To change the core support or not ...

[Zorro]

So my core support is rusty/rusting/rotted, especially around the body mounts.
You can kinda see it in this pic ...

Some local guy has one for 140$ ... haven't asked if it's new or used.

Thing is ... why should I change it? I can't spend 10$ (let alone 140$) if I don't see the point. And right now, I don't. Yeah, it's rotted but it's sturdy and isn't falling apart although the body mount bolts move around.

So convince me ... why should I replace it?

 

[mhughes165]

i wouldnt, just clean up all the rust, hit it with some rustoleum, and leave it be

 

[Evan]

i wouldnt, just clean up all the rust, hit it with some rustoleum, and leave it be

I don't even have a core support. It's completly gone, and I'm fine.

 

[mhughes165]

I don't even have a core support. It's completly gone, and I'm fine.

u get better flex that way

 

[gotmudd]

i would just brush off the loose stuff hit it with some good rust treatment and then get some good heavy gauge sheet metal and pre-drill the bodymount hole and the fab it so that it comes up the front and the back of your support [assuming that it is a box frame type set-up] and then screw it in place. would use at least 18 gauge sheet metal for durability

 

[ZMan]

replace it. "cleaning it up" isn't going to do you any good because its coming from the inside out. if you can weld, and have a little patience, changing your core support isn't all that bad. You can bolt them in too, but I prefer doing it the right way.

 

[koda6966]

Mines rotted out and my body bushings are gone in the front, so my truck doesn't look like it's lifted at all, but it's leveled. At least it's not a four inch difference anymore.