Passenger Side Rocker Panel Patch

This picture shows all the rusted metal removed back to good metal and coated with weld thru primer. It shows the door jamb, jamb inner brace, bottom of the wheel well, and the rocker panel.

Rocker Panel Patch This picture shows all the rusted metal removed back to good metal and coated with weld thru primer. It shows the door jamb, jamb inner brace, bottom of the wheel well, and the rocker panel.

Rocker Panel Patch Close up of the rocker panel. This is a 6.5 inch section of the rocker panel that was pretty rotted.

I folded up a small section of the inner wheel well so the outer wheel well patch can fit in behind the inner wheel well as intended.

Rocker Panel Patch I folded up a small section of the inner wheel well so the outer wheel well patch can fit in behind the inner wheel well as intended.

Rocker Panel Patch This is a test fit of the rocker patch before I bend the wheel well tab (on the end sticking out).

Rocker Panel Patch Bottom of the rocker panel still a little fitting to do for a nice gap.

Rocker Panel Patch This is the removed metal i used as a model and the patch I bent to match.

Rocker Panel Patch Another shot of the final rocker patch.

Rocker Panel Patch The back side of the patch is coated with weld thru primer.

Rocker Panel Patch I tried to match all the details and angles of the patch so it would fit and look good.

Rocker Panel Patch I guess this is a drain hole there is a line of them from the front of the rocker to the rear stopping here.

Rocker Panel Patch Matched the drainage weep hole.

Rocker Panel Patch Not sure what purpose this notch serves but it's there.

Rocker Panel Patch And the same notch is on my copy patch. Alignment hole??? Drainage hole??? Not sure but I copied it too, it is 1/2 inch in diameter.

Rocker Panel Patch Alignment hole??? Drainage hole??? Not sure but I copied it too, it is 1/2 inch in diameter. You can see the rot. The water and debris must collect in this area because where I is cut was good solid metal.

Rocker Panel Patch You can see the rot. The water and debris must collect in this area because where I is cut was good solid metal.

Rocker Panel Patch Here is the rocker panel and wheel well patch installed.

Rocker Panel Patch There's that drainage/alignment hole. I wasn't sure how the wheel well fit to the rocker so i scribed it to loosely fit.

Rocker Panel Patch Just a little wider shot of the completed patch.

Rocker Panel Patch The pacth from the bottom and it matches pretty close.

Rocker Panel Patch The outter wheel well patch fit under the inner patch and coated with primer to prevent rusting again.

I am going to have the entire shell media blasted after the major rust repairs so the seam sealer will come after the epoxy primer is applied.

Rocker Panel Patch I am going to have the entire shell media blasted after the major rust repairs so the seam sealer will come after the epoxy primer is applied.