Thankfully the liner was easy to remove. It pops out and is not very heavy. I should have did this long ago. Get a shop vac ready, because chances are good you have a ton of debris under the liner. I will hit the rust with some Ospho then put the liner back for now. I have to many irons in the fire.
I completely understand that, especially if it's your main or only vehicle and you can't afford to have it down. I tried welding a couple of times, it's not hard, but, it's hard to get right without a lot of practice. I pretty much suck at it and leave it to others to do. If you get one I'd recommend getting a cowpoke pieces of scrap vehicle from the yard and practicing a bit first. Or, just cover it back up with the liner and call it good :D Good luck to you either way
I was only joking about the Bondo. The loose rust and paint was ground away and I treated all surfaces with a product called Ospho. It changes iron oxide (rust) into iron phosphate. The whole bed needs to be replaced, but it works fine for me now because I never haul much more than a bike.
Can you weld? If so just patch it and cover it with a spray in like Line-X, a good line-X guy will be able to blend your patches without you having to bond or sand at all and it'll outlast your truck. Only downside is that it'll cost around $400. I've had 3 of my trucks done and my father has had 4 done- no problems with any of them. There are also DIY kits available if your a handy guy.
Looks like mine after moving from Texas to Shitcago. Texas doesn't require an undercoating but you won't sell one in Ill-noise unless the underside is Zebarted or other comparable under coating.
Oh yes. Just put in half a day of grinding, then using the tin snips, and then treating with Ospho. Got it all tucked back away, the driveway is swept up, and I am done for the day.
Man, that sucks. So much for preserving the box. That type of liner would be OK if you only put it in to haul gravel, sand or dirt, then took it out, but what a pain that would be.
go to the closest junk yard and get a truck box for your truck it costs about $200 or less depending, dump that box and install a new one and bye bye rust, don't waste your time fixing that, it will cost you way more and it is time consuming.
There is no reason for this. The stock Ford drop in bed liners can be removed in under a minute so you can remove the junk holding moisture. Just lift up the middle in back and then slide it out from under one rail and then slide it out from under the other. Now clean that crap out and put it back the same way.
I never liked those plastic liners, might be a lot nicer go pull a bed off a truck from a scrap yard slap it on your truck. Even be cheaper and holdup better for you than bondo. I also sprayed the bedliner in my truck too if that helps give you any ideas.You can check out how easy it is to spray on my you tube page
That's not the fault of your bed liner. The rust came from underneath. Your box rotted out in the wheel wells...why no where else did it rust through like that?....its from the abrasion of road grit and pebbles being thrown by your tires into the wheel well, harming the finish from underneath..then water is able to eat at your bare metal...throw road salt and chemicals in the mix and it happens even sooner. If you cleaned up and coated the inside of your wheel wells as needed or even once every couple years with some rattle can paint..or even better, something a bit stronger like some cheap 2 part brush on 'bed liner'..that would have prevented this from happening. You could have had line-x or rhino liner in that bed...same thing would have happened except you would have noticed till a heavy load or your foot went through the thin coating that would likely remain even after the metal rotted out from underneath. I have a 2003 Dakota, pulled the box this year to do some other work and did a quick job of sanding and rattle painting of the bottom of the box...it was fine for being 12 years old, (tried to keep the underneath washed off in the winter and the metal must have a good thick zinc coating or something) but I should have don't a more thorough job than half assing it like I did since I had the whole box off. I have a plastic drop in liner after beating the hell out of the bed for a year or so without one..not as 'cool' as the spray ins or good roll ons like monstaliner...but stands up great to abuse and prevents the bed from denting under abuse that even bed with high dollar spray ons would dent from. My long winded 2 cents.
It's not my main ride, it's my secondary. Pretty much I use it to take the dog to the beach, get my bike to the park, and I tow a small boat. I have a patch panel due for delivery today, and I may go with adhesives, and skip the welder for now.
Thankfully the liner was easy to remove. It pops out and is not very heavy. I should have did this long ago. Get a shop vac ready, because chances are good you have a ton of debris under the liner. I will hit the rust with some Ospho then put the liner back for now. I have to many irons in the fire.
I completely understand that, especially if it's your main or only vehicle and you can't afford to have it down.
