As some of you know, I just did a body lift on my truck. Having the body 3" higher more of the underneath is visable from the rear. I thought it was a good idea to throw some black paint on the axel to dress it up a bit.

Now, the reason for the post:
I had a factory ID sticker on my axel. Part of it was under the shackle on the passenger side. Anyway, I pulled that sticker off to paint the axel. When I pulled it off, there was a chunk of rust that came off with it. Apparently, this sticker held water under it and against the metal. It may be a good idea for any of you that have this sticker on your axel to pull it off before it causes the same problem on your axel, or gets worse if the rusting has already started...FYI

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2004 XLT 4.0 4x4, 3" PA body lift, 32" BFG M/Ts, Dick Cepek DC-2 wheels, Euro tailights, self-painted headlight mod, NAV/DVD/XM/iPod stereo (Pioneer AVIC-D3), Line-X, Westin step bars, AVS bug shield and window vents

Thanks for the tip, just pulled mine off after reading this, and it was covered in rust.

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2004 Ford F150 Automatic FX4 SuperCrew 5.4L 3V Triton V8, No Muffler, true dual straight pipes, 3.73 Gears, 18" rims with Wrangler A/T's
White 2004 Ford Ranger XL, Auto, 4.0 SOHC, 4x4 Base Model, 16" Explorer Rims. 3.73 Gears, No muffler(Sold)
White 1997 Ford Expedition XLT 3inch Suspension lift, 38 Firestone M/T's 98 4.6L Police Interceptor high flow injectors, Super 44, brand new rebuilt transmission, with 3.73 gears(Not mine no more)

yep, good call. i took mine off a few years ago when i coated my under carriage with POR-15 and it was rusted pretty bad under the sticker.

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