Idledrummer
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- Oct 5, 2022
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- Northern New Jersey
- Ram Year
- 2011
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- HEMI 5.7
Hello everyone and happy Sunday! looking for your opinion and expertise.
my rocker panels are rusty, inner and outer. The running board was about to fall off, so I just removed it today.
given my very tight budget at the moment, I am thinking of doing some DYI rust removal and patch with metal tape, body filler, foam, etc, like I see in many youtube videos.
The body shop quoted me $4500 to replace inner and outer rocker panels and paint. I will never be willing to spend that much, given I paid only $16k for the whole truc.
I am not so worried about perfect looks, My main goal is to contain The rust damage as much as possible while spending as little as possible. Based on the pictures below, do you think it is doable, will it hold?
next is the frame attached boards, has anyone used the brackets below? Do you recommmend it?
Thank you all!
Ti
my rocker panels are rusty, inner and outer. The running board was about to fall off, so I just removed it today.
given my very tight budget at the moment, I am thinking of doing some DYI rust removal and patch with metal tape, body filler, foam, etc, like I see in many youtube videos.
The body shop quoted me $4500 to replace inner and outer rocker panels and paint. I will never be willing to spend that much, given I paid only $16k for the whole truc.
I am not so worried about perfect looks, My main goal is to contain The rust damage as much as possible while spending as little as possible. Based on the pictures below, do you think it is doable, will it hold?
next is the frame attached boards, has anyone used the brackets below? Do you recommmend it?
Thank you all!
Ti