Cab rust repair.

[Mike_The_Grad]

I removed all the old carpet and "sound deadener/insulation" I installed about 7 years ago. I used windshield sun shades I bought at the 99 cent store and spray adhesive them back to back to make panels and then double sided tape and spray adhesive them to the floor. All after spraying about 4 cans of rubberized undercoating to the floor pan inside the cab. Truck was pretty quiet. Except this constant wind sound like a window was still down. Ha ha. I'm pretty sure the Flintstone floor was the source of the noise and the rusted out cab corner on the passenger side. Anyways. It's pretty bad in my opinion. Not enough to warrant a floor pan replacement, but enough that it's going to be a lot of work.

Should I just cut out all the bad on one side of the cab and not worry about bracing anything? I don't usually see anyone brace while doing rockers or cab corners or even pillar repair. Usually the only brace when doing a complete floor pan replacement or chopping a roof. I don't have a sand blaster. I do have patch panels though. And a cutoff wheel.

Input?

The first picture is the door opening pillar of the cab next to the dash pad on the drivers side of the cab. Where I was I planning to do my next patch repair and then continue down to the kick panel, floor, pillar at the floor, rocker, and cab support.