That aint rust if you really want to see rust look at any Ram 1500 over three years old. The wheel wells rust from the inside out.

Or look at any Toyota dealer and see how many frames they have sitting there for the Tocoma and FJ. The one by me has frames being delivered weekly 4 or 5 at a time.

Really I would not sweat this just hit it with a little sand paper and paint it flat black. If you really need to do the under carriage at the same time. I have a 1968 Mustang coupe and the rear diff and under carriage is rusted really bad but it still drove straight down the road. I pulled it off the road to restore it and I will paint the under carriage at that time.

 

That's just horrible, listen i know a guy that would swap out his 04' with minimal rust for your 15' with all that horrible rust.

 

I had less rust on my 05 F150 that my new 2015 F150 has, but I bought the 05 used and maybe it was treated???

But the dealer is taking care of the 2015 issues.

 

It's quite possible that it was already treated, but you never know.

 

Bring that Tacoma up here to Northeast,Ohio and we'll see how it looks in 9 years with all the salt used here in the Winter!!!!!

 

Hey neighbor i live 5 minutes from Streetsboro,Ohio!!!

 

Howdy. I get up that way all the time to Lowes and Home Depot. Race Red 15 XL

 

That's just a part of life... painting that ball joint would have added $0.03 per piece price, which is a big deal in the automotive industry.


50k sticker price or 25k sticker price, you still get the same cheap-*** components.

 

Bottom line: I would prefer that Ford do more than they are to prevent corrosion on the undercarriage of their vehicles.

 

And yet they just had everyone with a tacoma or tundra where it snows a lot have the frame inspected and sprayed with some coating (if it passed). If it failed, they were replacing frames...