Door/Roof gutter cracks 97 XLT
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From: Cambridge, ON, Canada
Door/Roof gutter cracks 97 XLT
Just bought a 97 XLT. flareside 2 weeks ago. I looked all over this truck, thought it was spotless and well taken care of. It has 100,000 KM on it and costed me $18,000. I of course only found this website after buying the truck. After reading NUMEROUS articles about door crack etc. I took another close look and YES....DOH!! I have the damn door crack and then when I was waxing it this past weekend....DOH, I have cracks in the rain gutters on the roof. DAMN! Being a 1997 with 100,000 KM on it I guess that I am out of warranty??? Is there anything I can do??? Should I use touch up paint to try and fill the cracks??
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97 F150, XLT, Flare-side, ext. cab, Pacific Green, 4.6L Triton V8.
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97 F150, XLT, Flare-side, ext. cab, Pacific Green, 4.6L Triton V8.
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From: Wake Forest NC
I just bought a 98 F-150 about three weeks ago. It's in Very good shape and only 18000 miles. While I had the truck on hold,I found this awesome site and found out about the door cracks. The next day I went out to the dealer to see if it had the door cracks. Nope no cracks. Not yet anyway. We'll today I had to go back to the dealer because the jack was missing in my truck. While there I checked about eight or ten trucks. Five trucks had the cracks. Some on both doors,some just on one.
98 F-150 ext cab,longbed,Pacific Green,V-6,Leer cap,bug deflector
98 F-150 ext cab,longbed,Pacific Green,V-6,Leer cap,bug deflector
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From: Columbus, Georgia
I had a 98 F-150 Supercab and it did have the roof gutter cracks after only 15,000 miles! No door cracks though in the 98.
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2000 F-150 XLT, 4x2, 5.4L Supercab, Superchip, Styleside, Black with silver two-tone, 3.55 rear, class III towing package with heavy duty cooling package, 4 wheel disk ABS, overhead console, sliding rear window, keyless entry, dark graphite interior, in dash CD, factory leather wrapped steering wheel, Pendaliner bedliner, K&N air filter, rubberized undercoating, cabin filtration system, Bugflector II, 5W-30 Mobil 1, engine build 10/4/99
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2000 F-150 XLT, 4x2, 5.4L Supercab, Superchip, Styleside, Black with silver two-tone, 3.55 rear, class III towing package with heavy duty cooling package, 4 wheel disk ABS, overhead console, sliding rear window, keyless entry, dark graphite interior, in dash CD, factory leather wrapped steering wheel, Pendaliner bedliner, K&N air filter, rubberized undercoating, cabin filtration system, Bugflector II, 5W-30 Mobil 1, engine build 10/4/99
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From: Wickliffe,Ohio,USA
Well I have both doors cracked and both gutters cracked a local body shop should have a silocone sealer to put in the gutters it is made to fill in minor cracks and waterpfoofs them. good luck!
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1998 F-150 4.2 W/Mod's
K+N air filter,K+N Oil Filter, Redline synthetic motor oil-Transmittion oil-Differential gear lube, Vortex single in duel out rear exit exaust, 4.10 gears,5 speed mtl,265-75r16 Bridgestone dueler AT, Hellwig anti sway bar rear, Add a Leaf springs, brush guard, nearf bars, Pioneer stereo W\Planet Audio speekers,Superchip, Fabtech 2"leveling kit
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1998 F-150 4.2 W/Mod's
K+N air filter,K+N Oil Filter, Redline synthetic motor oil-Transmittion oil-Differential gear lube, Vortex single in duel out rear exit exaust, 4.10 gears,5 speed mtl,265-75r16 Bridgestone dueler AT, Hellwig anti sway bar rear, Add a Leaf springs, brush guard, nearf bars, Pioneer stereo W\Planet Audio speekers,Superchip, Fabtech 2"leveling kit