Silverado Rust Repair
 

Well... about 6 weeks ago I decided it was time to dig into the old 250,000 rust-bucket silverado and give her a little facelift.....

Here is my truck when I bought it with 100,000 in 2005.

http://www.indianasportsman.com/foru...pictureid=2617

150,000 miles later she had acquired a little rust....

http://www.indianasportsman.com/foru...pictureid=2633

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Decided to cut all of that out and replace it with new metal....

http://www.indianasportsman.com/foru...pictureid=2618

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http://www.indianasportsman.com/foru...pictureid=2621

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stripped all of the old liner out of the bed...
(Not an easy task)

http://www.indianasportsman.com/foru...pictureid=2625

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Took off the moldings, added flares, and prepped the rockers for bedliner...

http://www.indianasportsman.com/foru...pictureid=2627

Bedliner on....

http://www.indianasportsman.com/foru...pictureid=2628

Bedlined Bed, bedrails, rockers of bed.....

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Back together and ready for Tires.....

http://www.indianasportsman.com/foru...pictureid=2631

http://www.indianasportsman.com/foru...pictureid=2632

Still have quite a bit to do on the interior (rubber floor and new seats), but she is back together and driveable....
Future plans include dump bed, nerfs, cab-overs, potentially 2 more inches of lift, and tires.....

Very nice! looks good. I'm in the process of doing same thing to mine, just finished the passanger side rocker, now I need to do the drivers side. I originally got an estimate to fix everything a few years ago, had less rust then too, for over $3500.00, I figured what the hell I'll do it myself whatever I do is going to look better than rust.
so far I spent under $300 took a crash course in welding, mostly by watching Stacy David on TV. found out that rustoleum now makes OEM color match paints. A few more days of work and my truck will be rust free and I will have saved thousands. If you have more time than money this is the way to go.

Looks Great!!

VERY NICELY Documented I love the pictures.
It looks so much better with black

IT's quite the improvement!

impressive job
looks great!