Hx214
New Member
Hey guys, I'm the guy with the $800 dollar renegade with the rust issues.
I got the recall done, pulled the rusty running board/rocker protectors off, changed the ****** pan, fluids and she is running like a champ.
I'm trying to figure out what to do with these nasty rocker panels. There are places on them where you can basically push your finger right through them and there are some solid areas.
I have a few ideas as to what direction to go in,
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1. Cut the rockers off completely and weld in sheet to try to form up correctly.
2. Cut rockers off and weld in some square tubing with bedliner and form to fit.
3. Cut of the rot, re-enforce the rocker area with sheet in places and attach those rocker covers that are found on some models.
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Option 1 would be great if I could find a donor vechile to cut the rockers off and tack in. I'm not all that savy with just working with sheet and body filler and I think it would be difficult to get a nice clean look.
Option 2 I have done before on my cousins XJ. It worked pretty well and looked clean, but I don't know if the ends would go well with the rest of the body lines and might look rackass.
I like option 3 the best. I think it would allow for less busy work and still give a nice clean look. I figure I will have to rig something up to make them fit, but I'm not worried about drilling holes in the solid spots of these shot panels and using some 3m auto tape to get them to cover the wounds.
I'm just have difficulty running down the covers. I can't find them on eBay or pretty much anywhere on the net (unless I'm calling them the wrong name). I asked the tech at the dealer when they were doing the recall work and he looked at me like I was dumb. He said there aren't any rocker covers.... I said, "On mine no.... but see on that one there (and I pointed to another Liberty getting recall work done that had them) and he said "OH those, let me look" and he couldn't even find them.... I asked him to pull up some Microfiche or something so we could find a part number but he failed to find that either..... so I don't know what to think!
Anybody pull these off theirs already and want to sell them cheap???
Are they not called rocker panel covers? Am I looking in the wrong place?
I got the recall done, pulled the rusty running board/rocker protectors off, changed the ****** pan, fluids and she is running like a champ.
I'm trying to figure out what to do with these nasty rocker panels. There are places on them where you can basically push your finger right through them and there are some solid areas.
I have a few ideas as to what direction to go in,
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Cut the rockers off completely and weld in sheet to try to form up correctly.
2. Cut rockers off and weld in some square tubing with bedliner and form to fit.
3. Cut of the rot, re-enforce the rocker area with sheet in places and attach those rocker covers that are found on some models.
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Option 1 would be great if I could find a donor vechile to cut the rockers off and tack in. I'm not all that savy with just working with sheet and body filler and I think it would be difficult to get a nice clean look.
Option 2 I have done before on my cousins XJ. It worked pretty well and looked clean, but I don't know if the ends would go well with the rest of the body lines and might look rackass.
I like option 3 the best. I think it would allow for less busy work and still give a nice clean look. I figure I will have to rig something up to make them fit, but I'm not worried about drilling holes in the solid spots of these shot panels and using some 3m auto tape to get them to cover the wounds.
I'm just have difficulty running down the covers. I can't find them on eBay or pretty much anywhere on the net (unless I'm calling them the wrong name). I asked the tech at the dealer when they were doing the recall work and he looked at me like I was dumb. He said there aren't any rocker covers.... I said, "On mine no.... but see on that one there (and I pointed to another Liberty getting recall work done that had them) and he said "OH those, let me look" and he couldn't even find them.... I asked him to pull up some Microfiche or something so we could find a part number but he failed to find that either..... so I don't know what to think!
Anybody pull these off theirs already and want to sell them cheap???
Are they not called rocker panel covers? Am I looking in the wrong place?
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