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In this video we are working on some nasty rocker panels!
we are going to give you a quick overview on the drivers side and then go in depth on the passenger side. So, First thing Cam started on was cutting off the old rusted out rocker panel. With that removed, he used the grinder to clean up the rusted surface, as well as the painted surface that he will weld to.
With that complete it was on to prepping the new rocker panel he put primer on the inside of the new rocker panel, and trimmed the panel to fit nicely.
These are the cheaper ones, if you spend more money you can get replacement rockers that direct fit on.
With the rocker panel positioned properly on the truck, being held in place with vise grips he tac welded the panel, double checked that everything is fitting, then continued to weld the along the top edge of the panel.
Once the top was complete, he drilled small holes in the bottom lip of the rocker panel where the factory pinch welds would normally be and welded in the hold to mimic a spot welder. If we had a spot welder we would just use that instead.
With the rocker panel in place it was time to repair the cab corner. You can buy cab corner patch pieces, but these were not too big and can was able to cut and bend a few pieces to make one from scratch.
After everything was in place he cleaned it all up with the grinder. He spread filler over the seams of where he welded the new patch panels on and then sanded them smooth. Once that was done, a little bit of rocker guard and some white paint to finish things off
We have another project coming out next week so keep an eye out for that!
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Cover those factory holes with foil tape and spray them with undercoating.
Is there any good ones from amazon? Looking to redo my rockers
Where did you get the rocker panel from? Thanks
Great stuff to know. Especially about those blasted holes on the backside of the rockers.
I got mine there great guy to work with thank s cris
Better yet since I’m 65 yrs old and your a youngin I’ll pay you to take care of it for me whatcha say?
Where do you get the rocker panel I’ve tried a couple places to no avail. But I have the EXACT same problem with my 2011 1500
Body shop want $6000 for both sides
i have to aske why you don't cut, sand, drill the bottom strip panel off.
before you put the new one on??
it will last a lot longer.
and with a small belt sander it is relatively simple.
in addition you will be able to save a lot of time if you use a soldering iron on air to make the welding holes in the panel.
it takes almost as long to drill oen hole as it takes to solder all the holes on the entire panel.
That’s what I’m saying no matter how much rust you have on a vehicle you can fix it if you really want to no fix it Is fixable