Wheel well rust
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Wheel well rust
Hello everyone.
Im not positive if this is the right section for my question but do feel free to move my thread if this is not the right place. I have a 2005 dodge ram 1500 Daytona with some pretty nasty wheel well rusting. I have no experience with body work at all but in its current condition I figure I have nothing to lose. My question is, have any of you guys gone about repairing the rust? Can anyone offer me any tips and tricks or anything that will help me? My buddy has a welder and is willing to help me do the welding portion. I am thinking about using the patch kits found here https://raybuck.com/product/2002-08-...assenger-side/ and the drivers side. Ive heard about an inside rocker panel? Is that something I need to look into? When it comes to the painting is there any place that will paint match my paint and make it so that I can paint it myself? Any tips, tricks or help is appreciated.
Thanks
Im not positive if this is the right section for my question but do feel free to move my thread if this is not the right place. I have a 2005 dodge ram 1500 Daytona with some pretty nasty wheel well rusting. I have no experience with body work at all but in its current condition I figure I have nothing to lose. My question is, have any of you guys gone about repairing the rust? Can anyone offer me any tips and tricks or anything that will help me? My buddy has a welder and is willing to help me do the welding portion. I am thinking about using the patch kits found here https://raybuck.com/product/2002-08-...assenger-side/ and the drivers side. Ive heard about an inside rocker panel? Is that something I need to look into? When it comes to the painting is there any place that will paint match my paint and make it so that I can paint it myself? Any tips, tricks or help is appreciated.
Thanks
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The rear wells rust from the inside out. So about time you see it on the outside, its pretty far along and up the panel on the inside. Yours is WAY bad on the outside, so you might find you don't have enough patch panel to do the job. Way easier to find a non-rusty bed, it will cost you - but when you add up your time and materials - it'll probably work out cheaper for you to swap beds. Likely you wont' find a bed in the right color, but you can try. Would be worth an extra couple hundred to get one you didn't have to paint, however that orange isn't going to be very common.
I've painted outdoors often, and I can get pro level results. Usually involves sanding with 2000 grit to get the final result super flat. They make paint files to remove any trash that gets into the paint. However, by the time you buy all the equipment necessary to do this one job, it'd be cheaper to have someone spray it for you.
Here are a few postings where I show some results, first is a 2nd gen I went front to back on...
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...placement.html
Second is a bumper swap with matching single stage paint - no sanding or polishing, and it was painted in the back yard over grass hanging from a jungle gym.
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...-rust-out.html
I've painted outdoors often, and I can get pro level results. Usually involves sanding with 2000 grit to get the final result super flat. They make paint files to remove any trash that gets into the paint. However, by the time you buy all the equipment necessary to do this one job, it'd be cheaper to have someone spray it for you.
Here are a few postings where I show some results, first is a 2nd gen I went front to back on...
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...placement.html
Second is a bumper swap with matching single stage paint - no sanding or polishing, and it was painted in the back yard over grass hanging from a jungle gym.
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...-rust-out.html
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Tyler Oplasage (04-21-2020)
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The rear wells rust from the inside out. So about time you see it on the outside, its pretty far along and up the panel on the inside. Yours is WAY bad on the outside, so you might find you don't have enough patch panel to do the job. Way easier to find a non-rusty bed, it will cost you - but when you add up your time and materials - it'll probably work out cheaper for you to swap beds. Likely you wont' find a bed in the right color, but you can try. Would be worth an extra couple hundred to get one you didn't have to paint, however that orange isn't going to be very common.
I've painted outdoors often, and I can get pro level results. Usually involves sanding with 2000 grit to get the final result super flat. They make paint files to remove any trash that gets into the paint. However, by the time you buy all the equipment necessary to do this one job, it'd be cheaper to have someone spray it for you.
Here are a few postings where I show some results, first is a 2nd gen I went front to back on...
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...placement.html
Second is a bumper swap with matching single stage paint - no sanding or polishing, and it was painted in the back yard over grass hanging from a jungle gym.
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...-rust-out.html
I've painted outdoors often, and I can get pro level results. Usually involves sanding with 2000 grit to get the final result super flat. They make paint files to remove any trash that gets into the paint. However, by the time you buy all the equipment necessary to do this one job, it'd be cheaper to have someone spray it for you.
Here are a few postings where I show some results, first is a 2nd gen I went front to back on...
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...placement.html
Second is a bumper swap with matching single stage paint - no sanding or polishing, and it was painted in the back yard over grass hanging from a jungle gym.
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...-rust-out.html
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Hello everyone.
Im not positive if this is the right section for my question but do feel free to move my thread if this is not the right place. I have a 2005 dodge ram 1500 Daytona with some pretty nasty wheel well rusting. I have no experience with body work at all but in its current condition I figure I have nothing to lose. My question is, have any of you guys gone about repairing the rust? Can anyone offer me any tips and tricks or anything that will help me? My buddy has a welder and is willing to help me do the welding portion. I am thinking about using the patch kits found here https://raybuck.com/product/2002-08-...assenger-side/ and the drivers side. Ive heard about an inside rocker panel? Is that something I need to look into? When it comes to the painting is there any place that will paint match my paint and make it so that I can paint it myself? Any tips, tricks or help is appreciated.
Thanks
Im not positive if this is the right section for my question but do feel free to move my thread if this is not the right place. I have a 2005 dodge ram 1500 Daytona with some pretty nasty wheel well rusting. I have no experience with body work at all but in its current condition I figure I have nothing to lose. My question is, have any of you guys gone about repairing the rust? Can anyone offer me any tips and tricks or anything that will help me? My buddy has a welder and is willing to help me do the welding portion. I am thinking about using the patch kits found here https://raybuck.com/product/2002-08-...assenger-side/ and the drivers side. Ive heard about an inside rocker panel? Is that something I need to look into? When it comes to the painting is there any place that will paint match my paint and make it so that I can paint it myself? Any tips, tricks or help is appreciated.
Thanks
#10
Hello everyone, Ive decided to get this project going and I am heading to my buddies this weekend so he can help me with the welding. I will then drive it home to do the bodywork and then get it painted. My question is since I have to drive it back I have to protect it. I was thinking of using an epoxy primer on the outside on the bare metal and coating the inside with por-15 or some rubbery rust preventative. I know it will look ugly on the drive back but if I coat it heavily with an epoxy primer will it be safe until I get home?