I agree...if only mad dad undercoated it when he owned it =/

 

Really? Foam ? good primer and paint would be my thought.

 

Aluminized brake and fuel lines (might actually be stainless fuel lines), and primered under body (not just one coat either, many coats) is A LOT different than "bare steel". An unpainted bare steel line or body part would be rusted to worthlessness within a year, possibly even months.

I've seen plenty of rusted, rotted BMWs, Toyotas, Nissans, Subarus, etc.. to know it's not just American makes.

As far as Honda paying attention to details and striving to engineer the best? 90s/2000s Accords with the 5 speed automatic, and my '02 Honda 450 Dirtbike would certainly say differently.
Let's see. License plate called Snow Hoe, truck is what, 5+ Years old and only 20,000 miles? Plow mount on the front, salt still on the fender walls.

Just plain neglect there. Plow with it, let it sit, plow again, let it sit. That kind of corrosion only happens with 1. Something that speeds up the oxidation process and 2. When you let it sit. A vehicle constantly being used and cleaned almost never has "fresh" looking rust like that.

So you get the truck covered in road salt, allow it to sit, than complain when it gets hideously rusty? Don't even say you don't do that. The amount of corrosion on the transfercase is more than enough evidence this truck sits for extended amounts of time with salt on it. The T-Case on my buddy's 96 F-250 and my 87 Ranger have less corrosion.

 

Plowing snow and having corrosion issues goes hand in hand. Not cleaning can lead to more corrosion.

So I agree, however, not everyone has a heated garage so they can wash their vehicle when the average temperatures are below 20 degrees (F) during the winter. If you are brave enough to wash in cold like that everything freezes and I think that can be a recipe for more problems. Also if your plowing for 12-14hrs straight I bet the first thing on your mind is washing your truck

Some states get our a ruler to measure snow and others use yard sticks. So the amount of salt and deicers vary from state to state and where I'm from its not unlikely to see salt being put down 4 out of the seven days each week, if not more, during peak winter time.

Also who the heck has the time EVERYTIME you drive your vehicle to spend 30+minutes washing every little nook and cranny. Again when its below 20 and the wind is blowing 20mph I'd like to see how many people wash their vehicles.

Like I've said numerous times in this thread. I commend all who "battle" with rust, I'll just sell or trade in when I can't take it anymore or garage the truck all winter.

 

I finally got the bed lifted off of mine today. The rust damage is only in one spot. Otherwise, besides some small blisters, it doesn't look too bad. I'll be sandblasting and wire-wheeling the frame tomorrow, and hopefully have it all welded up and painted by next weekend. Just in time to put it all in the garage for the winter. I HATE RUST!!!

 

I agree, that's awesome tho , can't wait to see how it turns out! What did you have to do to remove the bed minus the bed bolts filler neck and tail lights?

 

I'll post some pics soon. Got a couple of good coats of por-15 on the frame today. The only real pain was the bed bolts. They were covered with Line-x, which a heat gun and utility knife took care of. Getting the bolts out were a pain also. If I do this again, which may be soon on my buddys 2002 F250, I'll just grind the heads off the bolts and be done with it. I killed 6 torx sockets trying to do it the right way.

 

X2 just cut them, don't waste your time messing with them. You're not supposed to re use them anyway, they're self tapping...

 

I agree im not even gonna bother trying with mine im just gonna cut em off

 

My 02 f350 Crew PSD went from a bubble last February to a holes about 2 inchs in 11 months. the truck stays in the garage and is washed regularly. it is a shame was busy all summer and didnt get aroud to it. i have a 73 High boy that has less rust and i use it in the mud boggs.

Still Love my fords!!

 

I went to get a new bed yesterday from a place that does utility bodies and they said they weld a nut to the head of the bed bolts

 

Rust: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...t-up-with.html

 

Well now you guys have me worrying about my truck.

All 4 doors on mine have rust under them. I am going to go the POR 15 route this summer. Scrape everything down, POR 15 it, maybe even go up 2" on the outter door skin all the way around the truck.

Anybody had their floor boards line-xd with the Ultra color match stuff? I just hate the black lower portion of trucks when they have been rust proofed. I want my whole truck to be one color.

 

I would get some fluid film and spray that thing down now. Even though the doors are starting, this stuff should keep it from getting worse through these fine midwest winters. I wish I had known about it before rust took my truck over. I found rotted bed supports and a rotted cab corner. I spent a few weeks fixing it all up, I used spray on bedliner on the frame and underside of the bed, fluid filmed the doors, rockers, wheel wells, undersides....and ended up trading it in on a newer truck. That was not my intention, I just got an awesome deal on a 2009 F350 that is super clean, and they even worked a 2000 Grand Marquis in the deal so I don't have to drive my new truck in the salt.

 

that's a freaking awesome deal! lol