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i'm getting ready to do my rocker panel job because on one side i can now fit my hand through the bottom of the rockers while the fiberglass i put on last summer is holding the sides together.
where ideally should i cut at the bottom in order to later on install 2x6 tubing? the video on youtube by bleepinjeep suggests to cut after the seam, leaving a half inch lip to have some material to weld onto. i also read the cut before the seam and hammer it flat, therefore keeping more rigidity.
in case you're not sure what I'm talking about, this :
I did mine similar to the bleepinjeep video. I cut the pinch seam off and left just enough sheet metal to weld onto. It works, but welding tube to sheet metal was a pain. If I were to do it again, I would cut all the way to the inner rocker and weld some steel angle to that, and then weld the 2x6 to the angle.
I did mine similar to the bleepinjeep video. I cut the pinch seam off and left just enough sheet metal to weld onto. It works, but welding tube to sheet metal was a pain. If I were to do it again, I would cut all the way to the inner rocker and weld some steel angle to that, and then weld the 2x6 to the angle.
09-07-2016, 12:36 PM
where to cut when replacing rocker panels
