Removing the rocker panel Options

[rmital]

Ray, that's on your silver car? Wow I'm surprised. That car is super nice, including all the usual suspect areas!

yes, good reason for seasonal maintenance. The car got around, starting it's life in Connecticut, then to Houston and ending with Glenn in California.
It must of had a nice bunch of crap packed around the pod, holding moisture.
Maybe down the line I'll replace the pod, no reason at this point.

[r_towle]

Ray, that's on your silver car? Wow I'm surprised. That car is super nice, including all the usual suspect areas!

yes, good reason for seasonal maintenance. The car got around, starting it's life in Connecticut, then to Houston and ending with Glenn in California.
It must of had a nice bunch of crap packed around the pod, holding moisture.
Maybe down the line I'll replace the pod, no reason at this point.

When you feel like laying on your back, look at how the rocker cover fits to the bottom of the long.....it's tight to the bottom, but that makes it tight to the bottom outside edge of the long.....so nothing can escape.

Then look at how the tire flings direst and sand in there.....with the vibration, it magically gets in front of the jack point (see the stain)....

Now just hang the rocker cover on there , put a screw or two in the top to hold it.
Pull the bottom out, as if you have about a 1/2 inch spacer under the bottom of the rocker.....

When you creat about a 1/4 inch space between the rocker cover and the outer long at the bottom outer edge, then the sand and salt have a way to escape.

When you stand up, if done right, you cannot tell there is a spacer.
Too much and you can tell, but all you need is a place for the sand to vibrate out of there.

The nice part is after that, you can stick a pressure washer in from in front of the rear wheel and let it rip.....after some time all the water comes out clean....

Rich

[rmital]

try your fav hardware store for small stainless screws to replace the rivets.

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Plus the screws allow easy access to the longs for cleanouts, inspection, etc.

...any chance you know the specific size screw; to avoid picking up an assortment to narrow down the size.

[r_towle]

Nope, but the rivet is 1/8 inch , so go to a decent hardware store and tell them that...

Or bring along some calipers to measure the inner shank of a sheet metal screw...should be less than 1/8 th by a bit....