
Losing the flares will dramatically change that truck, especially with the two-tone.
I fully agree with you and @OutlawDrifter on this. It makes my head hurt to think about it.
That's a good point, it will be parked in the garage. I don't know about removing the flares for detailing as suggested by @fancyTBI but I'll look into it. Maybe it's not as tough to do as I'm imagining. I could certainly use air to blow out behind them as suggested by @400Rogue. Maybe that would work well enough. Fortunately I've got some time to think about it, as Jim couldn't get to it for another month anyway, when the weather is more reliably warmer.With the new garage, exposure will be limited anyway. It was a southwest truck and has just been thru a full body prep/paint. We'll all be dead by the time that beauty has a rust problem.