[dmjlambert]

I like my old rusty standard bed truck, there's much more rust to see if it's an 8 foot bed, and I get plenty of complements on it. 65standard had great points in the post above. If you want to give your truck a fake patina, that is fine, but be sure to go all the way and give it some dings, outright dents, and scrapes. It's painful to do, but it'll be worth it. Almost every part of my truck has a dent or scrape. If you have fake patina, it stops being fake after that 5th dent, it becomes real.