 Yup, that was me. I had the shet metal sheared out for $20 at a weld shop, then I ground off the paint around where the weld would be for good contact. I tacked the peices avery 1 1/2-2 inches, then welded between the tacks moving around the fender so all the heat wasn't in the same area at once. weld on the top, then go to the bottom. Then skip another 5 spots and weld, etc... I ground it off to look rounded, and my brother filled the gap with body filler. It looks 100% natural on the tractor, the only way to tell is by pinching it with your fingers (inside & out), then run them up & down the fender. Another way to go would be to cut out the bad metal after having new peices cut out, and cut the old metal about 1/2 " or so away from the corner of the fender. Then weld in the new using the same method and drill thru the new metal. It would be the smae thickness, and if done right would be 100% undetectable, even to the experts. I was gonna go the 2nd way, but my brother who's the auto body guy told me to do it this way... We'll see but so far it still looks great. I'm pretty sure that bracket won't fit. We've got a 1755 and an 1855, and they are different from the one on the 1600. Donovan from Wisconsin
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