Hi everyone, I am a new member. About a year and a half ago I got my dodge. I had been looking on craigslist for a while. This one popped up, and I immediately called and went to check it out. By the time I got there, he had 41 calls on it. It was a 2004 quad cab 5.7 hemi, 4x4. It had 170,000 miles and he was asking 3500. He was asking so little because of what he believed to be a bad lifter tick, and some bubbling above the rear wheel wells. I decided to buy it because it drove fine. When I got home I crawled under it and saw a header bolt was missing, replaced this and the tick was gone. The truck runs and drives great, however the rust has now gotten a good bit worse. I would like some suggestions on what to do. My dad is a machinist and is a great welder. We could cut it out and put in patch panels but I understand this is only temporary. I have thought about my best option being to cover them for now with fender flares, and look in the mean time for another bed off a wrecked truck, but not a 2004 because of the rust issues. Would like to know if there are some junkyards in my area (NC) that are dodge only or something of the sort. Also, if I put the fender flares on, what should I do with the rusted areas before installing them? Thanks guys