NJ4X4
Senior Member
Living in NJ where we see salted / brined roads all winter really does a beating underneath your truck! At exactly 60K miles....I finally had the time to do something about it. I used wire brushes, wire brushes on my drill, sandpaper....you name it to remove it the best I could. Then I coated the frame, suspension, bottom of the bed...basically everything with Corroseal rust converter. After that, I painted the frame and suspension with Rust-Oleum Professional enamel paint...mostly with brushes, some with a rattle can. After that, I taped off and covered everything so I could spray 3M undercoating on the bottom of the bed and the inside of the fenders and rocker panels. A ton of work....but it turned out pretty good. Unfortunately, I didn't get too many pics before I started. But, I did take some of the front after I removed the rust with the wire brushes. I also replaced the strut bars that were part of the Pro Comp suspension lift. The bars and bushings were destroyed...as you can see below. I'll never let another truck get this bad... it was pretty much a nightmare trying to make it look good again!