I have holes/patches in my rockers and need opinions on best path forward (never having done this).
It took an hour to remove 2 quarts of bondo dust from the rockers today. See picture links below.
A DPO brazed on some patch panels over what I presume was the worst offending rust holes. Then leveled everything with (lots of) bondo. There are many other holes - but I did not find any rot, so I presume that the bondo and paint that was added had stopped most of the rust when repaired.
Opinions on what I should do? I just want a nice driver, I may never show this car.
Driver side:
Front holes: http://bit.ly/15dviVR
Center looks okay: http://bit.ly/X5m7Vp
Rear patch panel: http://bit.ly/Wl1xwv
Passenger side: (much worse)
Front patch and holes: http://bit.ly/XzPgof
Center holes: http://bit.ly/XVoHsT
Center2 holes: http://bit.ly/15dvFiY
Rear patch and holes: http://bit.ly/XR25MU
I could purchase/make rockers, or patch as the PO had done and bondo over, or just bondo over these holes again. I might just hand this to a body guy and have him deal with it.
Considering the placement of some of the holes and the fact that the patches are already on the outside of the rockers - I guess I could just weld on more patches and redo the bondo job?
I have already replaced all 4 floorpans and the sills are somewhat thin, but workable with careful welding (no holes). Recall some of my other posts where I'm worried about body flex - but I think that's not too much of concern now that I see the holes in the rockers are not completely gone so I presume the center structural rocker is okay.
(and yes - I sprayed this liberally with Rustoleum Primer after taking these pictures).
It took an hour to remove 2 quarts of bondo dust from the rockers today. See picture links below.
A DPO brazed on some patch panels over what I presume was the worst offending rust holes. Then leveled everything with (lots of) bondo. There are many other holes - but I did not find any rot, so I presume that the bondo and paint that was added had stopped most of the rust when repaired.
Opinions on what I should do? I just want a nice driver, I may never show this car.
Driver side:
Front holes: http://bit.ly/15dviVR
Center looks okay: http://bit.ly/X5m7Vp
Rear patch panel: http://bit.ly/Wl1xwv
Passenger side: (much worse)
Front patch and holes: http://bit.ly/XzPgof
Center holes: http://bit.ly/XVoHsT
Center2 holes: http://bit.ly/15dvFiY
Rear patch and holes: http://bit.ly/XR25MU
I could purchase/make rockers, or patch as the PO had done and bondo over, or just bondo over these holes again. I might just hand this to a body guy and have him deal with it.
Considering the placement of some of the holes and the fact that the patches are already on the outside of the rockers - I guess I could just weld on more patches and redo the bondo job?
I have already replaced all 4 floorpans and the sills are somewhat thin, but workable with careful welding (no holes). Recall some of my other posts where I'm worried about body flex - but I think that's not too much of concern now that I see the holes in the rockers are not completely gone so I presume the center structural rocker is okay.
(and yes - I sprayed this liberally with Rustoleum Primer after taking these pictures).
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