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Tailgate FML


YayItsJake

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Joined
Jul 31, 2009
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62
Age
39
City
Tionesta, PA
Vehicle Year
1995
Transmission
Manual
Being in NE ohio i am used to rust on vehicles. Its just a simple way of life here. We get snow, county coats the roads in salt, our trucks rust, Bondo sales spike. I thought it a good idea to nip the rust on my tailgate in the butt. I had bought a tub of Herculiner a few months back for my bed/lower fenders and i decided that since i'm off work from an injury now would be a good time to test it out on the surface cancer of my tail gate.

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tiny bubbles. . .but these ones not in my beer aren't making me happy.

opened up the cover and i discovered these.

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yes those are chunks of whats supposed to be the inside of my gate. I opened another beer and got out the wire wheel.

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So, for the the $25,000 question. . .do i teach myself to weld/body work, say eff it and goto pull a part for a new gate, or say "i don't care" spray it in herculiner and wait for it to rot the rest of the way?

what was gonna be a nice 2 day diversion has become my nemesis.

brb out of :beer:
 
Herculine it now, if you're already doing your rockers etc, then it'll all match. Replace it later, I have a cheap Chinese 'gate on my stepside and you can't tell it's not factory.
 

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