BD's 2000 Explorer Limited

[BrianDye]

Im not sure on that one honestly. Theres 04-06 trucks around here rusted to hell and back already. (90% of the ones im referring to are the Chevy's)

 

[CDW6212R]

Im not sure on that one honestly. Theres 04-06 trucks around here rusted to hell and back already. (90% of the ones im referring to are the Chevy's)

Yes, the road salts will eat anything. You should avoid it and try to spray it off as soon as possible. Undercoating will help but it's not feasible to be able to coat the whole truck. The under door edge for example is something nobody coats with anything, but that seam will rust through eventually.

Here's my 99 from when I rebuilt it, the first picture is after clipping it and painting the repair forward. I cleaned the rest of the back and undercoated up to the firewall. That's a lot of work, but not bad if the whole body is off anyway.

 

[bcbid]

CDW6212R: Did you Sand or sandblast the undercarraige before you undercoated. That turned out nice. I need to do something like that. Michgan winters suck for vehicles.

 

[CDW6212R]

The rear portion above is a 93 rear clip, an Ohio truck. It had minor surface rust, but you can see that it had undercoat to start with. I had treated the rust already by that time, with Rust Dissolver, followed by Rust Encapsulator(black in the top picture).

I used a wire brush to knock of most things, to get it clean enough for undercoat. I did lightly spray it with brake cleaner with the wire brush, I had to be careful with that to not eat way the old undercoat much. I spent about two hours on it including the rust work. The undercoat was about three cans and two brands, one from Amsoil and the others the best NAPA had. It's good stuff, I meant to get around to doing the wheel wells, but ran out of the undercoat and figured to do it later.

 

[bcbid]

Thank you, Mine is mainly a winter driver. I just might tackle that over the summer. among other things. Sorry Brian, Didn't mean to highjack...

 

[Joe Dirt]

The under door edge for example is something nobody coats with anything, but that seam will rust through eventually...

Try oiling them- the PO did that on Deuce, on the doors and hatch, and they look mint. Dust stuck to the oil, but there is zero rust.

 

[BrianDye]

That dust.....ocd......dirt.....OMG



It would kill me though if I could see any dist or dirt along my doors. I clean my jambs probably weekly

 

[Joe Dirt]

I'll probably clean it off the exterior surface, but I'll gladly trade some oil in the seams for no rust. You can see it down there in the pic:

 

[BrianDye]

Shoot thats not bad, I was picturing a horribly dirty door.

Im gonna keep that in mind too

 

[Joe Dirt]

It works- every seam looks perfect aside form the oil and dust.

 

[BrianDye]

Heading to the post office to pick up my package

 

[BrianDye]

I think sean is a mind reader...

 

[Joe Dirt]

Are you done handling your package while Sean runs through your mind?

 

[lynchy wa]

Oh my God....

 

[sean99]

Are you done handling your package while Sean runs through your mind?

Hahaha!......

 

[BrianDye]

Nope still playing with it
Thanks Sean for the G-string

Ive wanted to clay bar this thing since I had it, just havent got to it (Weve only had a select few good days), ive wanted ratcheting wrenches since we did my Tstat and my friend had some, BEST INVENTION EVER!

And the TMH stickers to tease me since I dont have them
Are those color changing LEDs?

And cant forget the G-String (Neon string : look at the top of the package)

 

[BrianDye]

Better shot

 

[BrianDye]

Do I have to wear these, or can I use them for other purposes?

 

[sport97]

Nice G string

I have the same wrenches. I have not used them yet though.

 

[lynchy wa]

Just be careful with those instruction's for that g string Brian "...Bend it, twist it, mount it, hang it...." Safety first mate.