Danno1985
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- MKE, WI
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- 2011
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- Ford
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- 2.3 (4 Cylinder)
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- Manual
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- 2WD
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- stock
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- stock
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- stock
I recently picked up a 2010 XLT. Usually I hate to even consider local trucks, but this one was remarkably clean. Unfortunately, there's no such thing as a 100% rust-free Wisconsin vehicle. I was initially planning to get this truck line-x'd, so I pulled the factory drop-in bedliner out and after cleaning out a layer of caked-on silt and rotted leaves, found some bubbling where the floor meets the bulkhead. It looks like that center floor section is available, but the rust goes beyond that on both sides. Doesn't really seem soft, but I'd like to nip this in the bud before it gets worse. I've fluid-filmed everything underneath the truck, but I know the bed will continue rusting through from the top if I don't address this. What's my best option here? It seems like it'd be tough to grind in this spot and really get everything. Honestly, as much as I hate everything about plastic bedliners, I'm thinking about just hitting this area as well as all the spots where the liner might rub heavily with fluid film and then just putting the bedliner back in; line-x is probably out of the question. What do y'all think?
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