To a cop its about 20 tickets, lose your license, and watch your stuff get impounded.
I know someone who tried that a few years ago, and got caught.
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To a cop its about 20 tickets, lose your license, and watch your stuff get impounded.
I know someone who tried that a few years ago, and got caught.
Those rims.
Someone going to be a Spartan at Michigan State?
Good looking German Shepherd!
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No "proper" repair on auto/truck body & paint issues like that are cheap anymore. I must not be looking close at enough Rams as that is the very first one I have seen looking like that.
It can be repaired but the "right way" is to replace the whole bedside. You can cut out just the rusted area, and weld in a new arch, but 90% of the time, it will eventually rust out again around the area where it was welded.
Rust is the bane of my existence.
I see a lot of Rams of that generation with a rust hole in the middle of the front fender near the Hemi badge. Seems to be a common problem. Like this-
Also nearly every 2014-2018 Silverado/GMC I see needs rockers. I'd be upset if my truck that was less than 10 years old needed rockers.
Come on out to the other side of the Rockies where we don't salt the roads much.
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You are darn right. Had no idea it is not just some isolated issues..... PLUS more than one company. WoW.
I sure would love to do that someday. For now, Fluid Film undercoating helps a lot, and my 10 year old aluminum F150 is holding up great. The aluminum bodies definitely seem to hold up better to corrosion than the steel bodied trucks.
Every domestic truck looks like that. The Chevy trucks look probably the worse. I would put less money into the electronics and give the customer a better undercarriage product. People work hard for their money and i see this on newer trucks too. Shameful they cant or wont do something to keep this down like a rubberized coating or lanolin or something.
Rainy Seattle is chockablock with 20 year old cars and hardly a one is rusting out... Super rare to see. It's the salt way more than the manufacturers fault.
One way to deal with it is to grind it out with a 3M fiber wheel, apply two coats of Rust Bullet polymer, then attach plastic fender covers.
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Is the bed more susceptible on a pickup as opposed to a SUV? Admittedly I’ve never looked under to see what a bed looks like…
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Another question to ponder is: If my vehicle has that type (any really) swelling up and rusted out spots near the wheel wells , what else is already started the rotting out process too? What is going on all over other spots that can not be easily seen?
I like. That would carry my camper "real good."
The lanolin/Fluid Film undercoating seem to help a lot, but the rubberized coatings make it worse. As soon as the rubberized undercoating gets a chip in it, it peels, moisture gets behind it and the rubberized undercoating just holds the salt and moisture against the panel.
The salt is the problem for sure. In areas that don't see salt, these things aren't much of a concern.
In theory, I wouldn't think they be any different but the pickup trucks seems to rust worse. Not that SUVs like Tahoes, Suburbans, Expeditions, etc. don't rust.
The geese are returning - but look a bit disgruntled. The nearby Red River is still frozen over.
Saw a school of BYD Sharks on a truck.
