rear wheel wells
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rear wheel wells
Is there any kind of protection we can get for the underside of the rear wheel wells? My 2000 SD had some sort of plastic liner in them. By the looks of my06 F-150 the salty winter slush is going to get a free shot at the inner walls of the bed...
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Read the following thread and follow the links. It may be helpful. Outside of wheel well gap guards, some folks have used spray-on liner (can be found at auto stores, etc.). This is normally used to make your own spray-in bedliner, but can certainly be used on your wheel wells.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/4...ler-panel.html
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/4...ler-panel.html
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Yeah really sucky, Idont know where you guys live but up here in MN that space from the back tire to the rear bumber is going to be one big chunk of ice ,and there no way a car wash will get it out 
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I'm going to look into getting well liners from an F-250 or using some front ones off an F-150... I figure about 2 maybe 3 months before the snow flies.BTW Ilooked at a Chevy 3500 same thing on those.
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Go to Adavanced Auto or something like that and get 2-3 cans of this stuff called rubberized undercoating. Then use some sandpaper to rough up the surfaces of your wheels wells and give them some coats of this stuff. Give it a good half day to dry especially if you are putting on a thick coat. I originally did my wheels wells with some can of bedliner and it started cracking and peeling....this rubberized stuff looks alot more durable and thick.
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Yea, I used the spray on bed liner on the wheel wells and it is also cracking and peeling off. Now I just wait till a section starts to peel, use some scotch brite to rough up the exposed service, then paint it again with some low gloss spray paint. When most of it has peeled off, I'll probably repaint with some undercoating or something.
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Yea the bedliner spray can stuff is too hard, so I think when a rock hits it, it just chips. This rubberized undercoating is nice and thick and you can feel the rubber in it, so rocks will bounce off of it as opposed to crack it.
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That stuff might be ok where you live but I'm talking about prevent a huge packed in chunk of snow/slush/ice from forming in the cavity between the rear wheel and rear bumper, then when I back into my heated gararge I'll get a puddle the size of a small lake in there...
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I did the rubberized undercoating on my truck ~ 1 year ago. As mentioned above, rough up the wheel wells with sand paper prior to spraying. Purchased at Advance Auto Parts. Took about 2 to 3 cans. Looks nice and is holding up great.
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Hey i know what your talking about,,you look behind the wheel and theres nothing there, where there used to be a plastic lining to stop what your asking about. have you tried j.c.whitney? they might accidently have a universal fit mud/snow guard/liner. Its frustrating to see all the stuff that engineers make cheaper or just remove it. (because I am an engineer and reducing costs is part of my job,,so i spot these things all over these new models. Look at your door hinges, they look pathectically small for such a big door, and it very embarrasing to see the door sheet metal actually flex inward when you shut the door. Didnt mean to get on soap box!!....i'm still Ford nut, born that way i guess....paul