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Welcome, Trapper. Is it that bad on both sides? Plenty of rust-free Excursions down here in the bone yards to cut those pieces off of if you are willing to pay for the shipping. Cost of the pieces is usually very low. You will need a welder to cut out the old and weld in the new on your end as well.
What about the rest of the truck?
The rest of the truck isn't to bad its mostly the Drivers side of the truck. Pass side has some surface rust but I can clean that up and stop it. I will cut some holes in the rockers underneath so they can drain better. We love this truck and want to keep it around.
i beleive you cant order that pillar anymore but need to find a B pillar panel and cut part of it off in order to use it to patch the rear X door frame corner
The pillar in your picture is the "C" pillar. The "A" pillar is at the windshield, the "B" pillar is behind/next to the driver, then the "C" pillar behind/next to second row, and the "D" pillar is all the way in the back.
The pillar in your picture is the "C" pillar. The "A" pillar is at the windshield, the "B" pillar is behind/next to the driver, then the "C" pillar behind/next to second row, and the "D" pillar is all the way in the back.
sorry i meant i dont think we can order excursion C pillars and gotta use f250 B pillars with slight modding in order to make them fit the C pillar of our X's least its what i saw when i was trying to find info when doing my X
And here is the panel attached. I have an electric space heater on it to speed up the curing time.
I`ll get a finished picture after the adhesive is cured.
Did you just put the adhesive along the mating surfaces of the rocker? I happened to look at mine the other day and the rear drivers side is rusted through....looks like Clifford is gonna get new rockers sooner rather than later.
Really well done, BTW...this thread will help me immensely once the weather warms up a bit and I can get to working on stuff like this.
Ughh. Why does this come back so often? I’m trying to forget about it! LOL
yes you use the panel bond adhesive all around the edges where the welds would usually go. Both surfaces have to be bare metal! The adhesive also acts as a corrosion preventative. Put enough on and brush it along the edge and be sure there is enough to contact both surfaces. Attach it like I did and use some type of heat for a few hours to speed up th curing process. After you attach it, clean up anything that oozed out so it’s real clean. You can’t even tell I did mine and that was 4 years ago.
Ughh. Why does this come back so often? I’m trying to forget about it! LOL
yes you use the panel bond adhesive all around the edges where the welds would usually go. Both surfaces have to be bare metal! The adhesive also acts as a corrosion preventative. Put enough on and brush it along the edge and be sure there is enough to contact both surfaces. Attach it like I did and use some type of heat for a few hours to speed up th curing process. After you attach it, clean up anything that oozed out so it’s real clean. You can’t even tell I did mine and that was 4 years ago.
Ha! It comes back because you did a good job and everyone wants to follow along!
Thanks for the info! I think I have a line on the rockers and the adhesive with a gun. Now to just get some decent weather and a bit of time...
First time posting but I need some advice on my X I purchased this vehicle about 2 or 3 yrs ago, But now am having a huge rust problem and I want to fix it all. But am not sure where to get all the parts at. I need rocker panels inner and outer and than see pic below am not sure where to find this section if I can even purchase.
The rust when from bad to holy crap in a matter of months. Thanks for any advice you got.
Search my username to find the build thread on my 2002 truck. Basically the panels are either best sourced from a non rusty donor or made by hand. I chose the latter.
Gents, its the salt. I dont want to go off on my normal salt rant but....I've seen them salting on sunny days, they put down enough salt such that it acts like gravel.... when the roads dry up, theres enough salt remaining that everything turns white and there are giant clouds of salt dust kicked up by the traffic. There are piles at intersections, sometimes either the operator or the equipment fails and the devils seasoning fills an entire lane for a mile or so. They are spreading this crap in rush-hour traffic pelting innocent peoples cars. Its absolutely ridiculous the amount of salt they use. Its almost criminal.
No amount of washing spraying rustproofing can fight it. If you dont want it to rust, keep it in the garage.
I'll get pictures and videos of the blatant overuse of that vile substance.
Its one of the reasons I hate this state (MI) and cant wait to retire. If I retire on a Tuesday, there will be no trace of me here on Wednesday.
