Just stumbled across this

http://www.jshmotors.com/jdm-civic-e...d-cut_p416.php

i was wondering how would you replace it? would everything line up ok?

asking because i need some repair on my car

 

Basically you would buy that piece of the shell and if you take it to a body shop they cut out the bad spots on your car and replace it with the undamaged section. It would get cut with a gas torch or a plasma cutter then the new section would be welded into place.

If the work is done right you will never know anything was done at all.

 

post pics of the "damage" to your current civic

 

haha not damage its mostly rust so i figure this wud be easier fix a

any more ideas

 

Are you really still going on about those rocker panels ? take it over to a good body shop or sell it.

 

If you got rust and it is a small area then a body shop can typically fix it without to much of a problem. But if it is rusted thru and needs a bunch of work then it will be more labor instensive to remove the damaged section and replace with a clean section.

You could go to a salvage yard and buy the section that you need and have that installed.

A picture would be helpful.

 

^ it's the whole rocker panel he's after and that's not a cheap fix

 

i want to keep the car. i dont want to sell it. but i cant figure out what to do about the rocker panels they are rusted thru. like on this

http://www.flickr.com/photos/95378231@N08/8861979062/

its from that civic eg rust fix.com mine is similar to this. i want to fix it. what u guys think

 

this good fix? http://www.jshmotors.com/jdm-civic-e...d-cut_p416.php

or overkill?

 

Well the good news, it could be fixed! But for something like that I would strip the car down to the shell and start cutting out all the rust damage and weld in new steel. The downside to that is it might be cheaper to get a clean shell and work from that. Or get as much of a shell as you can and swap bottoms.