- Joined
- Aug 27, 2007
- Messages
- 1,807
- Reaction score
- 22
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- Age
- 39
- Location
- Minnesota
- Vehicle Year
- 1992
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 0.040 punched 302
- Transmission
- Manual
That stupid core support is such thin sheet metal that I had to stretch my fab. to the front body mounts. Everything around those 2 bends was eaten away on both sides.(Minnesota road salt, thats why this is now a summer truck). It took me 12 hours to completely "fix" both sides, I didn't like the lack of support in the mount area, so I reinforced it with 1/8" plate all along the bottom.yeah that core support looks awesome. im in the process or replacing mine and it has turned into a big job. not that the core support was hard to get out but once it was i could resist from cleaning up everything and then using por 15 on the inner fenderwell, on the fire wall and then on the insides of the outer fenders. then i sprayed bondo undercoating on everything and then dusted it with high temp black spraypaint to make it a uniform color. that por15 kicks ass i did my whole frame and cab and bed in it. are you using the metal ready to prep with? that stif lays down a nice zinc coating for the por15 to stick to. sweet build!
I used weld through primer for the job($28 flippin' dollars a can!). I used the POR-15 on the engine cross member and behind the side seat areas of the supercab(I'll try to post pics). When you flip out the seat, the sheet metal on the inside wall was pretty rusted, so I applied a few coats of POR after I used the etch spray on it. It looks pretty darn good, but the POR is so watery that it seeped through the body line cracks on the bottom. So, it's sealed for good, but I have to keep an eye on moisture build-up.