My Rocker Bondo/Bedliner Job

[Dclassen]

Here is a project ive been working on this week. I had some pretty big holes in my rockers from rust and some bad bubbling behind the doors, I was planning on having it professionally done but I just dont have the money so heres what I did.

-removed all paint and rust in the affected area with a wire brush cup (i got an attatchment for a power drill)

-hit the remaining rust with rust resolver/primer

-Used bondo glass and fiberglass cloth to cover holes and rust

-Sanded bondo then painted the lower side of truck with herculiner bed liner

-Painted wheel wells and underside with rusoleum rubberized undercoating

And heres what it looks like as it sits, with one side finished. Best of all, supplies didnt even run me 200$. Id say thats a tad cheaper than taking it into a body shop. Figured this might give some of you some ideas about tackling your own rockers. I plan to finish up the other side, and paint my grille insert a flat black to really make it look clean on a budget.

[69chevytrucker]

nice but hate to burst you bubble you can buy a full rocker for less then a can of bondo you could have stripped your old rocker right out and used epoxy to glue a new one in dont worry ive done it your way a million times before i found out how cheap and easy a rocker is to do infact my truck i have now the po who had it before spent more money on metal tape spray foam and bondo to make the rocker on my truck look new then spent i don't know how much on paint when he could spend $26 retail for a new rocker got to say looks really good though

[69chevytrucker]

google this site it is a canadian sit but down in the states is where most the parts for these truck come from but you would be surprised how cheap body parts are
https://ecat.crosscanadaparts.com/base/welcome.php

[landy]

Using epoxy to attach the rocker? Does it hold up well? What kind of epoxy? I suppose it might make it easier to line the rocker panel up and no worries about heat warpage.

[Dclassen]

Originally Posted by 69chevytrucker

nice but hate to burst you bubble you can buy a full rocker for less then a can of bondo you could have stripped your old rocker right out and used epoxy to glue a new one in dont worry ive done it your way a million times before i found out how cheap and easy a rocker is to do infact my truck i have now the po who had it before spent more money on metal tape spray foam and bondo to make the rocker on my truck look new then spent i don't know how much on paint when he could spend $26 retail for a new rocker got to say looks really good though

And here I thought I was on to something. No I realize you can get cheap rockers I would just prefer that if and when I go that route I would just have the whole truck done professionally. That and I don't know how to remove em. I'm learning though . This was more of a temporary solution because that rust was driving me nuts, didn't want to end up with a hole the size of Texas on the side of my truck so this is what I came up with. But yeah that would have probably been much easier and looked a little bit better, oh well. Now I know you can just glue em in there.

[69chevytrucker]

Originally Posted by Dclassen

And here I thought I was on to something. No I realize you can get cheap rockers I would just prefer that if and when I go that route I would just have the whole truck done professionally. That and I don't know how to remove em. I'm learning though . This was more of a temporary solution because that rust was driving me nuts, didn't want to end up with a hole the size of Texas on the side of my truck so this is what I came up with. But yeah that would have probably been much easier and looked a little bit better, oh well. Now I know you can just glue em in there.

ya like i said i wasnt trying to burst your bubble i found out about how cheap and easy rockers are just awhile ago so i just thought i would tell you for next time

[69chevytrucker]

Originally Posted by landy

Using epoxy to attach the rocker? Does it hold up well? What kind of epoxy? I suppose it might make it easier to line the rocker panel up and no worries about heat warpage.

not sure of the kind i got a buddy that works for GM and he did his square body with it most new cars have it now alot of them have hardly any spot welds now
i think it is made by devcon its a automotive epoxy

[69chevytrucker]

there is a special primer used with it too