Inner rocker panal rot.

[jfd64]

I have a 93 whose body is in over all good visible condition.Its issue is rusting from the inside out ,inside of the rockers.I have done what I can to slow it down.I have seen mention that the heavier metal inside the rockers are structural and was wondering if any have tackle this and how this could be repaired.I am more looking for life extention than a ground up restoration.

[TorqueEffect]

I have a 93 whose body is in over all good visible condition.Its issue is rusting from the inside out ,inside of the rockers.I have done what I can to slow it down.I have seen mention that the heavier metal inside the rockers are structural and was wondering if any have tackle this and how this could be repaired.I am more looking for life extention than a ground up restoration.

I am going to have to tackle this eventually too.

My rockers are really bad down by the pinchwelds that are completely toast on my car.

My plan was just to cut both the rocker, and pinchweld out, and just do what I can to restore structural strength with large pieces of metal welded up in there, then just riveting sheetmetal or something in there to imitate rockers.

It's not the best plan if you want to look as factory as possibly, but in order to really do that in the first place you would have had to have got your car from a salt free, and dry state.

[jfd64]

Yes I thought something like that would be the ticket.Has anyone ever had one get bad enough to sag or be un-roadworthy due to interior rocker rot?

[FestYboy]

Ask hofficergrover about that

[jfd64]

I will take that as a yes,that is has and can happen.

[FestYboy]

Yea, it was that bad... And he continued to drive it with passengers on board.

[jfd64]

Underneath mine is still very solid.I wonder if I am still safe with lighter loads.

[william]

Here's what mine looked like when I quit driving it.
It was way better looking just the winter before. After I see it I quit driving it right away.
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I do body work for a living and I didn't wanna try and save it. Too much work . And it's like putting a bandaid on a fart it's not gunna help much

[TorqueEffect]

Here's what mine looked like when I quit driving it.
It was way better looking just the winter before. After I see it I quit driving it right away.
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I do body work for a living and I didn't wanna try and save it. Too much work . And it's like putting a bandaid on a fart it's not gunna help much

Link doesn't work. All I get is a Photobucket logo and that's it.

[william]

Dang it. It works when I click it lol

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[Sleeper]

Link works for me :^)

[Festiver]

Works for me too and jeez that is rough

[jfd64]

That is where the trailing arm attaches, William and yes at that point,to me something to be stripped down and parted out.That is not my issue.My issue presented when i pulled my carpet out, the inside of the car along the interior of the lower door sill. as well as the heavier reinforcement inside the rockers is rotting.Outside of the rockers are still pretty solid but patched up.Any ideas on that?