Son of a....truck's got the cancer
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Yeah, only pretty much on road driving for this truck! It's just a bad spot for teh salt and consensation to sit. I would recommend that even if you don't have anything show up, if you live where they salt, make a pre-emptive strike and POR-15 the hell out of those inner fenders. I went and did it on the other side just as a precaution.
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Yeah, only pretty much on road driving for this truck! It's just a bad spot for teh salt and consensation to sit. I would recommend that even if you don't have anything show up, if you live where they salt, make a pre-emptive strike and POR-15 the hell out of those inner fenders. I went and did it on the other side just as a precaution.
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Sorry to see the rot; I'm seeing more and more of this as the trucks get a few more years on them. So far my 02 has escaped this.
Some regular routine preventive measures goes a long way to decreasing this type of rot. It's part of the reason I like to hand wash my truck; the inside of the fenderwells gets liberally sprayed and scrubbed down every time I wash it. The commercial washes don't do a very good job of spraying up inside the recessed areas that hold the salt and dirt.
Some regular routine preventive measures goes a long way to decreasing this type of rot. It's part of the reason I like to hand wash my truck; the inside of the fenderwells gets liberally sprayed and scrubbed down every time I wash it. The commercial washes don't do a very good job of spraying up inside the recessed areas that hold the salt and dirt.
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Yep, in the winters this gets weekly washes from my industrial power wash setup(grandfather used to run carwashes as a hobby), and in teh winter it's not as frequent, but not neglected. I guess I'm trying to say this is very well taken care of (although don't do the fender like you mentioned). The one nice thing is when i went to these three places for a quote, all three thought I had the truck repainted recently since the paint was in such good shape....got I love that Porter Cable.
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I rinse the wheel wells when the weather is nice, & try to get my hand up there to scrub. It's a lil harder know that it's dropped. But I do what I can in the winter. When it's too cold to give it a wash like I'd want, I go to the car wash. I use high pressure to wash the wheelwells & underneath. Of couse, that's after I spray the exterior.
Every year, I can't wait to give her a good wash soon as weather turns nice!
Every year, I can't wait to give her a good wash soon as weather turns nice!