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Rusting Rockers
Has anyone had this happen to their kj? Ive meticulously taken care of my kj and wouldnt you know it, i have paint bubbling on the rockers. The passenger side is far worse than the drivers side. There is no way im going to put down the money to have them cut out and welded back in.
Ive bought a hose that i can slide into the holes where the plastic clips and ive bought some fluid film. Ive read nothing but good reviews for this stuff and its not all that expensive. My local autozone has it for $8 a can but you can often find deals on ebay. There is a deal now that works out to $6 or so per can if you buy a case of 6. Ive done my passenger side and quickly used a can so i think ill end up using 4 cans. Im going to take all of the door panels off and spray the bottoms of the door seams from inside the doors. Figure with the doors, rockers, and other random areas like inside the frame rails, ill use around 4 cans. Once ive done that, im going to sand and coat the rockers in bed liner. Ill probably quickly spray the inside of the rockers once a year to hopefully stop the rust.
Ive coated the rust in grease, which did nothing but make a mess. That makes it look worse. The issue with these rockers is there isnt a good way to spray them out. They have small slits as drains. Had I known this i wouldve sprayed them with fluid film years ago.
Several of the holes had something blocking them, so the hose wouldnt go in. Others were very tight but i was able to spray the inside of the rockers in both directions.
Ive been researching other products for rust prevention and how to stop it. I think im going to go for eastwood products on my 1994 zj. It has areas of minor to moderate corrosion around the bottoms of the doors and the rocker areas. Im going to use there frame spray and rust encapsulator to hopefully stop that. Ive rear their products go on sale so ill most likely wait till i catch them on sale.
Has anyone had this happen to their kj? Ive meticulously taken care of my kj and wouldnt you know it, i have paint bubbling on the rockers. The passenger side is far worse than the drivers side. There is no way im going to put down the money to have them cut out and welded back in.
Ive bought a hose that i can slide into the holes where the plastic clips and ive bought some fluid film. Ive read nothing but good reviews for this stuff and its not all that expensive. My local autozone has it for $8 a can but you can often find deals on ebay. There is a deal now that works out to $6 or so per can if you buy a case of 6. Ive done my passenger side and quickly used a can so i think ill end up using 4 cans. Im going to take all of the door panels off and spray the bottoms of the door seams from inside the doors. Figure with the doors, rockers, and other random areas like inside the frame rails, ill use around 4 cans. Once ive done that, im going to sand and coat the rockers in bed liner. Ill probably quickly spray the inside of the rockers once a year to hopefully stop the rust.
Ive coated the rust in grease, which did nothing but make a mess. That makes it look worse. The issue with these rockers is there isnt a good way to spray them out. They have small slits as drains. Had I known this i wouldve sprayed them with fluid film years ago.
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Several of the holes had something blocking them, so the hose wouldnt go in. Others were very tight but i was able to spray the inside of the rockers in both directions.
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Ive been researching other products for rust prevention and how to stop it. I think im going to go for eastwood products on my 1994 zj. It has areas of minor to moderate corrosion around the bottoms of the doors and the rocker areas. Im going to use there frame spray and rust encapsulator to hopefully stop that. Ive rear their products go on sale so ill most likely wait till i catch them on sale.
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