hacker_720
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Can I buy new rocker panels for my 185? Are they available from Toyota, any know how much? Or should I just get a body shop to make new ones:
hacker_720":28gmpcjb said:It's ok dudeman.
I probably wont be doing it any time soon, I have been working on this car for like 4 years, so there is no rush. Keep me posted if you end up doing it fist, I wonder is just the rockerpanel "covers" is all I need, and maybe just weld up the inside as the shop sees fit to do.
The car was like this when I bought it, it has already been repaired by the PO at least once, just not properly.
DeeCee":2o05ajoi said:lack of care, salt on roads, crash damage not repaired properly etc.
could be anything really.
my 1990 GT4A has hardly any rust on it and that is a 19 year old car and def isn't in such poor condition as those other celicas.
bloodMoney":14l6eoml said:I'm not quite sure about the rust towards the front of the rockers, but The reason why the rust eats out the rocker post-door is a design flaw on toyota's part. If you look, there is a rubber drain tube for the sunroof behind that plastic piece just the before the rear tire. If this somehow gets pushed up into the body or pulled out for that matter, this will cause the sunroof to drain directly to that part of the rocker.
I discovered this little tube after mine got so bad, that the plastic piece fell of as there is no more metal to anchor to.
Now that I think about it, in response to the OP, the rust that occurred at the front of the rocker is probably due to the water that is always at that spot after it rains... I think that I'll look into the door seals to see if that could be the culprit.
~bloodMoney