Repairing a Destroyed Rocker Panel for Under $100. 

This is a civic

@@tashfeenfazal954 I should have realized that as it is pretty obvious. Must have been drinking too much when I watched this -LOL

I would have just run it the way it was. Once these unibodies get to that point, your really only buying time repairing them. Fix one spot... then next year another is gone.

@Romeo Tene any thing that helps the car door from being push inward towards the passenger,is known structual according to the manufactors, but than what do they know,,even your windshield is know as a structural for your roof,,,,full frame or not,,have a nice day

were you quoted $2000 for a patch job, or actual replacement rocker panels?

It took about a week to finish it. Most of that was waiting for layers of primer, paint and clear coat to dry.

How did you go with it?

Right

I was thinking of the same thing! Thanks for posting that. I will look up that insulation!

If you've got like $100 and some scrap to practice on, you could be good enough to do this sort of repair in a day probably

I tried 1/16 inch and it was too thick. It was either 22 or 24 gauge. Basically whatever the local hardware store had in stock.

@@Thadivs right on, thanks! Hows the repair holding up?

@@LukeWaters It held up just fine, but the other side was way worse. Now the car is all cut up in the pole barn. There's no sill on the passenger side at the moment.

@@Thadivs oh lol well that bites, atleast the one side is still pretty!

If it's flux core then it isn't mig. The flux replaces the inert gas.

I've never had any work done by MAACO. I think they do collision work, so they should do rust repair. It may depend on how bad the damage is. They probably won't fabricate parts like the floor pan, they'll just buy them. So, the more things that are damaged, the more it's going to cost. To replace my rocker with "store bought" parts would have cost $500. And that doesn't include labor.

Yes.

Not at the moment. The other rocker had significantly more damage on it. I'm in the middle of removing the old panels and installing new ones. But I do hope to get it back on the road soon, as my truck has half the mpg.

@@Thadivs Ok, thanks for the information.

No. My car has always had mud flaps. I'd bet that this damage was caused by gravel. My lane is gravel, as is the roads around my house.

MustangLover 1970 I’m the same way!

guy azbell if it's an astro or a safari keep they are trucks

If you use $1000 worth of tools 100 times, the cost per use is only $10. But I certainly didn't put $1000 into the tools within this video. The jack was a Christmas gift, as was the angle grinder. The welder was given to me for free, but it was broken. It had a bad transistor in the feed circuit, so I was able to fix it for cheap. The jack stands were $20, the small sledge hammer and clamps weren't much. I made the wooden work bench from a large pine tree that was on my property. So the only real money that went into this repair was for the sheet metal, paint and welding wire. If you do envy my collection of tools, just remember that gaining such a collection is nothing more than a matter of priority. Sure, I could have asked for DVDs, clothes and iTunes gift cards for Christmas, but instead, I would ask for a nice tool. Given enough years, I've acquired quite a few nice tools and purchased none of them. I also receive and repair old "junk" tools that people are more than willing to just throw away.

exelent good reply. thadivs.

@@Thadivs wish I could get a free angle grinder or even a jack..

i need someone to replace my both rockers with the plastic