I know this thread is older but.
This simply isn't true..
Those lower panels are suspect to hold salt from under and inside the sidestep support boxes.. If these were cleaned and oiled fall and spring , this would not have happened. Living in Eastern Canada , I deal with SOME salt.
I know this thread is older but.
This simply isn't true..
Those lower panels are suspect to hold salt from under and inside the sidestep support boxes.. If these were cleaned and oiled fall and spring , this would not have happened. Living in Eastern Canada , I deal with SOME salt.
Some salt huh, live where I do and tell me "this simply isnt true". You dont know what your talking about. SE Michigan is the salt capital of the planet. Its in the from of rock, dust, they liquefy it, pellets....I've seen, on sunny days in the winter, clouds of salt dust in the air on the highway that you cant see through. You can taste it as you drive, you can smell it when you get out of your car. It covers your clothes if you come near your car, its on the carpet at your desk, it grows on the aluminum door frames......its evil and will rot any vehicle that has been exposed to it. Yes, you can delay the effect if you are militant about cleaning, but lets be honest, a drive through car wash will not do the job, and who, except for crazy gear heads, will do their own undercoating or oil the entire underbody of their vehicle. Again, if you dont want it to rust, keep it away from the salt....PERIOD!
Some salt huh, live where I do and tell me "this simply isnt true". You dont know what your talking about. SE Michigan is the salt capital of the planet. Its in the from of rock, dust, they liquefy it, pellets....I've seen, on sunny days in the winter, clouds of salt dust in the air on the highway that you cant see through. You can taste it as you drive, you can smell it when you get out of your car. It covers your clothes if you come near your car, its on the carpet at your desk, it grows on the aluminum door frames......its evil and will rot any vehicle that has been exposed to it. Yes, you can delay the effect if you are militant about cleaning, but lets be honest, a drive through car wash will not do the job, and who, except for crazy gear heads, will do their own undercoating or oil the entire underbody of their vehicle. Again, if you dont want it to rust, keep it away from the salt....PERIOD!
LOL..
A couple things strike a chord here.. I live in eastern Canada.. The ice province of the world.. I was being sarcastic about SOME salt..
Same story here, I'm minutes from Quebec where everybody runs studded tires.. Point is my excursion looks nothing like that..
Why because I wash it and oil spray it myself, you say gearheads ? , isn't everybody on this forum with a 13+ year old truck exactly that ?
Some salt huh, live where I do and tell me "this simply isnt true". You dont know what your talking about. SE Michigan is the salt capital of the planet. Its in the from of rock, dust, they liquefy it, pellets....I've seen, on sunny days in the winter, clouds of salt dust in the air on the highway that you cant see through. You can taste it as you drive, you can smell it when you get out of your car. It covers your clothes if you come near your car, its on the carpet at your desk, it grows on the aluminum door frames......its evil and will rot any vehicle that has been exposed to it. Yes, you can delay the effect if you are militant about cleaning, but lets be honest, a drive through car wash will not do the job, and who, except for crazy gear heads, will do their own undercoating or oil the entire underbody of their vehicle. Again, if you dont want it to rust, keep it away from the salt....PERIOD!
Ohhh on another note..
What do the break lines look like under that truck ?
What else has the rust destroyed ?
I'm with you all on the salt overuse. I don't know what the hell is going on lately but I see exactly the same thing here, and I live in Southern Indiana, which ain't exactly the snow capitol of the world. These knuckleheads get out and spray brine and dump rock salt like there's no tomorrow. Completely sunny day, above freezing and no snow forecast, and I see trucks out spraying brine. What the hell? I'm going to start calling the road department and giving them hell, it won't do any good, but it'll make me feel better. It's like they have a quota of salt to go through and if they don't use it they'll get less next year or something. It really pisses me off, and it ain't like that stuff is particularly environmentally friendly. We like in an area with a karst geology, which means there's about 100 sinkholes / acre (editorial license, but there's a lot of sinkholes) and each one of 'em goes to the water table sooner or later. So basically the idiot in charge of the road department is dumping thousands of tons of salt a year straight into the groundwater.
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