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Old 10-04-2020, 08:20 PM #1
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Replacing rusty rockers, Wolf vs salvage

Its been a while since I've been able to work on my runner and this project has only been getting worse. This is what was left of my passenger side rockers lol.

I had previously used a Wolf replacement rocker for the drivers side and it didn't quite fit right. I had to beat it and massage it to work, especially the dogleg at the rear door. For this one I had a donor 2001 to cut parts off of.
First I removed all the outer rust and found part of the front door pillar had cancer. This is when it was a blessing to have a donor. This is also when I had a moment of panic and started thinking that it was a mistake to try and save this 4Runner. It worked out in the end but it was a bit of work.

Pillar rust cut out and scribing in new part.


Something that came as a surprise was an extra crash support hidden in the rocker of the 2001.

I cut the spot welds on that support and added it to my 96.

All welded up and bondo'd. Ready for sanding and paint.

The rust on the inner rocker is by far the most difficult to repair. Access is super limited. Avoid Wolf panels if you have the option. You will need much more skill to get them on. The factory salvage parts almost install themselves once the spot welds are drilled out and ground flat. For what its worth I paid about $200 for the Wolf parts and $600 for the whole donor truck. Having that door support to cut off was priceless.
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Good job. I built my my support out of 1 x 2 18 gauge and welded it in. I used 2 wolf rockers. Having cut out parts would be great. As the inner rockers are no longer available from Toyota.

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Nice work! Glad to know the '96 lives on.
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A clean donor panel is the way to go... You can actually but a "cut" section from a salvage yard for less than 600 bucks. All these trucks arw total losses now if they need a rocker replaced, so you can get the rocker pretty cheap if you are willing to negotiate.

Car-part showed a half dozen 1999 rocker sections for 100 to 200 bucks.
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Wouldn't it just be easier to body-swap than go through all that trouble?
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Wouldn't it just be easier to body-swap than go through all that trouble?
Perhaps.. probably easier to do a frame swap if the frame is rotted out too. Some people are more Do it yourselfers and dont mind putting the time in to learn new skills or improve on existing ones.

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I am hoping to do this rocker panel replacement too. I think my rockers are not as far gone as many. From your experience, are there things that can be done to make the repair more rust resistant than the original?
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I am hoping to do this rocker panel replacement too. I think my rockers are not as far gone as many. From your experience, are there things that can be done to make the repair more rust resistant than the original?
Use the holes in the inner rocker to spray rust inhibitors in. I drill the top near the pillars to spray rust inhibitors in as well. Mine were actually much worse then the OPs. He did a excellent job of showing how to replace them and the differences between OEM and aftermarket rockers. All aftermarket body panels are like that though. You have to work with them to get them in properly. That's extremely common.

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What years have the added crash support?
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Not sure on the inner rocker parts, but '96's are also missing the B-pillar body mount, also mostly for side impact strength (it is only a 'half' mount)

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Not sure on the inner rocker parts, but '96's are also missing the B-pillar body mount, also mostly for side impact strength (it is only a 'half' mount)



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Isnt that the one that only has half the rubber on it in the center? That confuses everyone?

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Isnt that the one that only has half the rubber on it in the center? That confuses everyone?
Yeah. It doesn't do much in normal driving, but it would definitely help hold the body in place in a bad accident...

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