Rocker panel welding and prepping

In this video, I explain how to weld your rocker panel replacement.
I talk about a few products that you should use to protect your welding spots.
The Zinc coating is a "most" for welding. It will prevent oxidation, and it will seal any rust from spreading!

[@rustybacon54]

im probably going to do this same fix to my h3. ill be using por-15 to protect the metal. thanks for the tips

[@probonomechanic]

Been using that method on multiple vehicle and I never had to do a job again, but it really depend on the preperation of the metal. I never used the Por-15, I have been told it reacts with water before sealing on the metal. Seems pretty neat, sadly no shop around me have it, so I never had the opportunity to try it. By the way, remember to hammer the corner for the backdoor. In the video I have a lined square in the middle of the rocker panel, thats my marking to where the backdoor needs place to rotate and not hit the rocker. Hope it helps!

[@rustybacon54]

@@probonomechanic you can buy it online on their website, or on Amazon. I just used it to paint my axle that was sandblasted, came out beautiful. I don't think my rockers are rusted under the rear door clearence dimple, but they're definitely rusted lol. I might start uploading videos of my truck and other things. I'll shoot you a link to it if I remember!

[@probonomechanic]

I would love too see that! I don't know if you saw my first video that I posted on the channel, but you can see how bad the rust was on mine. The previous owner was not being nice to it. I'll check with Por-15, last time I tried to order chemicals online I got an heavy border bill and some of the item were restricted -_- I may contact them to know if they can ship to my country.

[@rustybacon54]

@@probonomechanic oh yeah you're in Canada. That doesn't help with shipping anything *eyeroll*

[@rustybacon54]

Hey quick question. You know the metal thickness for the floor pan??