well a couple months ago my jeep went from daily driver status to a pure offroad toy and ive been meaning to fix the huge dent i had in my passenger side rocker so i bought some steal from my shop and got to work.

Heres the dent that i was getting sick of




Basically i just cut the whole rocker out about an Inch below the door line
and started putting in my "brackets"

Please excuse my shotty welds
and i know that this isnt a super strong set up but it will do








this is what happens when weld spatter goes INTO your jeep

















Then my buddy who was helping me had a good idea, we used some expanding foam insulation to keep from getting mud in the many gaps i had. then im going to just cut the excess foam off and seal it with some silicone caulking. then when i get the time i will throw some bedliner on it

i will put up more pics when its completly done

the 2x6 looks good.

But might wanna invest in some welding blankets

looking good i just cut the rockers out of my zj as they were completely rusted out, think im gonna go with a 2x6 also i like the way it sticks out that lil bit off the sides, thanks for the pics.

Looks good but be careful with expanding foam it holds moisture causing rust

X2 on the expanding foam. that stuff causes rust very easily. Bedliner is the way to go though. My jeep has more rubberized coating on it than paint.

well the foam should be backed by some silicone caulk and a thick layer of 3M rubberized coating, plus the layer of mud soon to come

very nice

It looks good. Be sure and post up some finished pic's, this is next for me as soon as I finish welding up my new bumper.

damnit why didnt you do this about a month ago so i could bring mine down and get help for mine lol right now my rockers are cut and thats it lol

wow great job. looks good. Can you show where you welded underneith?

underneth i just welded it to the back of the brackets i made, i know my welds look really nasty but hey it good penetration and it was going to get covered anyway

I love the look of it with the 3M coating. How did you get the sharp line transition from rubber to paint? A piece of simple masking tape? Did you pull the tape off while it was still wet?

yea i just used blue painters tape, the can says to wait 3-5 min between coats i took the tape off about 20 min

wow that came out great. You should spray the inner wheel wells with the undercoating while your there. makes it look cleaner and added protection too

i used black gloss on mine, works great