Mataroa
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- Vehicle Year
- 2004
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 4.0L
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- Automatic
Howdy!
To start: My truck is having some issues with rust, to say the least. The bed, the frame, and even one of the cab corners is pretty bad. I'm not creative enough to tackle the frame rust, but I have plans for a wooden flatbed and the cab corner.
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As you can see, the cab corner is pretty far gone. I genuinely mean it, GONE. It even rusted out the seatbelt anchor, however I've already bolted that down elsewhere.
I doubt the replacement cab corners I've seen from Rock Auto will do anything. So, the plan is to cover it up. Something akin to applique armor.
>Use some angle iron to make a replacement corner to hold everything at proper angles (I have the passenger side to use as a reference).
>Apply metal from front wheel well to cab corner, wrapping around the corner, also going high enough to the style ridge. (See pic below, shown on passenger side)
>Repeat for passenger side, because covering one side only would simply look silly.
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What are your thoughts? It seems like a straightforward project, but I was curious to see if anyone had tried anything similar.
Comments? Concerns?
To start: My truck is having some issues with rust, to say the least. The bed, the frame, and even one of the cab corners is pretty bad. I'm not creative enough to tackle the frame rust, but I have plans for a wooden flatbed and the cab corner.
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(Image redacted)
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(Image redacted)
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As you can see, the cab corner is pretty far gone. I genuinely mean it, GONE. It even rusted out the seatbelt anchor, however I've already bolted that down elsewhere.
I doubt the replacement cab corners I've seen from Rock Auto will do anything. So, the plan is to cover it up. Something akin to applique armor.
>Use some angle iron to make a replacement corner to hold everything at proper angles (I have the passenger side to use as a reference).
>Apply metal from front wheel well to cab corner, wrapping around the corner, also going high enough to the style ridge. (See pic below, shown on passenger side)
>Repeat for passenger side, because covering one side only would simply look silly.
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(Image redacted)
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What are your thoughts? It seems like a straightforward project, but I was curious to see if anyone had tried anything similar.
Comments? Concerns?
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