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Looking at a '95 V8 ,4WD Club Cab.It has rust at the bottom of the LF fender,
plus some at the bottom of the doors (in the middle,at the base).The rest of it looks
solid.This is a one-owner truck w/121,000 miles on it.
Would it be better to have the doors replaced/repainted,or have them patched?
Does anyone know of a source in the South East for good doors?
Thanks in advance.
Nice looking truck, the rust in those places is kinda typical from what I've seen, my truck has the same fender rust but quite a bit worse. I have one side cab corner rust that is getting worse. I don't think they make a patch panel for the size I need, will have to look for a good cab corner at a salvage yard.
I'm not sure whether you can get new replacement doors, but I doubt it. Best you probably can hope for is doors / fenders from Texas or the southwest. I was kinda hoping to find a basic truck in the south for the bed and front fenders.
The fender also, but there's enough solid trucks out there down here in the South and you can buy new fenders both, I'd just replace that.
Take those flares off; you'll probably find it's cancered under them. So both front fenders (and I'd opt for new metal), rebuild the back (you can buy wheel arches), and rebuild the doors using old skool techniques.
I was in paducah last month and hit a few boneyards while there. One pic n pull had a few of these trucks with great bodies. In fact they gave me such a good price on a bed for my 96 that I have been thinking about it ever since, and want to go back and get it. This bed is perfect, the one next to it was also quite solid but was sprayed in something pukey colored that if it were black I'd have thought it was some kind of bedliner on the outside not knowing if it could be removed. The one next to it was perfect except red.
i wish I could find one as nice as those for the 99. A semi local place that advertises southern rust free truck beds has 2 that would fit my 99 but for $850 no thanks. The place in Kentucky wanted$100 for that nice red bed.
And for doors and fenders I found an 87 (yeah I was surprised too) with perfect ones at a yard 5 miles from my house that I absolutely had to get and that was while I had my 92 and my 93 just to have because they're so nice. Those doors and fenders didn't go to waste, they are on my 96.
Surprisingly this is within an hour of chicago middle of the salt belt
'95 Dakota - Rust Repair,or Replace?
