Ford Aluminum Body

Lynnmor wrote:
I just wonder how the aluminum body is holding up in the extreme salt belt. Anyone that has an aluminum snowmobile trailer can tell you that it is not corrosion proof.

I live just above the American "salt belt", all of the aluminum body F150's I see have zero rust on them to date that's visible and i'm talking work trucks that get worked hard and beaten too - the undercarriage I.E frame, axles etc.. all rust the same amount as the old trucks did but the bodies are nice.

I can't say the same for the other big two though as I see 2-4 year old GM twins and a ton of Ram's with rust coming through the fenders and rockers - saw a Ram yesterday with pretty much no rockers left and it was a post facelift truck (2014/15 I believe) but that one had mud tires on it and I feel like it probably had a hard life.

My old 2011 F150 and my fathers old 2010 Tundra are both still in the family and both has yearly Rust check coatings since new and both trucks are perfectly rust free body wise, the Tundra showing much more rust on the frame and suspension though.