Rocker Flares
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Rocker Flares
Anyone using these, and if so do you like them and how are they installed? Thinking of using this to protect door edge/inside door seam from the upcoming winter salt crap....Please post pics if you have them too!
CRE Products | RockerFlares
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CRE Products | RockerFlares
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I just threw up in my mouth a little bit... j/k 
I don't like the looks of them and I think it would be hard to clean between them and the rocker panel. Also, the way they angle in up by the front tire, I'm not sure they would protect you from slinging gravel that much.
I don't like the looks of them and I think it would be hard to clean between them and the rocker panel. Also, the way they angle in up by the front tire, I'm not sure they would protect you from slinging gravel that much.
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I agree, I don't especially care for the looks either but I think Ford cheap't out with their design on the Super Duty's without a rocker panel to protect the bottom of the door and I'm looking for something to better protect the door. I believe a big factor of the door bottoms rusting at the inside seam is due to this poor design. Alot of "stuff" rifles right off the front tires into the bottom of the door without a rocker panel to take the brunt. My 2 cents anyway...
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jjcomputer, I have a suggestion for you, A few of my friends have done this to their trucks including Ford's, Dodges, Chevy's. Is that at Line-X, (box spray company here in Alberta, Canada) will spray a 1/8 layer over the rocker planels up to the "body line" of the truck, basically 8-10 inches up from the bottom. They can do a custom color match to your paint, and also put a UV protectant in it to help with any sun fading. I actually have mine booked in late November to get mine done, but the guys up here that I've seen Line-X do have been excellent jobs. What a few guys actually did that looked really good, was that they had a set of nerf bars, front bush bumper, rear bumper all sprayed at the same time and it looks really good. When they do the spray for rocker panels, they do quite a bit of prep work such as removing mud flaps, weather stripping from bottom of doors. The shop up here actually wraps the spray up around the bottom edge of the rocker panel, and doors, and come up approx. 3/4" - 1" on the back side so they don't just end on the bottom of the metal. But the spray does give a "textured look" but with a perfect paint match it looks okay. I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for but I'd just thought I would suggest something different that works very well.
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Thanks, I have Line-X in the box and its tough stuff. I'm looking primarily for more protection under and at the bottom door edge. Why Ford left out rocker panels under the doors is beyond me...
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I was driving down Route 50 the other day and saw a dark blue F250 with chrome rocker panels on the truck and it really looked nice. The truck had extra wide tires and there were rooster tails all over the side of the doors from wherever the truck had been. The chrome looked very nice on the dark truck.
But...it only went down the rocker panels from the bottom of the door up to the accent strip from the factory. I have looked around and cannot find anything that will cover the edge that is beneath the door where the body panels are spot welded together.
Dee Zee makes a rocker panel that seems to be described in the material to look just like what I saw. But they don't have any pictures with a F250 so I am hesitant to consider buying it.
BTW. When I had my Line-X bed done, I asked the fellow about doing the Line-X on the rocker panels and they said that they do it for most of the fleet trucks around here because of all of the construction going on. But they cautioned that the black on my blue truck didn't look very nice on the sides and wanted $250 to customize the color.
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(2003 F250 SD 6.0L Crew SWB, Nitto 325/65-R18, Skyjacker 4" lift)
But...it only went down the rocker panels from the bottom of the door up to the accent strip from the factory. I have looked around and cannot find anything that will cover the edge that is beneath the door where the body panels are spot welded together.
Dee Zee makes a rocker panel that seems to be described in the material to look just like what I saw. But they don't have any pictures with a F250 so I am hesitant to consider buying it.
BTW. When I had my Line-X bed done, I asked the fellow about doing the Line-X on the rocker panels and they said that they do it for most of the fleet trucks around here because of all of the construction going on. But they cautioned that the black on my blue truck didn't look very nice on the sides and wanted $250 to customize the color.
Scott
(2003 F250 SD 6.0L Crew SWB, Nitto 325/65-R18, Skyjacker 4" lift)
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