fourpoint7
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Hi everyone. I have a 2011 ram 4.7 bought it back in 2018. A year after I bought it both rear wheel wells started to form rust bubbles. I started to panic and busted out all my body repair tools. I got 90% of the rust off but had to take it to a fly by night garage auto body guy. He charged me $500 to fix both sides. He cut out the rust on one side but not the other, repainted both sides of the bed. A year later, the rust came back in more bubbles. I had learned from other body shops that when this happens, u don't fix it, u go buy a new or used bed. Well, I don't have $2,500 dollars for a used bed. Looks like the guy used alot of (and I hate to say the word) "bondo". Here is a tip I learned that a old guy had told me to do to ur truck BEFORE a vehicle starts to rust. OIL THE HECK OUT OF UR VEHICLE. He told me to take a bottle of any clean motor oil and pour it down ur door panels, door jams, cab corners. I do this every year to my trucks cab and I have no issues with rust. It does work. One thing I didn't mention is I have 2 trucks, I put my 2011 away for the winter, (the salt will eat everything.) I drive my 1995 ram in the winter. I am shocked at the difference it makes. For the rust under the truck, I use a product called "por15" it's a 100 times better than rustolum paint. The question I keep asking myself is "Why does dodge trucks rust so much?" Sounds like they skip the zinc oxide and use cheap China metal.