I searched the forum and can't seem to find too many of you who have this issue, so I figured I'd bring it up.
I noticed over the Summer that I had a nickle-sized paint bubble under my gas door, about an inch from the recessed lip. I decided not to mess with it and form a solution later to maybe fixing it. Well, after several car washes and well into Fall the bubble busted and left a nice rust colored circle that stuck out on my black paint. So like with any rust, if you see a little, there is more. I decided to do a temp fix to it and then fill it in and paint it the right way once Spring set in and there were warmer temps. So I grinded out the rust, it ended up being the size of a dollar in all. I primed and painted the area (without filler) just to keep the elements out of it... it looks bad right now.
Wasn't long after that, since now I'm looking directly at that rusted area that I "fixed" that I notice that my upper fender well is rusting out on the drivers side... bubbles and all. Looks like a dam 15 year old Chevy. FML.
Hood is rusting too, and not just from rock chps, I have bubble coming up on the lip by the grill in two places. I'll post pics when I can.
I'm gonna end up having to repaint both areas, and it's not like I can just pull off that rear quarter and replace it.
As far as I know, nobody makes or sells sheet metal patches for the truck.
For reference, my truck was born and raised in the Chicago area, so it's seen it's fare share of snow and salt.
I noticed over the Summer that I had a nickle-sized paint bubble under my gas door, about an inch from the recessed lip. I decided not to mess with it and form a solution later to maybe fixing it. Well, after several car washes and well into Fall the bubble busted and left a nice rust colored circle that stuck out on my black paint. So like with any rust, if you see a little, there is more. I decided to do a temp fix to it and then fill it in and paint it the right way once Spring set in and there were warmer temps. So I grinded out the rust, it ended up being the size of a dollar in all. I primed and painted the area (without filler) just to keep the elements out of it... it looks bad right now.
Wasn't long after that, since now I'm looking directly at that rusted area that I "fixed" that I notice that my upper fender well is rusting out on the drivers side... bubbles and all. Looks like a dam 15 year old Chevy. FML.
Hood is rusting too, and not just from rock chps, I have bubble coming up on the lip by the grill in two places. I'll post pics when I can.
I'm gonna end up having to repaint both areas, and it's not like I can just pull off that rear quarter and replace it.
As far as I know, nobody makes or sells sheet metal patches for the truck.
For reference, my truck was born and raised in the Chicago area, so it's seen it's fare share of snow and salt.