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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ Started with an oil change,

Posted by: spiritedTreiber Sep 22 2005, 09:00 PM

routine oil change can lead to amazing things. I look up and to the right to where most people's hell hole exist and see the dirt all clumped up. So I take the rockers off and...

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Posted by: spiritedTreiber Sep 22 2005, 09:02 PM

and the cleaned off surface....

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Posted by: spiritedTreiber Sep 22 2005, 09:03 PM

the bad spot...

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Posted by: spiritedTreiber Sep 22 2005, 09:03 PM

the not so bad spot...

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Posted by: spiritedTreiber Sep 22 2005, 09:03 PM

drivers side....

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Posted by: spiritedTreiber Sep 22 2005, 09:04 PM

nice and clean....

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Posted by: spiritedTreiber Sep 22 2005, 09:05 PM

nasty....

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Posted by: spiritedTreiber Sep 22 2005, 09:05 PM

easily dealt with....

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Posted by: ! Sep 22 2005, 09:06 PM

Wire brush and POR 15 time....just in ime for winter. I've seen worse.

Posted by: spiritedTreiber Sep 22 2005, 09:07 PM

I honestly though it would be worse. Is this stuff pretty normal and easy to take care of? Or is it usually worse?

Posted by: Hammy Sep 22 2005, 09:07 PM

Doesn't look too bad. Just be happy you caught it in time

Posted by: redshift Sep 22 2005, 09:09 PM

I spray out my rockers at least once a month. I go to a pressure wash, and aim the wand from the back, and then from the front.. sometimes it looks like a mudslide.

M

Posted by: spiritedTreiber Sep 22 2005, 09:12 PM

I am going to remount the rockers with good looking stainless screws and bolts so they are easily taken off. Will also check them regularly during the winter months as this is my DD car.

Posted by: Hammy Sep 22 2005, 09:18 PM

QUOTE (spiritedTreiber @ Sep 22 2005, 08:12 PM)
Will also check them regularly during the winter months as this is my DD car.

Daily driver. have you done anything else to "weather ready" your car? Mine will be a daily driver soon too.

Posted by: spiritedTreiber Sep 22 2005, 09:24 PM

I really need to replace the targa seals, but thats about it. I have full heat, the wipers work nicely, and she runs perfect. I dont think there is much else that I need.

Posted by: Headrage Sep 22 2005, 09:33 PM

QUOTE (redshift @ Sep 22 2005, 08:09 PM)
I spray out my rockers at least once a month. I go to a pressure wash, and aim the wand from the back, and then from the front.. sometimes it looks like a mudslide.

M

Ya gotta remember, he lives in Geogia.

And he's not talking about his car....

Posted by: spiritedTreiber Sep 22 2005, 09:42 PM

nice one

Didnt they teach you in Elementry School health to "always wipe from the front to the back"?

Posted by: bmcwilli Sep 23 2005, 11:01 AM

While we're here...how do ya remove the rockers?

Posted by: olav Sep 23 2005, 12:19 PM

Drill out the rivets with a smaller diameter drill bit?

Posted by: spiritedTreiber Sep 23 2005, 01:08 PM

There are about 6? rivits that you drill out along the top, a bolt into both front and back fenders, and then three flat head screws that are frozen on each side on the bottom. The rivits came out easily, as I have cobalt bits. The bolts in the fenders cam out easily, and the bottom screws were a bitch. One on each side snapped off the head. The others came out, but VERY SLOWLY with vice grips. About to run to the hardware store right now to get REAL bolts for these. If you want to get the plastic sill guard out, I just very carefully pried it up and popped off the heads of the plastic rivets.