So I noticed a rust spot yesterday on my driver's side bed side above the wheel opening that pretty much matches the spot on the passenger side.

I want to fix both sides before I end up with a rusty POS.

Does anybody make patch panels for these trucks? Right now the rust is just a few small bubbles but Im afraid of it turning into something worse.

 

sand her down and paint her. thats about all you can do right now. only other option (if its really bad) is to cut the rusty piece out to clean metal and weld a new piece in.

 

Im going to get somebody to do it since I dont do bodywork but I was thinking of buying a set of patch panels like Ive seen for older trucks where you cut out the whole section above the wheels and weld in a new one.

Right now its just a few small bubbles but the one on the driver's side just appeared since the last time I washed the truck and theres a few more bubbles on the passenger side now. Nothing major but I want to stop it before it gets worse because I plan on keeping the truck quite a while.

 

just get it to a body shop. if its not that bad they can sand it down, prime and paint it.

 

You can sand it down and then use a product called EXTEND. It will neutralize the rust, convert it to black and act as a primer.

With any primer, you need to paint over it. Primer is not formulated to act as paint. You need to protect it with paint. But it will give you a bit of time to match paint or take it to a body shop.

 

Im not going to touch it. Its going to a bodyshop to get fixed this spring and I dont want to make more work by attempting to fix it.

From what Ive heard the problem with sanding it down and painting it is that it will come back. Ill have to look into having it redone with some rust converter.