The passenger side was in pretty good shape.  The standard door dings and wrinkles in a few areas.  I filled in the seam on the quarter panel because I'm not going to use the metal trim and not sure that I'll use anything at all.  I used a pneumatic random orbital sander and a pneumatic long board sander initially and then went to hand sanding with a long board to get it just right.  I use a 1-part glazing putty lastly to cover or "ice" the entire panel down and come back and hand sand it with a long board to find any low or high spots.  Those highlighted areas are then corrected.
Another area of this section getting attention is the rear door post.  The stock latch was removed from the door post and a cutout area was marked from the patch plate supplied with the shaved door handle kit.  The metal was cut out and the new panel welded in and smoothed out.  A solenoid will be mounted behind this panel to actuate the new latches.  The rear of each door has been filled in with a simple striker installed, and there are no latch parts in the door itself besides the actuator switch.