A while ago Diesel Dave2 posted on here about his rocker panel replacement, and seeing that post made me hurry up and get going since i had had my rocker panels sitting around my house just waiting for some spare time. Well here are some pictures of the process, it took me about 8 hours per side, not including paint, only primer.


This is what I started with: Bottom seam just bubbled and rusted

 

Looks preety good!

 

This is the fitment of the replacement panel, I used a permanent marker to mark around the replacement panel, then used a spot weld cutter to cut the spot welds out, next i used the plasma cutter the cut the metal away for fitment. I was concerned with fire so every step I did whether it was grinding or cutting a fire extinguisher was close by, didnt want to set me CTD on fire.

 

This is all the rust that had formed inside the rockers:

 

This is the final product before paint, mig welded, grinded, body fillered, and primed. Now all its gonna take, is a little time before I can get around to painting them.

 

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Looks great!

 

nice job, i'm gonna hate doing this to my rig in 2-3yrs...dang salt

 

Yeah its kind of a pain, and now i realize why body shops charge so much! But it was worth it...just makes the truck look so much cleaner again.

 

Looks great, where did you get the panels from?


Travis

 

X2, that looks really impressive. Not a certified techie on body work, but to me that looks pretty nice and neat.

 

Thumbs up Dave.....Looks really good.The replacement panels you got are the same as what I purchased.I cut the same amount of metal out as you did.Nice job...

 

I got the rocker panels at the a local body panel place. It cost $85.00 a piece. The only body shop training i have is watching some videos from the library, reading some books, and asking questions at the paint and body store. I just took my time and did things one step at a time.

Dave

 

You did really well....

 

That's why I spent 600$ and picked up a 94 Jeep cherokee to drive in the winter , and keep the salt off my low mile 12V (158K). i'm in atlantic canada , so we use ALOT of salt here.