Cheap Easy Nice Diamond Plate ROCKER FIX
02-06-2010, 06:46 PM
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Cheap Easy Nice Diamond Plate ROCKER FIX
My easy rocker fix 
i think there this Dee Zee Part # DZ2143
I can get the set for like 80 bucks. Just put them up to your rockers mark them and cut. cut one cut at a time. you will have to trim down the upper lip to to make it fit under the doors. Grinder with a cut off wheel is what i used to make them. Remove all the rust and surface cancer from the rockers. then paint it with rust stopping paint. i used tractor supply tractor paint. Then use good selftapping screws to put in place
I was going to keep it for myself but we are all family here
The ugly
Cut out the rust to stop it or just slow it down.
But it is painted with rust stopping paint on both sides
i think there this Dee Zee Part # DZ2143
I can get the set for like 80 bucks. Just put them up to your rockers mark them and cut. cut one cut at a time. you will have to trim down the upper lip to to make it fit under the doors. Grinder with a cut off wheel is what i used to make them. Remove all the rust and surface cancer from the rockers. then paint it with rust stopping paint. i used tractor supply tractor paint. Then use good selftapping screws to put in place
I was going to keep it for myself but we are all family here
The ugly
Cut out the rust to stop it or just slow it down.
But it is painted with rust stopping paint on both sides
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02-06-2010, 09:03 PM
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that looks pretty good!
I had thought of doing something similar to that in the past....you should take some pics of the screws that are holding it on! Im just curious how noticeable they are
I had thought of doing something similar to that in the past....you should take some pics of the screws that are holding it on! Im just curious how noticeable they are
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02-08-2010, 10:07 AM
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rivits wont work well due to you need the screws to pull the sheet metal to the diamond plate
02-08-2010, 11:21 AM
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Why not weld them on. I was thinkin of makin some I have a bender but I was gunna have it go to the pin h an weld it there an in the door seem.
02-08-2010, 11:46 AM
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Do you guys realize that the rockers on XJ's are structural, and should be returned to load carrying conditions when being repaired?
02-08-2010, 05:38 PM
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structure!!! yeah do you realize that everything on the xj is. so are the fender flares. But the main structure of the jeep is the uni-body rails the floors and the side cab rails. the out skin is just sheet metal and it is not worth fixing it if you are going to smash it off a rock or stump. it just a nice fix for little money
Put a set of stiffen rails on your jeep
02-08-2010, 11:30 PM
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I have no idea what I am talking about...am not a fighter!!! i am a builder wheeler for life
