I dropped my k member and bumper brackets off at the local sandblasting company as they were a little big for me to do. After 3 weeks of waiting and getting told they would call me when they were done I drove down as I feared they had gotten lost. I found them on a pallet in the snow blasted and rusting. They had been sitting 2 weeks. They dusted them off for me. Those factory welds (I assume) are horrible.
Blasting k member & factory welds
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Rat Bastid
Dunamis Metron
Typical. Grind down the real ugly **** and weld them up. You can get stiffening plates. I think they are worth it.
mopowers
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The good news is that it's in a great position to grind them out a little and buzz some new solid welds over them.
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Dfr360cuda
Diagnosis... Plum Crazy.
I would grind out that porosity and dress up all the welds.
Good time to powder coat it too.
Good time to powder coat it too.
I like to say 'banged out on a picnic table'. I just put it in epoxy primer for now along with the bumper brackets, splash shields and lower control arms.
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They are all like that. Good advice to grind and weld. Just keep everything cool as you work to avoid warping.
We did the same on my K member. Grind and clean up the welds, no stiffing plate. We did tack on a flat washer so that snoopers will think it's an 340 K member. 
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