Rust and what to do?

[Difflock]

I have rust issues, inside the wheel wells, rocker guards are falling out not just on the surface either. Did body work on all my fenders and around my windshield but idk what to do about all the nooks and crannies of my wheel well, its driving me crazy. Im loosing sleep at night over it. Any ideas?


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[Difflock]

If I grind it, fill it with bondo and bedliner it will that hold up? My rocker guards I mean


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[zcruiser]

Prob not. You're not going to get everything and it's going to come back. Embrace the rust.

 

[psraff]

If I grind it, fill it with bondo and bedliner it will that hold up? My rocker guards I mean


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Post pics if you can. That would help people to give you options.

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[Difflock]

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[Difflock]

I will be painting with bedliner eventually


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[thegipper]

My rockers were starting to rust but not quite as bad as yours. I ground off the rust the best I could then painted everything with bed liner. It turned out really nice, I taped off lines so it looked legit.

It should last for many, many years.

In your case, grind away the rust and fill it in with bondo or whatever works. Then use the bed liner and quit worrying about it. Based on your pictures (other than the hole) the rust isn't even that bad.

Good luck

 

[kolelt]

The reason why the rocker panels rust out on here trucks. It's because the front sunroof drains, drain into the rocker panels EXACLTY AT THAT FRONT SPOT. Rather then draining directly outside. So guess what happened after years. Water eats it away. And if you off road. Your rocker panel pinch drains will be clogged up. Making the water sit inside the rocker panels. YOU NEED TO EXTEND THE SUNROOF DRAINS DIRECTLY OUTSIDE. I have a write up. It's very easy.