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Originally Posted by 68ragtop
I am detailing my 2003 Silverado that am putting up for sale soon. I have owned it since new. The truck has 87K miles on it, No dings, dents or scratches. Being a car guy, I have kept it in the garage 95% of the time & car washes regularly. looking underneath it today, I noticed some bubbling on the rockers & was absolutely shocked when I pushed on a bad spot & my fingers went right through! This is unbelievable too me. no other panels have any showing of rust anywhere, doors seams, etc. I did a little googling to find out these trucks are chronic with rusting rockers. I have always taken such good care of this vehicle as it cost me over $40K nearly ten years ago.
I now have a new silverado sitting in my garage now, & this makes my want to sell that truck too. I realize the 2003 is aging, but honestly I have seen vehicles 3 years old in worse condition than how I have kept this one. Even the clear coat on the wheels is in near perfect condition.
I was planing on putting it for sale on craigslist this weekend, & now I need to look into replacing the entire rockers. Something stinks with this...... & it isn't going to be cheap to fix.... I am not happy.
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My son has a 2001 Z71 that has the same problem, rotted from the inside out. It has running boards that hid the problem when he bought it last fall. It grew fast. Tomorrow I'm going to price a new rocker for it, and I have to put a piece in the lower rt. rear door where it's swollen out.