Rusty rockers

[djsolution]

Thought I had a rust free Prado but a rock chip uncovered some nasty rust on both rocker panels. Looks like the rear 6-8” of both rockers are rotten. Should I be trying to find a donor truck for rocker panels or is this something a shop can cut out and bend metal to fit?

 

[TonyP]

You can buy new inner and outer rockers to chop up and splice in.
They're fairly inexpensive.

 

[djsolution]

You can buy new inner and outer rockers to chop up and splice in.
They're fairly inexpensive.

Good info, thanks man!

 

[FJBen]

Yep pretty common on these. At this point, I'm more amazed at the 70's that DON'T have rust in the rockers.

Not to be debbie downer, but I wouldn't be surprised to find more bondo/rust in this rig.

 

[OGBeno]

^^. Most of them are pigs with lipstick.

 

[djsolution]

Yep pretty common on these. At this point, I'm more amazed at the 70's that DON'T have rust in the rockers.

Not to be debbie downer, but I wouldn't be surprised to find more bondo/rust in this rig.

Yeah I’m afraid of that. The rockers actually look like they may have been cut and repaired at some point. I can see some evidence of filler.

 

[djsolution]

You can buy new inner and outer rockers to chop up and splice in.
They're fairly inexpensive.

Found outer rocker panels on megazip but couldn’t find a part number for inner rockers. Any ideas where to look? Could be operator error on my part. Thanks again!

 

[TonyP]

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