Drip rail removal
 

I'm no pro... just a guy in his garage. Never messed with a drip rail before and never done body work at all prior to this car, so take it for what it's worth (not much).

A good place to start with drip rail removal is with a decent drip rail.
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...driprails1.jpg

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...driprails2.jpg

After you find a decent drip rail, you'll need a good way to destroy them.
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...driprails5.jpg

I prefer the grip and bend the hell out of it method.
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...driprails6.jpg
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...driprails7.jpg
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...driprails8.jpg

After it's all bent, its time to chop. I took a page from someone else's book and did the chop/tack weld method. (6 inches at a time)
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...riprails11.jpg
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...riprails15.jpg

After the whole thing had been chopped off and tacked, I welded between the tacks and cleaned it up with a flap wheel.
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...riprails17.jpg
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...riprails19.jpg
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...riprails20.jpg

End result = no drip rails...
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...riprails21.jpg
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/c...riprails22.jpg

Great Job!

Hey, I thought you said you were not a pro...looks damn good to me. Not to mention the money you saved doing it yourself.

Yeah for never doing anything like this before you did a damn nice job.

Thanks... anyone can do it once you get over the fact that once you cut, you can't go back.

Great job. I will be following this method this week!

Thanks for posting

Let us know how it goes! Feel free to post some pics here.

looks great :hail: i like how it looks now u convinced my but im not a pro also how much time did it involve:cheers:

It took me about 5 min to cut them off and 30 min per side to weld and grind. Not long at all. I could have/should have spent more time and made them look even better.

I envy you for having a decent drip rail to start with. Replacing my quarter panel led me to a discovery of rusted roof and rail. We'll see how it goes from here.

Looks good though. You give me hope for when it's my time.