rusty rockers

[mrfirebird]

anyone replaced the outside rocker panel on there 4 door blazer ?
mine are going under the front doors.
is this a weld in part or what?

[BlazerLT]

Have you considered finding a replacement door as a whole.

Once the rocker has rotted, the rust is throughout the door on the inside.

[biv343]

Originally Posted by mrfirebird

anyone replaced the outside rocker panel on there 4 door blazer ?
mine are going under the front doors.
is this a weld in part or what?

Rocker panels are not part of the door - they run under the doors (the part you might step on when getting in the vehicle). The floorpans will typically weld to the inside rocker, and the outside rocker is the nice, pretty painted part that gets beat up with stone chips, etc.

They are weld in parts, not difficult to replace. You can usually cut out the old sections with a grinder and weld new ones in place. If you want to "hal a$$" it, you could always weld the new one over the old one. JC Whitney used to ( and may still) make really cheap flimsy ones just for that purpose.

[BlazerLT]

Originally Posted by biv343

Rocker panels are not part of the door - they run under the doors (the part you might step on when getting in the vehicle). The floorpans will typically weld to the inside rocker, and the outside rocker is the nice, pretty painted part that gets beat up with stone chips, etc.

They are weld in parts, not difficult to replace. You can usually cut out the old sections with a grinder and weld new ones in place. If you want to "hal a$$" it, you could always weld the new one over the old one. JC Whitney used to ( and may still) make really cheap flimsy ones just for that purpose.

Rocker panels are part of the door. They are the lower section of the door.

[biv343]

Originally Posted by biv343

Rocker panels are not part of the door - they run under the doors (the part you might step on when getting in the vehicle). The floorpans will typically weld to the inside rocker, and the outside rocker is the nice, pretty painted part that gets beat up with stone chips, etc.

They are weld in parts, not difficult to replace. You can usually cut out the old sections with a grinder and weld new ones in place. If you want to "hal a$$" it, you could always weld the new one over the old one. JC Whitney used to ( and may still) make really cheap flimsy ones just for that purpose.

Here's a link that might help. Granted, looks like this guy is working on an old VW Microbus, but same concepts apply. I had to do this on my AMC Javelin I restored several years ago, but I wasn't lucky enough to find reproduction ones at that time - had to make my own with sheet metal.

[biv343]

The link might help....

http://www.hrps.demon.nl/jwbus/rocker.htm

[BlazerLT]

Ouch, you may be right, I must be thinking of the lower door skin.

Dammit.....

[biv343]

Originally Posted by biv343

The link might help....

http://www.hrps.demon.nl/jwbus/rocker.htm

You must have gone to google just like I did, and at about the same time... : )

Maybe we have a terminology conflict. What you are calling rocker panels, I would call lower doorskins. Take a look at this link.

http://www.minitruckinweb.com/tech/0306mt_rocherrepair/

To the original poster - if you have the rust on the bottom of the doors, take BlazerLT's advice and get new doors. If it's the "other rocker panels that live below the door" then you can replace those fairly easily. Lower doorskins can be replaced provided you're just dealing with surface rust that hasn't eaten too far through.

[biv343]

No problem BlazerLT - I believe you've corrected me a time or two in the past. I've replaced enough rotten sheet metal in my life (thanks to the Michigan Department of Transportation, who uses no less than 100 pounds of salt per mile per snowstorm in the winter months).

OK, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but not much....

I will be replacing rotten rocker panels on my old S-10 here in the future if the weather ever decides to get warm and stay warm.

[BlazerLT]

I think we are both right:

Rockers = Portion under door

Rocker Panels = Lower door skin

[rlith]

You can buy rocker panels seperatly. They are a weld in part. Check with Pa collision parts in Zelinople PA. (use whitepages.com for the number)