MurderFX

Oh boy. I've got a cover and a bed rug in my truck. I guess I better go get sized for a skirt.
But then again my use and reasons for purchasing my choice of vehicle is no concern to anybody on this forum. Unless you plan on pitching in on a few payments, don't worry about it.

strokedimpala

Hi guys I responded earlier.I live in a nice country area.No crime with a 3 car garage that's 900 sq feet.I could fit a Screw with an 8' bed I they made it.
. But I did,nt want that.I like the look of my truck like I said it fits my needs my family's needs.I have a car that's going to be a show car enough needed a truck for that.
Whatever ur reasons are that's great.I am sure we all have enough of our own problems in life to worry about than why Joe down the street bought his truck with 6'-5" bed instead of the 5'-5" bed.Just enjoy ur truck with your family and friends.

Black_Thunder

LOL, X2!!!! MurderFX take it easy on em

MurderFX

People on here kill me man. It's one thing to feel like you made the best choice for your needs, and to maybe even like that choice more than the other option...... Like I said...... These ppl kill me.

Black_Thunder

Preach! haha, I hear ya man, I don't get it.

P.S. Sick Truck

CreepinDeth

Some people have issues obviously.

I think the 5.5" and 6.5" are both great vehicles.
Choose whatever works for your purpose.

I have a 3 car very deep garage filled with toys, my F150 stays outside.

ChampWJ

My garaged truck will look better than your non-garaged truck in 5 years. Guaranteed.

If I couldn't fit an F-150 in my garage, I'd be driving a different vehicle.

BucketMan

You have a black truck and live in the snow belt.

I have a silver truck, rarely have salt on the roads, drive less than 5,000 miles a year and have an obsessive disorder with cleaning my truck.

Ill take that bet.

ChampWJ

We're way off topic but rust is not an issue here in the Denver area. Salt is so 1970's. Thanks to my professional buffer and paint sealant my black paint looks new (no swirls). Just because your paint color conceals imperfections doesn't mean they're not there. Black is the real test.

All that aside, the single biggest thing I do for the appearance of my truck.......parking it in a garage. The benefits of doing so are endless. Plastics, rubber, weatherstripping, interior all benefit from not being exposed to the sun. Reducing the number of heat cycles the clearcoat/paint have to withstand is huge.

If you don't think parking a vehicle outside degrades appearance or accelerates aging you're either living in denial...........or you've never parked one in a garage.

CreepinDeth

https://www.codot.gov/travel/winter-.../products.html

I don't think you know the facts of your own area too well. Congratulations on your 1st garage, but it's not as crucial to a newer vehicles appearance in just 5 years like you really think it is. Some of us realize it's a pickup, and not a Ferrari. lol

A garage does help keep a vehicle looking newer, longer....but salt and corrosion is going to happen in any northern snow state where salt is used. Everytime you drive into your garage and that salt and snow melts, and begins the humidity it leads to increased corrosion in the garage then it would if it stayed outside.