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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 07:14 PM
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Body Rust

On my 2004 both cab corners are starting to rust with 90,000 on the clock its been an UPSTATE New york truck its whole life so i know why its rusting just cant belive it already, any one else have any visible from the outside body rust?
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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Ya, on the fender above the passenger rear wheel I have a hole. Pretty sure it's a replacement panel though from an accident I was not informed of when I purchased the vehicle. Really grinds my gears if you know what I mean. Darn motor ain't even broke in yet. At this rate, who knows what will go first, the trans or the body lol.
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Old Jan 22, 2010 | 10:37 PM
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Mine's an 03, and I can probably list more body parts with rust than without right now! Winter sucks!!!
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 06:53 AM
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Ok well thanks guys i dont feel so bad now, between the salt and the calcium that they put on the road now i cant belive you cant hear the rust eating your truck.
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 12:31 PM
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Look under the doors. My last 3500 got really bad in that location by 100,000 and of course Dodge would not do anything with it. I should have looked sooner while it was still in the paint/body warranty.

Dave
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Old Jan 23, 2010 | 12:41 PM
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5 rest6red 0y 96 and gt rid of allthe rust. as soon as i had the first saltcalcium mix i had a rust hole in about 2 months...
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Old Jan 24, 2010 | 09:49 AM
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Mine is starting to rust at the bottom of the tailgate. It's been painted 3 times and they still can't get it right.

Jim
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