Well, I finally went ahead, quit bit#$%ng about wanting to get my rocker panels rhino lined, bought the kit, and did it myself. There were a couple of rust spots that were getting out of hand, one that actually broke through, when I was sanding and a couple of other dents that were starting to get bad.
I started by sanding down the rockers to the bare metal, on the cab, on both sides.


I should have just sanded down the entire rocker panel, but my genius self decided I was going to do it in sections...I did it right on the passenger side though.
Applied first coat to drivers side


Passenger side



This was the dent on the passenger side, in the back of the cab that was starting to rust pretty bad. I sanded it down to bare metal, and linex'd it.


Finished. Took me all day. I started around 8am, and didn't get done until around 6 or so, working straight through.

 

Also, while I was in between coats, I decided to run another side project. I ripped out all the guts from my grid heater, since it hasn't been connected anyway. I figured I'd try and increase airflow a bit, and did some painting under the hood too.

 

I've had the rocker panels on my 2000 truck coated for quite a while now, and I love it. On mine I went with Rhino Lining, but I think any good coating would work equally well.

Yours look great, and I'll bet you'll be very happy with it!

 

Good job Seth!

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John_P

 

Thanks all! Also got the step bars switched over today...