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oldoval
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2004 11:48 pm    Post subject: Rocker panel replacement? Reply with quote

Hey all, Im a pretty new guy to the forums, i was wondering if anyone had any leads on buying affordable aftermarket rockers, outer and inner for my new thing?, Ive been lookin and can only find a few places and they have NOS rockers. Thats a little more than i want to spend, any help would be apprectiated Razz thanks OLDOVAL
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 5:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I did mine 10 years ago, the OEM's weren't available, since VW de Mexico hadn't sold their inventory to The Thing Shop yet. I got mine cut off an old thing from Things Unlimited (previous ownership/location) and had them shipped. They were rust-free from a Colorado car, but one weak spot later erupted into a cancerous nightmare that I'm addressing now, so just make sure you give them a good inspection and do repairs & rustproofing if you're going w/ old rockers. Also, if you don't need the entire rockers replaced, you can use pieces from old doors. Alot of this has been addressed, so you might want to do a search on the subject...
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 25, 2004 5:39 pm    Post subject: rocker science Reply with quote

of course you can only use door skins for the outer rockers, inners are a different stamping... If both are bad, then the bolt land will be doubltfull and a body off would be best to eliminate reinfection.


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 30, 2004 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is there an article on the web somewhere about changing these out?
Thanks,
Scott Sportsman
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