Best way to fix "road rash" on doors

Blaze One · Post by **Blaze One** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:12 pm

So on my blazer i have area's on the bottom corner edges of the doors , where the paint has been slowly "sand blasted" off due to driving on gravel roads and just general driving .
I would like to Spray some bedliner on the area in the future ,(if anyone has pics of a BLACK s10 with sprayon bedliner that would be nice to see too ) Since i have never seen a black s10 with bedliner on the rockers it looks like it would be ugly at least in my mind . Any thoughts ?
But what can I do to keep the bare metal from rusting right now ?
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jeff024 · Post by **jeff024** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:15 am

primer

bwenny247 · Post by **bwenny247** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:53 am

not a black truck but mines dark blue with herculiner.

Blaze One · Post by **Blaze One** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:02 am

ooops sorry about the pic size .
Anyway , that blue truck looks good , I was just worried because when you put bedliner on a contrasting color Ie: grey , white , red . it looks great . But if i put it on a black truck , it will look too much like I ma trying to make it match , which i am not .

SONOMA915 · Post by **SONOMA915** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 6:20 pm

You can get bedliner sprayed in different colors. You not just limited to black.

Blaze One · Post by **Blaze One** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:52 pm

True , but what would suggest as a alternative color them ?

AZS10Crew · Post by **AZS10Crew** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:08 am

Blaze One wrote:True , but what would suggest as a alternative color them ?

Light or medium gray.

Pauleo · Post by **Pauleo** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:19 am

Pink would be cute!

No. I'm with Mark. The Light or dark grey would look pretty good IMHO.

Pauleo · Post by **Pauleo** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:26 am

Oooh! Oooh! How `bout some of that chrome rocker panel tape!!!

Post by **HenryJ** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 11:38 am

What about touching it up as best you can and covering it with some of the clear 3M protective film?

SONOMA915 · Post by **SONOMA915** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 7:32 pm

I think light or medium grey would work. It would kinda look like the gun metal color.

quickbiker · Post by **quickbiker** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:50 pm

What about not fixing it? It's beauty marks not scuffs. lol

Blaze One · Post by **Blaze One** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 9:06 pm

Well , i think i will just touch it up with some touch up paint for now , I want to test or atleast see what light grey/med.grey bedliner looks like on a rocker before i go full force and start spraying paint ,

I would do nothin but i am begning to see surface rust ! very very light though .

quickbiker · Post by **quickbiker** » Wed Nov 23, 2005 9:10 pm

Wow, I had some bare metal spots for a couple years and never even saw any surface rust. I think the body's are awsome. I did get tired of seeing one spot and I masked it and spray it with a can over the summer. Another spot I pulled the inside of the door out and popped it out with a rubber mellet. For the most part though, i leave it. I was amazed at what a can did though.

Post by **HenryJ** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:11 am

When you get it touched up. Cover the area with protective film-

3M wrote:. This film was developed by 3M's Aerospace division for the leading edge of helicopter rotor blades to protect against the corrosive element of sand and dust at ultra high speeds. Your auto will never match the speeds of helicopter blades, but is in constant assault of road debris and small rocks and sand at speeds of 150 mph.For more information click here>>

coffeedrnkr · Post by **coffeedrnkr** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 8:37 am

quickbiker wrote:What about not fixing it? It's beauty marks not scuffs. lol

guess I could put my truck in a beauty pageant then

rlith · Post by **rlith** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:09 am

Shultz spray is all that is needed...

kermit · Post by **kermit** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:19 pm

i've thought about doing the same thing, only my truck is green.... black and green? i guess it would be similar to the blue one... they aren't scratches, they're scars, each with a different story to tell

that's what i say anyway

for the black truck, i'd prolly just try to cover it and seal it w/ the 3m stuff. i know a guy who sells it and he says it works great, i didn't meet him until after my truck had lots of scratches or i would have had it done.