Jer Bear

Thanks for the input, fellas. I talked to the dealer too and they said they would try to clean it up some at the body shop. I think I'll stick with the plan to buy the truck after that then just keep up with touch ups and yearly Krown treatment. Appreciate you all.

Most people don't have 40-60k sitting around to buy a vehicle in cash. Besides, it doesn't cost extra to buy out a lease early. You pay what is still owed from the original purchase price after your down payment and payments made to date. I could do as you suggest and finish out the lease term then go buy a slightly used truck off of a lot in cash which was probably someone else's lease but not really seeing an advantage there.

You're talking about the '06 with another 2 years expected? I'd be happy to get that much out of it, just wondering if I will.

Again from the OP, I haven't seen anything like that on 19+ RAMS or F150s.

That may depend on where you live. It sounds like most folks are having issues in the salt belt and depending on if yours has seen a winter yet. As stated I was hoping to to buy it out of the lease early but now I'm thinking of doing exactly that, letting the lease run it's course and getting something else. It's a shame, I really like the truck otherwise and was wanting put a lift on it.

Morning. I leased a 2019 Silverado and have been driving it for about a year. . The plan was to buy it out of the lease early and lift it. I had an appointment set up to meet with the dealer for purchase, put a lift on order, had some LED taillights come in too and when I got under the truck to run their wiring harnesses, I couldn't believe how much rust was already on the truck. After looking around online it sounds like this is pretty common on GM trucks due to the wax coating that they use to dip the frame. Now I'm at the the point where I'm considering scraping the project and just getting a Ford or RAM next year when the lease is up. Of course you may get some rust on an F150 or RAM too but I can't imagine it would be to this degree already. In fact I've searched online for issues with other two manufacturers and have only found reoccurring posts on the 2019+ GM trucks. My question is, is this no big deal and something I should just treat with Krown once a year and forget about it, or is this a real cause for concern? Only two photos are included but the entire underside looks like this.