I am thinking of attempting to fit in a few rust repair panels on my 93 F-150. The 225,000 miles of Michigan weather as taken a toll on the body. I will be needing the rear wheel well patches as well as front bottom quarter panel patchs. Is there any good place online where I can get these panels?? How hard are they to patch in?

Thanks.

Nate

 

I looked on line , there are a few places, but prices were better at a local body/paint store .my wheel well panels cost $23.00 each
as compared to $50.00 each ,on-line plus shipping,
a friend and I replaced them, cut out old,welded in new, then bono,sanding and painting,
looks better but not perfect.
my total cost for every thing was $200.00
a lot of work, but friend had all the tools needed,
its just our skills aren't perfect.
took about 3 days , by the both of us,
about 4 to 6 hours a day .
But a local body shop wanted aprox $2000.00
so I'm satisifed with our work .
look for a local salvage yard for a box, way easier.
as long as ya can paint..........

heres an on-line link

 

Why not help support our sponsors (that help FTE run) by checking out jeff's bronco graveyard (our motorhaven site might have something, sorry I am running out of the house so I can't check right now for ya, but it would be on motorhaven's site, link in upper right corner of this page).

www.jeffsbroncograveyard.com, they have F-150 stuff too.

 

there ripping you off for 2000 dollars to do patch pannels!

 

they are gonig to charge my $2200 ish to do the 2 wheel wells and the lower rear cab panels.

 

Junkyard fenders are hit or miss. Here in NJ I haven't found a set of F-series fenders (92-96) that are rust free, or not badly dented. Being picky, I want rust free AND not dented

Here is an option for the fronts, at least:
http://www.truckpartsdiscount.com/cg...ar=1993&cat=22

When the page comes up, you might want to change the vehicle in the top middle of the screen, I have 93 F350 crewcab there.

They don't seem to have the rear patches however... but $125 for the right, and $75 for the left, thats $200 in materials and all you have to do is lightly sand, prime and paint. No cutting, no welding, no hassles.

Anyway, just another idea for those with wheel well rust in the front.

For the rears, I'm generally very lazy. I scour around until i find a used "take off bed" whereas someone converted a pickup to a tow truck, flat bed, 5-th wheel, whatever, then I try to buy the bed for $500 or less if its in good shape. Takes a while to find a good decent bed at a that price (or less), but its worth hunting. I'd rather feed three big friends steaks and beers in the backyard than spend weeks welding and swearing.

Partly because I prefer leadding to bondo, so I have a tendency to do everything the hard way.

 

Long box or short? If its a long box, we have a beautiful rust free take-off bed (if your truck is white, you could use it without painting!) here at the shop here in E. Central Ohio (40min South of Canton) Also have a 93 Cab available too with zero rust. If youre interested, click on the user name, and then click on "Send an Email" and I will get back to you with prices and such