My '06 F150 is already rusting and I need to get it fixed.
Theres bubbles on both rear 1/4’s above the wheel with the right side being worse but today at the car wash one of the bubbles on the left side opened up and now it looks pretty bad.
I want to get all the rust fixed because Im keeping the truck for a long time and dont want it to look bad. Left:
Rust sucks. Once it starts it cant be 100% removed without replacing metal. Grinding it out and body working over it could come back in 6 months or 6 years. Its a crap shoot.
Link me to the patch panels so I can see how much they cover. The thing with the patches is the labor involved in putting them in, and then the time and materials to body work the repair.
Bedsides, although being the most expensive parts wise, usually end up being the same cost or atleast damn close to the cost for patches + labor/materials. If not LESS expensive sometimes actually.
Any of the 3 options the entire panel is being painted and cleared. so labor to paint and materials to shoot are no different.
If your keeping it long term, and I know the rest of the truck is mint… I would replace the entire bedsides.
if thats both sides shipped, thats the best deal for the long run. and yea they are spot welded and panel bonded on.
per patch shipping is cheap as heck too, better than I can do for them through lkq. Ill ask eric tonight what he thinks and see if he can get bedsides too.
Sounds pretty good. It probably wont be for a few months. No sense doing it with salt still on the roads and Ive gotta see how much Ive got put aside for it and go from there.
