Rust Problem

Nathan Smith · Oct 21, 2016

If it's that far gone it's not worth the effort to fix. mine is the same way. i just put some lincoln navigator trim on to cover the holes in the doors. looks fine and i don't care that it's a rusty mess.

If you want to stop it from getting worse knock back all of the flaking rust with a wire brush or similar and hit it with some rust reformer. you do that 2 or 3 times and it'll keep it from getting worse.

whitelightning99 · Oct 21, 2016

02_5.4Ed.B said:
As you can see in the pictures, my 2000 Expedition has some pretty bad rust on it. The rocker panels are very bad, and there a lot of rust in the rear wheel well area. The frame is rusted as well, but it still seems solid. The bottoms of the doors are getting quite rusty on the inside. The rest of the vehicle still looks nice and the floor pan isn't bad at all.

I'm planning on coating the frame and the underside of the truck, and painting what's left of the rocker panels before I cut them out and replace them. Does anyone have any suggestions about what I could do to fix the rust in the wheel wells? I don't have a welder, so is there any way I could put on new rocker panels without welding, such as self tapping screws?

I've had the truck since February of this year (2016), and it has about 171,000 miles on it now. I really like this tuck and have become extremely attached to it, so I don't know if I could give it up. Do you guys think I should try to fix it, leave it and cover it with paint, or try to find a different vehicle?

Thanks.

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oh wow you got your work cut out for you,but it's not something that can't be fix. i am guessing someone had running boards on it at on point in time ? or never car washed it during winter/after winter lol .glad mine are not that bad about a 2 foot section on mine just near the bottom lip mainly on drivers side, good luck with your repair

02_5.4Ed.B · Oct 23, 2016

Nathan Smith said:
If it's that far gone it's not worth the effort to fix. mine is the same way. i just put some lincoln navigator trim on to cover the holes in the doors. looks fine and i don't care that it's a rusty mess.

If you want to stop it from getting worse knock back all of the flaking rust with a wire brush or similar and hit it with some rust reformer. you do that 2 or 3 times and it'll keep it from getting worse.

Yeah, I've been spraying some rust reformer on the exposed parts to keep it from getting worse. I might try to find some slip on rocker panels eventually.

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02_5.4Ed.B · Oct 23, 2016

whitelightning99 said:
oh wow you got your work cut out for you,but it's not something that can't be fix. i am guessing someone had running boards on it at on point in time ? or never car washed it during winter/after winter lol .glad mine are not that bad about a 2 foot section on mine just near the bottom lip mainly on drivers side, good luck with your repair

I think you're right about it never being washed properly during the winter. There are a few things about this truck which suggest that it wasn't really taken care of the way it should have been. The fact that the last owner used it as a plow truck didn't help either. I've been considering making custom rocker panels, or getting slip on rocker panels for the truck. For now I'm just trying to get everything coated with paint before winter gets here.

Thanks.

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