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...

and the cleaned off surface....

the bad spot...

the not so bad spot...

drivers side....

nice and clean....

nasty....

easily dealt with....

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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....

nice one


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

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

Drill out the rivets with a smaller diameter drill bit?

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.