Quote Originally Posted by hitman92499 View Post
That appears to just be the outer rocker panel which can be replaced with a patch. The pic doesn't show the condition of the inner rocker panel which is probably the "frame piece" that you speak of, but if that is rusty, then it needs to be taken care of as well.
I'm pretty new to this aspect of car repair. I wasn't aware there was an inner and outer. I can't tell if the inner is rusted without cutting off the outer, right?