Thinking about selling... thoughts?

[NRA223]

I've reached a sad crossroad. The inside edge of my rockers, and the bottom edge of one of my doors is starting to show signs of truck cancer. It is in the very early stages by my eye so i thought no big deal to fix. So, I had a trusted local body shop look at it today to see what the price would be to fix it, and it was high. He said he could sand it down and make it look good and i might get a couple years out of it but he would make no guarantee. He quoted about 4500 to replace the rockers and fix the door. As some of you may have read, i am building a house right now and 4500 is not in the budget. I refuse to sit back and let this truck rust out. I would rather sell it to somebody who will fix it than watch it waste away after how much work is in it. SO, my choices are cheap fix and hope for the best, or sell it i think.

I'd like to hear opinions on what you would do in this situation. I'd also like opinions on what you think i might get out of the truck.

It is an 01 ECSB 4x4 LT trim with only 70,000 miles. Dual power leather heated seat, CD Player, I think it is all options that year except sun roof. Truck is in really good shape other than the starting rust as described above. It has many mods. The motor, diffs, and intercooler are about the only things stock at this point. Some of the highlights are built trans, Stealth64, 30 over exergys, Sportsman pump, ARP studs, brand new general grabber AT2s. There is much more, can give more details if needed.

 

[Whitetail Addict]

My 2003 was starting to rust and I got rid of it while there was still value in it. I got too good of a deal on the exact LML I wanted. I don't "need" two trucks. It's like shooting your trusty horse when he goes lame.

That said, in your situation (if you can live with the LB7 design flaws) I'd probably do the cheap fix for now and fix it right once the house is done and funds allow.

Truck value is geographic. I'd say $8-10k on your truck in my area if you find the right buyer. I found most people want a stock truck around here. You have to look at what a bank will loan. The buyers of our used trucks are around 16-22.

Sunroofs weren't available until 2005 to my knowledge.

 

[Rancelot211]

I'd give 8k for it lol

 

[70ssclone]

It's the epitome of most of these trucks for the rockers to rot, my thing is I have an 05 and the outers are starting to go but I will patch it and rhino line them to make them look ok for a while . 4500 might seem high if you can't do the work yourself but it beats 50g for a new truck you Dont really need. I noticed the rust on my rockers more before I put a set of 20 fuel Mavericks on the truck then the rust disappeared haha.

 

[PureHybrid]

How much do you drive it? If not very much, then keep it. Nothing will piss you off more than cutting a check every month for something you don't drive.

I say grind all the rust off and coat everything with Por15.

 

[NRA223]

Well, Great news on this. I took the truck to a friend of the family who i used to work with. He now runs his family's auto body business. He told me what i first thought, no metal needs replaced. He is going to De-mold the truck, strip the insides of the bottom door edges and the rockers and re-paint them all for 850$. :thumb:

 

[830king]

Well, Great news on this. I took the truck to a friend of the family who i used to work with. He now runs his family's auto body business. He told me what i first thought, no metal needs replaced. He is going to De-mold the truck, strip the insides of the bottom door edges and the rockers and re-paint them all for 850$. :thumb:

That's a good temporary fix....but in a year or two that rust is gonna be showing itself again. Best way to stop it is to cut out the bad metal and replace.

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[Max Attitude]

I started seeing signs on my 05 a few years ago. I started parking it in the winter and now spray oil inside the rockers/wheel wells annually. It has not progressed. I also removed my bed and coated the underside with the stuff suggested earlier in this thread- POR15. The stuff is awesome. I would sand rockers and brush that stuff on before painting the real color then after the paint has had a while to cure spray oil inside the rockers and everywhere else it may rust- hood, fenders tailgate… That's what I did and I also sprayed clear rock guard on the bottom. Still looks great. Another spot they like to rust is behind the tail light assemblies.

 

[Rancelot211]

X2 on the bed pockets behind the tail lights. Had mine blasted and painted while the bed got repainted.