Painted the Rocker Panels

[shadow247]

That looks great. My driver side rocker has a bunch of pits and I don't want to let rust get a hold of them. Luckily they were cleared over by a body shop a few years ago, so they are not rusting as of yet. I was kicking around the idea of painting my flares gloss black and doing bed-liner on the rocker. Now I am sold on it. Now I just need the funds for a bedliner kit and some paint for the flares!

 

[Drcoffee]

That looks great. My driver side rocker has a bunch of pits and I don't want to let rust get a hold of them. Luckily they were cleared over by a body shop a few years ago, so they are not rusting as of yet. I was kicking around the idea of painting my flares gloss black and doing bed-liner on the rocker. Now I am sold on it. Now I just need the funds for a bedliner kit and some paint for the flares!

Why not do the flares in bedliner too.

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When I replace my bumpers, I'm thinking of going with black and coating them as well to match the rockers.

 

[shadow247]

Not 100% sure which direction I want to go. I need to do some major work to prevent rust on this truck. It doesn't have any now, but I will be taking it to the beach about every weekend starting next spring, and I know the salt can be really harsh on these trucks. I've already started painting the frame with Rustoleum Flat Black and the parts I have done look great after 2 weeks! My winter project is to finish the frame up and go after the rockers/flares if I have time.

 

[Maritimer]

Looks great Drcoffee. I wish I had some bars or sliders to put on mine, as the black on the rocker and the black visible underneath kind of merge together and make the body look narrow. It's not bad, just that I am really picky when it comes to aesthetics.

On the backside of my rockers, between the rocker and the frame, there were some holes sealed up with some plugs and rubber. Mine were coming off, so I ripped off the plugs, sprayed the inside of the rockers with Rust Check oil, and then glued new plugs on with a silicone glue. With your POR15 job, and the inside filled up with a rust oil, your rocker panels will survive until the end of the world.

 

[Drcoffee]

rocker panel rust treatment

I thought I would give a heads-up on Eastwoods Internal Frame coating for the rocker panels. It sells for $20-$25 plus shipping but I found Eastwood selling it for $15 including shipping on Ebay. I just bought a can which should do both sides. I've used it already on the frame rails and it is thinner than water, so I know it will penetrate the seams to treat the rust that is in there already.

Seller is: eastwoodcompany
item number 370677763001

* I have no affilliation with this product or company

 

[farmerjon]

I thought I would give a heads-up on Eastwoods Internal Frame coating for the rocker panels. It sells for $20-$25 plus shipping but I found Eastwood selling it for $15 including shipping on Ebay. I just bought a can which should do both sides. I've used it already on the frame rails and it is thinner than water, so I know it will penetrate the seams to treat the rust that is in there already.

Seller is: eastwoodcompany
item number 370677763001

* I have no affilliation with this product or company

Thanks for this - added to my list of things to apply to the frame when I get around to rust treating everything.

 

[zooroadbaja]

Why not do the flares in bedliner too.

I have my rockers, and fenders bedlined. I'll snap some pictures.

 

[Drcoffee]

Well, here is the finished project. One Saturday to do the POR 15, one Saturday for the Monstaliner and 30 minutes to install the Nerf bars. I preferred no running boards but the family wanted something there.

 

[farmerjon]

Well, here is the finished project. One Saturday to do the POR 15, one Saturday for the Monstaliner and 30 minutes to install the Nerf bars. I preferred no running boards but the family wanted something there.

Yours and [MENTION=56311]Maritimer[/MENTION] 's both look super clean! With a white SR5, I would really like to do this with mine, and with the black rockers, you really can't tell they are there, just fades into the shadows under the truck. Plus I think the white/black contrast would look great...

Point is, what did you guys sand, and how much? I'm a little leery of sanding my factory rocker paint - so have thought about plastidip instead of Mostaliner or even something clear, but I do have some rust spots starting to appear, so I know I should sand them down... Did you apply the bedliner directly or is there a primer as well? I'm a little unsure of where you applied the POR15 - seems like you did it underneath?

 

[Cree]

Yours and [MENTION=56311]Maritimer[/MENTION] 's both look super clean! With a white SR5, I would really like to do this with mine, and with the black rockers, you really can't tell they are there, just fades into the shadows under the truck. Plus I think the white/black contrast would look great...

Point is, what did you guys sand, and how much? I'm a little leery of sanding my factory rocker paint - so have thought about plastidip instead of Mostaliner or even something clear, but I do have some rust spots starting to appear, so I know I should sand them down... Did you apply the bedliner directly or is there a primer as well? I'm a little unsure of where you applied the POR15 - seems like you did it underneath?

