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Old Mar 15, 2024 | 04:49 PM
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Drip rail rust clean up

My truck has gone through at least one bad paint job. Evidence popping up along the drip rail. Any recommendations on dealing with the rust without getting overly invasive? I was thinking of a Dremel tool behind the drip, surgically applied POR15 and then an air brush to get color back behind the drip rail. it won’t be perfect but I do want to stop the rust from spreading.




 
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Old Mar 15, 2024 | 05:51 PM
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Not to make it look great, but just to save it until next repaint, etc .... might help to chip / brush all visable rust out, a rust converter, and cover with sealer and paint if you like, your POR15 might do it.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2024 | 06:48 PM
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Not necessarily a bad paint job. The drip rail and rear cab lower corners all rusted from the inside from condensation.
 
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Drip rails are something they did away with and it sucks.
They served a purpose.
 
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Originally Posted by Rubiranch
Drip rails are something they did away with and it sucks.
They served a purpose.
I've seen a couple with them shaved smooth, painted, then replaced with stick on drip rails ... to serve the purpose.

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Old Mar 16, 2024 | 02:24 PM
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I've seen a couple with them shaved smooth, painted, then replaced with stick on drip rails ... to serve the purpose.

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Why???
 
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Why???
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Drip rails are something they did away with and it sucks.
They served a purpose.
Just my guess, without something, easy for rain water to follow under the door opening top inward over the door's top, maybe finding more leaks?
 
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Just my guess, without something, easy for rain water to follow under the door opening top inward over the door's top, maybe finding more leaks?
So they cut off the factory drip rails and installed aftermarket ones??
 
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Oh, yeah .... didn't make a lot of sense to me. One said it was easier to patch the holes but he stuck the stick ons in place later. The other one was one I found as an abandoned wreck upside down in some trees down over a bank.
 
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