Thread: Rust repair help

This isn't for the gp but the silverado some of you probablly know about the common problem with the cab rocker panel on the drivers side... basicly what happened is gm forgot to seal the back of that panel and it rust there. So I'm pretty sure I need to have new metal put in to fix it right... but I don't really know anything about welding in new metal for body work... so if anybody here has done stuff like this I'd appreciate some advice.

I know this won't be much help. But my boyfriend has a '99 silverado and the all to common cancer. He took it to a body shop and just had them do it. (they were pretty cheap).
They did cut and weld new pieces in and re-coated everything.
He had it in getting new bedsides due to some body damage, so he had them take care of it all together.

Talk to Ray (redlinepontiac), he knows his stuff about body repair

so heres a pic



one of the black lines shows the metal that I know is affected the other shows how much I plan on replacing

If I could get a shop to maybe just weld in the new stuff and let me do the rest that would be nice.

That actually looks decent to the ones around here. Your ahead of it by getting it fixed now before its to far gone. I'm sure you could find a shop to just do the metal.

a guy i work with had his done last year and he only paid $250 for it. Or you could just let it go and it would look like my gtp lol

Originally Posted by dsmuts

a guy i work with had his done last year and he only paid $250 for it. Or you could just let it go and it would look like my gtp lol

the thing is this truck will probablly be running for another 10 years so I want to keep it looking some what decent lol.

99-07 Silverado Ext Cab Rocker Panels And Cab Corners | eBay

I found that on ebay but that looks like its only the bottom and the curve

I found this

LMC Truck Parts - Page 28

and I figured out I need part 8 on there but isn't there also another panel that goes below it? or do you guys think it might all be on piece? I see the rocker panels for the other cab types but mine is a 3 door extended cab so theres no rear door on the driver side

oh gawd that year, i have a 2000 silvy i bought it when the truck was perfect no rust, i let it sit for 4 years never drove it, the pos rotted away, Freaking gm thinking chinese iron ore those years was a good idea, these trucks are complete garbage these years.

Originally Posted by KwazrollinZ28GTP

oh gawd that year, i have a 2000 silvy i bought it when the truck was perfect no rust, i let it sit for 4 years never drove it, the pos rotted away, Freaking gm thinking chinese iron ore those years was a good idea, these trucks are complete garbage these years.

thats the only problem spot on my truck still runs and looks great everywhere except that one dam spot lol

Originally Posted by KwazrollinZ28GTP

i let it sit for 4 years never drove it, the pos rotted away

That's your problem if you let a car sit without washing it or making sure it's waxed it'll rust in a hurry.

Originally Posted by Taz Magister

I found this

LMC Truck Parts - Page 28

and I figured out I need part 8 on there but isn't there also another panel that goes below it? or do you guys think it might all be on piece? I see the rocker panels for the other cab types but mine is a 3 door extended cab so theres no rear door on the driver side

Yeah you need the LH cab corner to fix that and it repairs up to the trim piece

Originally Posted by dsmuts

That's your problem if you let a car sit without washing it or making sure it's waxed it'll rust in a hurry.

i washed it every week, i just never drove it, i had to get the neighbors sap off of it somehow.

Chevys and fords have rust issues. it sucks.

LMC cab corners are a higher quality( thicker metal and better fit).

you could have a shop weld on a patch and you do the finish work 300$+

you could buy a grinder from harbor frieght, buy the patch and buy some 3M 8115 panel bond adhesive and cut and step your patch and (Glue) it on, glue isnt a good term for that adhesive, it hold toyotas and GMs bedsides on. 200$+

or buy seal out and soak the inside of the cab corner and por15 the outside until your ready to deal with it.

theres a brace under that spot that might be slighty swiss cheesed


hope that helps lol

edit. thats an exteded cab? it should all be one piece from LMC, if not your looking for rear rocker section also then, i dont have a LMC book near me

Originally Posted by redlinepontiac

LMC cab corners are a higher quality( thicker metal and better fit).

you could have a shop weld on a patch and you do the finish work 300$+

you could buy a grinder from harbor frieght, buy the patch and buy some 3M 8115 panel bond adhesive and cut and step your patch and (Glue) it on, glue isnt a good term for that adhesive, it hold toyotas and GMs bedsides on. 200$+

or buy seal out and soak the inside of the cab corner and por15 the outside until your ready to deal with it.

theres a brace under that spot that might be slighty swiss cheesed


hope that helps lol

edit. thats an exteded cab? it should all be one piece from LMC, if not your looking for rear rocker section also then, i dont have a LMC book near me

Thanks and its not the front rocker.. idk if theres a front or a back but its not rusted under the front door at all

Originally Posted by KwazrollinZ28GTP

i washed it every week, i just never drove it, i had to get the neighbors sap off of it somehow.

Chevys and fords have rust issues. it sucks.

From what i've seen dodges are by far the worst when it comes to rust issues.

OMG Dodge is the worst by farr, i do more rust repair on dodges then any blue oval and general trucks combined.

OP. i think LMC sells the rocker sections in two pieces for your truck. standard cabs i know are one piece

Originally Posted by KwazrollinZ28GTP

oh gawd that year, i have a 2000 silvy i bought it when the truck was perfect no rust, i let it sit for 4 years never drove it, the pos rotted away, Freaking gm thinking chinese iron ore those years was a good idea, these trucks are complete garbage these years.

i had a 97 gmc for 5 years sold it and got a 03 gmc, sold the 03 last year. not one of then had a single speck of rust any where on them. both were plow trucks too.

yea this truck has never seen a garage a day in its life and 250,000 miles this is the only rust on it besides surface rust on parts of the frame