My truck bed is really starting to rust out.........well the whole truck has got some rust, but what I am wondering is what everyone else has done to their truck. Any tips on their trucks?

 

You can get individual bed side/corner, under the tail light...patch panels, or complete bed sides $$$$. Install a flat bed, locate a complete replacement bed off the Craigslist. Cut out the rust, weld in mew metal, skim coat and paint it.

Ask your state FTE chapter if anyone has a parts trucks?

Most sponsors at the top of this forum sale patch panels.

A front fender has the same curve/lip as a bed side. Any JY in your area?

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Dennis Carpenter...

 

Thank for the website. I do look around here Gulfport, but I never see anything on craigslist I need to see if there is anything in the yards.

 

One of our members here is putting our box sides on a newer F150 box. Quite the good idear IMO

 

Tips on bed rust repair? The only tip I really have, is that apparently all bed's are the same internally, other than the tailgate posts.

 

Fix the rust with patch panels or new metal. And then shoot it with a camouflage paint scheme... it's very forgiving and other people tend to park their vehicles elsewhere.


Put a "beware of dog" sign on your front gate, an NRA sticker on the front door's glazing, and door-to-door solicitors tend not to ring your doorbell either.