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From : philip mc

Q: another season is getting close. are you ready to loose another one ill take the bengals over the pats on the 12th. no points involved after all its just the preseason. besides my truck can turn sharper than your truck anyday.. g okay my floppy eared friend your on. although the pats are a much different team this year. it sounds to me like youre starting to make excuses. you jumping off the bandwagon already nah not making excuses or off the bandwagon. with bruschi out for the year or possibly forever sorta changes the dynamics of the team. that being said they do have a couple of rings and will add another this year! talk about an over-confident arrogant ass-hole... youre worse than the typical browns fan.. vbfg over confident no remember the last few years i remember who lost the bet last year.. need i mention any more vbg denny .

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From : bz

ok steve what would you put on your truck to protect it from stone chips like you got to have mud flaps so you have to drill a couple of holes to install them right. how about protecting the wheel well lips. do you leave the metal bare and use touch up the paint once in awhile for any chips im asking these questions because im going to get it painted and not putting anything back on. i have the mopar running boards they are ok and they are mounted to the underside. they help prevent damage to the rocker panel. fmb suggested xliner will look into that. as for assuming responsibility for my actions you are wrong on that part. dodge sold me the wheel well covers even though they werent mopar and installed them for me. like if they told me not to put them on and why i would of never had them put on. yesterday the sales manager told me that they now realize they should be taken off once in awhile and cleaned. they are finding out im not the only one having trouble. only mine the paint started to lift and surface rust is showing up. and also they are still installling them. and im not in denial ford trucks are not an inferior product. lusardi stevenospam@lusardi.de wrote dale there are times when common sense applies and this is one. yes the installer should have known better but so should you. anytime the paint and or the zinc coating is violated you risk this problem. when i received my 2004 the first thing i did was put the truck up on jack stands and looked for all those things the factory didnt paint and properly protect. the factory had done a pretty good job in comparison to both ford and gm and it still took me 3 days to dissassemble paint and reinstall. ultimately the vehicle is yours. you bought it and you also bought all the problems or advantages that come with it. step up to the mirror and address the guy you see and tell him to assume responsibility for his actions. furthermore if you use this as justification to switch to ford and a clearly inferior product you are in denial. steve my 2003 has rust. i had chrome wheel well covers put on by the dodge dealership where i bought the truck new. also had moulded dodge mud flaps put on.put these on to protect the truck from stone chips. just a couple weeks ago i took of the flaps off to clean them. some sand got trapped inside the flaps and washed them. then i decided to take the chrome wheel well covers of to see if anything needed cleaning. found the paint was bubbling and peeling in two spots. about the size of a silver dollar. where the holes were drilled to fasten the mouldings the paint around them was rusting. my local dodge dealer who didnt sell me the truck took pictures of this and sent them out to the area rep. they tell me on thursday that dodge will not fix the rust. its not the fault of the truck. the installation of accessories is not covered. so who ever drilled the holes to install the guards will have to cover the problem. had two estimates to have the four fenders pained about $1300. now the shop foreman where i bought my truck at dodge city in saskatoon is going to talk to the same area rep. i know dodge will tell him its not the trucks fault that the holes should never been drilled. question is dodge sells these mouldings through parts so how are you suppose to install them screws come with them. anyhow i know im going to be stuck with the painting. got to get it fixed can not have it get worse. im going to get the truck painted even if i have to pay for it. so anybody out there dont put those moulding on. salt and sand gets between them and the paint. friday went out and drove a 2005 ford f250 crewcab. very nice riding truck. might have to go monday and price it out. dodge has really disappointed me after 5 dodge trucks maybe time to switch. dale .