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Old May 9, 2007 | 12:26 AM
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I would like to know The common rust out areas on the2nd Gendodge so i can rustproof before there is visable rust
 
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Old May 9, 2007 | 12:50 AM
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I'm getting rust along the bottom of the doors.[:@]
 
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Old May 14, 2007 | 02:27 PM
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Yep the bottom of the doors.....[:@]
Seems the water runs from the top and collects at the bottom seal.
My driver side is alot worse than the pass side.
I went home to my cousins and they have two Rams and both of them are the same as mine.
I guess it is a common issue.
 
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Old May 14, 2007 | 02:55 PM
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I just noticed that the area around my drivers door handle is starting to pit.
 
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Old May 14, 2007 | 09:45 PM
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Bottom of doors for sure, my drivers side is getting pretty bad. Also another very common spot is on top of the rear wheel wells. I have 2 bubbles on one side that finially flaked off and one on the other side. Time to fix some rust!
 
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Old May 14, 2007 | 11:49 PM
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its good to stay on top of it now .. waiting till a larger spot shows up is way to hard to hide and make it still look good...

im starting to get some flakeing in the pinch underneath the door... gonna try and grind that out and weld the seem then repaint it.. thats a horrible spot for rust to start
 
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Old May 15, 2007 | 12:14 AM
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Im with Socha, Ive got both doors on the bottom showing major rust and the top of the passenger side wheel well has buubled and flacked off leaving ugly rusty metal. Ive been toying with the idea of either having someone fix the rust and re-paint the areas or have the whole truck repainted but use the color of mint green.
 
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Old May 15, 2007 | 01:13 AM
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ive also got the door rust, but i am also getting some rust fenders above the wheels as well on my 99
 
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Old May 16, 2007 | 12:32 AM
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I'll take some pics of my rust repair, I'm going it tomarrow. CarQuest has exact match paint they can order or might have it in stock. Just bring in your paint color code (mine is on the driver side door jam sticker, bottom of the stick says "Paint: PR4") Tell them the code and they can order some, any parts store should be able to. I'm getting the Dupli-Color stuff, not professional quality but if you do it right it'll still last quite a long time. The Dupli-Color cans I got are $6.50 each.

While waxing the truck yesterday I knocked the rust bubble apart, so I have a nice rust black spot about the size of 2 quaters.
 
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Old May 16, 2007 | 12:53 AM
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under the battery tray... (inner fender?)
 
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