I've got an 02 F150 SuperCrew. I keep it clean, but the Michigan winters killed my doors. But my neighbor asked me if I wanted to fix it. He is a painter at a dealer, he worked out a deal with a body guy there. So he took my truck in last week and fixed it. Here are a couple pics. More pics here.

Driver side rear door before.



Driver side rear door after.



and in the paint booth.



I'm very greatfull to him for doing this for me, as now I almost have a new truck again.

But with the work that was done, now the front doors make a grinding noise when being opened or closed. I sprayed the crap out of them with wd40, but the still grind and squeak. Any suggestions?

 

Looks a whole lot better without the rust. But, did he actually repair it with new metal or did he just sand down and paint it? From the 2nd pic it looks rough like he didn't put new metal on it. And for the squeaky door try white lithium grease. My dads doors on his honda used to squeak and wd40 wouldn't fix it, but white lithium did.

 

They sand blasted all the rust off, filled in all the small holes and put on some rust preventer. The reason it looks so rough is because that is caulk to fill in where the inside and outside panel pieces come together. So there is no edge/ridge for the water to sit. Ford should have done this in the first place. Plus I removed the plastic/rubber pieces from the bottom of the doors. Seems to me that they only held moister in. I don't notice any difference while driving. The other side looks a lot smoother.

I did put some white lithium grease on there, it seemed to help a little. Maybe it will just take a little time.

 

That repair doesn't look very professional to me. It looks like some what of a splash and dash. I would never release an end product like that to any of my customers. Hope you got it for next to nothing.

 

Looks like he just sprayed right over the rust to me. Looks better, but not something I would have paid for.

 

It was done as a labor swap. It cost me $0.00. They were all sand blasted to bare metal. The reason it looks like cr@p, it because the body guy slopped the caulk on and when my neighbor (the painter) got it, it was dry and wasn't smooth. The other side looks a lot better.

 

Looks a whole world better to me. If it lasts then I say job well done.