*****CHECK BEHIND YOUR FRONT FENDER LINERS*****

Just an FYI, to help prevent fender/rocker rust down the road. Just trimmed my fender liners and all this shit starting falling out. Started to poke around with a long screwdriver and ALL this came out each side. Most of it was all soggy wet leaves and crap. I guess abunch of it falls down through the cowl and engine bay as well.

 

Thank for the heads up on that buddy I will look into it with my truck.

 

Nice, when I first found this it was bad, dirt mud leaves, now I clean the leaves out from under the hood and check this area though out the year...

 

Yup. You can access this area from inside the door frame at the bottom of the fender. There is a black plastic trim piece you can pull out of the way to gain access to all this crap.

When ever I vacuum my interior, Ill suck all the dirt out from the inner fender via the trim piece in the door frame.

 

Same thing I do, get the corner attachment for the smaller diameter hose and shove it it on there. It's always full of stuff.

 

I found out about this while doing my Cmc, good way to start a fire!! Good tips on keeping that place clean!!!

 

I flush mine out 2x with water every summer. If you stick a hose into the fender flares facing towards the rear, you can usually flush all that crap out, but you got to do it every now and then so it don't build up. I took notice of this when I first purchased the truck.

 

I use a compressor and a long wand with a rubber tip to prevent scratching to blow out debris in places like this on vehicles. Do the same inside the frame rails also.

 

No joke, just bought a 2013 DC and saw some leaves sticking out bottom of fender when getting out of my truck today....what a mess for someone who never noticed it and cleans it.

 

Hmm. Good to know.

 

I cleaned out a bunch of gunk out when I pulled my fenders to install my fiberglass. Beware of broken glass if you've ever had your windshield shattered. I cut the crap out of my fingers on shards from when my windshield was shattered and replaced in early 2017.

 

It's a very common place to get buildup of leaves and similar debris. I once had an ant problem inside the cab and finally traced it to that space. Full of debris.

 

I think you could find that on almost any vehicle that parks around or under trees. Just like the gutters on your house. Got trees around this is what you will find.

 

At least the fender liners are plastic and not fabric like on the chevys. They can be a nightmare. Pay extra attention if you have sprayed oil in there

 

I found a bunch of dead pine needles and lots of dirt/mud. You also want to check your cowl area, mine was packed with needles there as well.