I tried welding a couple of times, it's not hard, but, it's hard to get right without a lot of practice. I pretty much suck at it and leave it to others to do. If you get one I'd recommend getting a cowpoke pieces of scrap vehicle from the yard and practicing a bit first.
Or, just cover it back up with the liner and call it good :D
Good luck to you either way
I was only joking about the Bondo. The loose rust and paint was ground away and I treated all surfaces with a product called Ospho. It changes iron oxide (rust) into iron phosphate. The whole bed needs to be replaced, but it works fine for me now because I never haul much more than a bike.
I used to take mine out once a year and clean out under it. Sometimes I would wax it, no rhyme or reason.
Never get those plastic Bedliners I always recommend you get the brush/spray on kind.
Now that sounds a lot easier to do. I'm curious,we he patch panels made to fit? Pretty sweet if they are, would make life so much easier.
Can you weld? If so just patch it and cover it with a spray in like Line-X, a good line-X guy will be able to blend your patches without you having to bond or sand at all and it'll outlast your truck. Only downside is that it'll cost around $400. I've had 3 of my trucks done and my father has had 4 done- no problems with any of them. There are also DIY kits available if your a handy guy.
Looks like mine after moving from Texas to Shitcago. Texas doesn't require an undercoating but you won't sell one in Ill-noise unless the underside is Zebarted or other comparable under coating.
Oh yes. Just put in half a day of grinding, then using the tin snips, and then treating with Ospho. Got it all tucked back away, the driveway is swept up, and I am done for the day.
Man, that sucks. So much for preserving the box. That type of liner would be OK if you only put it in to haul gravel, sand or dirt, then took it out, but what a pain that would be.
go to the closest junk yard and get a truck box for your truck it costs about $200 or less depending, dump that box and install a new one and bye bye rust, don't waste your time fixing that, it will cost you way more and it is time consuming.
Dang....I have bedliner on my truck, bought it used 8000 miles ago.......time for a car wash tomorrow
No, I do not weld. My Father says that now is a good time to go and buy one. But I would rather just get this rig back on the road.
And that is what drop in bedliners do if gone unchecked.
There is no reason for this. The stock Ford drop in bed liners can be removed in under a minute so you can remove the junk holding moisture. Just lift up the middle in back and then slide it out from under one rail and then slide it out from under the other. Now clean that crap out and put it back the same way.
David Brogan Thanks.. That was it.. just like you said,.,, ford ranger OEM Drop in bed liner
I never liked those plastic liners, might be a lot nicer go pull a bed off a truck from a scrap yard slap it on your truck. Even be cheaper and holdup better for you than bondo. I also sprayed the bedliner in my truck too if that helps give you any ideas.You can check out how easy it is to spray on my you tube page
thats not because of the liner but because of poor maintenance....or you parked your truck in the ocean...
That's not the fault of your bed liner. The rust came from underneath. Your box rotted out in the wheel wells...why no where else did it rust through like that?....its from the abrasion of road grit and pebbles being thrown by your tires into the wheel well, harming the finish from underneath..then water is able to eat at your bare metal...throw road salt and chemicals in the mix and it happens even sooner. If you cleaned up and coated the inside of your wheel wells as needed or even once every couple years with some rattle can paint..or even better, something a bit stronger like some cheap 2 part brush on 'bed liner'..that would have prevented this from happening. You could have had line-x or rhino liner in that bed...same thing would have happened except you would have noticed till a heavy load or your foot went through the thin coating that would likely remain even after the metal rotted out from underneath. I have a 2003 Dakota, pulled the box this year to do some other work and did a quick job of sanding and rattle painting of the bottom of the box...it was fine for being 12 years old, (tried to keep the underneath washed off in the winter and the metal must have a good thick zinc coating or something) but I should have don't a more thorough job than half assing it like I did since I had the whole box off. I have a plastic drop in liner after beating the hell out of the bed for a year or so without one..not as 'cool' as the spray ins or good roll ons like monstaliner...but stands up great to abuse and prevents the bed from denting under abuse that even bed with high dollar spray ons would dent from. My long winded 2 cents.
rust
It's not my main ride, it's my secondary. Pretty much I use it to take the dog to the beach, get my bike to the park, and I tow a small boat. I have a patch panel due for delivery today, and I may go with adhesives, and skip the welder for now.
that's the worst thing I've ever seen on You tube.... sorry bro
lol