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Old 08-19-2019, 10:24 AM
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That looks brutal, obvious besides doors, if the B-pillar is bent, doesn't that compromise the integrity of the vehicle such that it lessens its ability to withstand another large impact? I'm not sure on that part.

What i do know is that if those rocker panels are bent, you're going to have premature rust issues down the road. The rocker panels are several sheets of metal pinch welded together with 1/8"ish gaps between them. Certain whole bits of the vehicle are literally dipped in a primer + paint bath so that paint goes into every crevice and crack possible. The rocker panels is one of those pieces. If the paint is compromised, those pinch welds hold a ton of dirt and moisture. So it may be one of those things that nobody can see and rear its head down the road i.e. premature rust after insurance fix.

There is absolutely 0 way of fixing damaged rocker panels to the quality of straight from the factory. Even if you cut them out and weld in new pieces, you run the risk of trapping moisture in the welds which will rust from inside out. Nobody can say for sure what the likelihood of this is, but it's definitely a possibility greater than 0.
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