rust repair

[hotrod24]

 

well as you can see it is not to good my rocker panel is bubbling up and and the floor board has a few holes that i repaired now i know some of you has done this so how much work would i have to do or i could pay someone to do it because i ain't a much of a welder

[VileZambonie]

For what you'd pay a shop you could buy a mig welder and learn to do it yourself. Welding is easy but just takes practice. I would guess if it's just patching, replacing the rocker and painting you'd probably be around $800 bucks

[hotrod24]

well it is not the welding really because i  done some of it in school what i am worried about is cuting that i will cut it to big or something like for new rocker panels

[VileZambonie]

Buy a full rocker instead of a rocker cover and you can cut the whole thing right off. With a welder and some sheetmetal, a grinder and some elbow grease you can do anything.

[hotrod24]

what is the diffreses in a rocker panel cover and just a rocker panel

[Blazin]

The cover is just what it says. A slip on cover to hide the rust. A full rocker needs to have the outer cab corner, & old rocker cut off. It also needs to have the door, & outer fender removed to install.

[Redneckchevy]

Dont let that lil bit get u down...that looks like fun.....my truck is in worse shape...and i gotta replace entire panels...Yours looks like some patch panels

[JRConnieK10]

Rednecks right, that ain't bad here is what I started with on my son's truck and I had never done it before just tired of paying to have it done when I could learn to do it myself at least if it looks like crap I did it and didn't pay someone to do it.

[Captkaos]

Keep in mind you are just masking the problem and the rust is still in there and will keep growing.

[hotrod24]

Yea I know that. I was just trying to fix the problem for right now before it spreads, but that would not help anyways, I really do not have the tools to do it right now. I think I need a cut off tool to do it. 

[Captkaos]

cut off wheel, tin snips anything will work that will remove the rust.  If you get rid of it and coat it even with a hole in there it should be ok for a while.  From the pic it looks like there is a lot of scaly rust in there.

[JRConnieK10]

Thats kinda like puting a band aid on something that needs stitches.

[Redneckchevy]

yea dont be like the guy i bought my truck from..on the cab corner he used 1 gallon of bondo and a shop rag.....on the tailgate support he used cardbord and bondo...And then on the cab floor he used a license plate and duroglass...and on the kick panel he used bondo and what looks like foam....just ask ill post some pics of what it looked like when i removed it all lol.....As for some starter tools http://www.harborfreight.com/ has cheap tools that work well body hammers cut off wheels and so on

[hotrod24]

yea i would like to see some pics Redneckchevy

[werewolfx13]

For body work, you shouldn't have a weld bead that is that pronounced, but you would grind it down with an angle grinder either way...