I used dip on mine first. It doesn't hold up to feet hitting it going in and out. I used BedArmor, all you have to do is scuff with a pad and shoot. No primers.

 

[kolelt]

I rolled mine with monstaliner Check my build thread for photos

 

[jmferg]

I would 100% suggest prepping before painting with a bedliner/undercoating project.

I've done this several times in multiple vehicles and bedlining over rockers is almost worse than just leaving them alone. It doesn't 100% deal like a factory paint job does. It also traps moisture easily with the rubberized nature.

-Sand down to metal.
-Clean surface
-Paint with a high quality automotive primer (several coats)
-paint with quality 2-part bedliner. After curing, spray with 2-3 coats of HEAVY clear coat


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[Scramble]

I'm doing this next weekend to my rockers before I get my sliders welded on.

 

[kolelt]

When using monstaliner. You don’t sand down to metal. You break through the clear coat and some paint. So you use the factory primer. Which is probably the best primer and best laid on.

 

[kolelt]

I'm doing this next weekend to my rockers before I get my sliders welded on.

Yup. I’ve done this to. My rocker panels and rock sliders are bedliend

 

[Scramble]

When using monstaliner. You don’t sand down to metal. You break through the clear coat and some paint. So you use the factory primer. Which is probably the best primer and best laid on.

I'm just going to sand off the clear coat & use factory primer & paint. Unfortunately there are some rock chips down to the metal that are rusting. That's the whole reason for me me doing this in the first place before it spreads. Did you see that Eastwood makes a rubberized rust encapsulator undercoating? It's cool, I'll probably end up doing my wheel wells with it too.

https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-rubberized-rust-encapsulator-undercoating-black.html

 

[kolelt]

I'm just going to sand off the clear coat & use factory primer & paint. Unfortunately there are some rock chips down to the metal that are rusting. That's the whole reason for me me doing this in the first place before it spreads. Did you see that Eastwood makes a rubberized rust encapsulator undercoating? It's cool, I'll probably end up doing my wheel wells with it too.

https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-rubberized-rust-encapsulator-undercoating-black.html

I don’t know how I feel about rubberized undercoat. When I bought the truck I sprayed 3M rubberized undercoat in the back wheel wells. I don’t recall having a rust prior to spraying. But maybe I did. I just don’t REMEMBER. Fast forward x amount time. I have a really big rust hole where the rear passanger seat belt attaches to the fender. Pics are in my build thread. This could have been under factory paint maybe from inside. Again I don’t know. But if it wasn’t, I blame the rubberized cost for trapping water. Because after years, it has small cracks. But it’s impossible to tell what is going on below it. The rust issue was on driver side. So I have kept a close look at the passenger side. And it’s clean on that side. So I don’t know !!

What I am saying my friend. Is please possibly seek a another route. You say you have chips and some rust. That’s one of the reason why I’m monstalining roof. Because there are small chips from rocks and shit falling of trees. That have caused tiny spots of little rust here and there. Even though I will have to sand these spots to bare metal. They will be small. And should not be a issue for monstaliner to bond. Picking up what I am laying down ?

 

[Scramble]

I don’t know how I feel about rubberized undercoat. When I bought the truck I sprayed 3M rubberized undercoat in the back wheel wells. I don’t recall having a rust prior to spraying. But maybe I did. I just don’t REMEMBER. Fast forward x amount time. I have a really big rust hole where the rear passanger seat belt attaches to the fender. Pics are in my build thread. This could have been under factory paint maybe from inside. Again I don’t know. But if it wasn’t, I blame the rubberized cost for trapping water. Because after years, it has small cracks. But it’s impossible to tell what is going on below it. The rust issue was on driver side. So I have kept a close look at the passenger side. And it’s clean on that side. So I don’t know !!

What I am saying my friend. Is please possibly seek a another route. You say you have chips and some rust. That’s one of the reason why I’m monstalining roof. Because there are small chips from rocks and shit falling of trees. That have caused tiny spots of little rust here and there. Even though I will have to sand these spots to bare metal. They will be small. And should not be a issue for monstaliner to bond. Picking up what I am laying down ?

I hear you but that's why I'd use the Eastwood, it a rust encapsulator, not just an undercoating.

 

[kolelt]

I hear you but that's why I'd use the Eastwood, it a rust encapsulator, not just an undercoating.

It’s still a undercoat. 3M is a well known company. Well respected to. I’m pretry sure it says on their can that it protects against rust or something. Eastwood might have chosen a better terminology/vocabulary. But again, it’s your truck so do you. Just be cautious.