Yea man this is the best video on all of KZfaq about repairing rocker panels on this truck.

Nice work! On grinding the spot welds out, I use the air powered belt sander 1/2" x 18" with 80 grit 3M belts,...better depth control and less sparks.

Great video. Those reading the comments, remove the negative cables from your batteries before you start welding and have a fire extinguisher near by just in case.

Here is a guy that knows exactly what he is doing. And doing it the right way! Refreshing!!! Thanks!!!

This is a great tutorial. The beauty of doing my 03 is its already done most of the removal itself, haha. Thanks again

Everyone said... "Buy a 03 Ram 5.9 Cummins, it will last forever!" Engine, yes... rockers & bed wells not so much :'(

I’m a so glad I came across this video! I starting to doubt my decisions I have made on my own 2006 2500. Your inside skirt panel is where I was struggling and you made a simple but a effective replacement for that. I could send you pics of my rockers and the trim cut’s are the same.Thanks for an outstanding video for this repair. P.S. I’ve also ran into dead ends on locating the inside skirt panel replacement.

That is a proper repair job right there!

Awesome work brother awesome. Thank you so much for showing how you do this. I have my 05 dodge cummins same truck. I have the same job to tackle. I rather buy the equipment to keep and have forever than pay someone 6k to do for me. Guess it's better to screw it up several times than pay another to do. Again thank you for sharing your knowledge. It doesn't really look that bad, just gotta dig in and get after it.

Looks like it spent its life in Erie, PA...rust belt of America!

Currently working on my '08 Cummins shipping crate. Great video 👍

Those oval holes are where all the salt gets inside. Zbart used to be the way to prevent rust like that. If I lived up north, I'd be treating my NEW cars and trucks to prevent rot that like. Nice repair job!

You did a hell of a job.

Danny you do some impressive body work the way it should be done. Great job those rockers look good on that truck.

That is an outstanding job great detail thanks for showing I’m doing mine soon did not realize there was A inner panel And I needed ideas how to build the backside that was great help

Thats some real fine work you have done there ,very professional

Awesome work man

Fantastic video!! Getting to see the breakdown on the layers was incredibly helpful and I learned a great deal! Thank you for this video.

Man, I wish I had the money and or Knowledge to do this. I have a 07 mega cab that I would love to keep but it is a money pit. The rockers, cab corners and upper wheel wells are toast. Awesome work! If I decide to tackle this job, I will reference your video and pick your brain for months, I am sure.

I don’t care what anybody says about what you did it looks perfect to me and that’s exactly what I need to do Ty for sharing your video I have a 2010 ram 1500 and it looks similar to what you are doing hopefully not as bad but you just never know until you start doing it

So glad I have a West Coast 2004 Dodge ram 4x4 not a spot or rust anywhere

You make this look super easy I feel like it’s more time consuming then hard to do

I’m in the midst of doing this too , finished the outter section , eliminated the center and had some custom bent for the inner👍

ya did a hell of a good job ! best on a ram i have seen so far !!

Fill it with fluid film until it starts draining from the drain holes after youre done welding to prevent the rust in the future also a friend told me energize the metal before doing anything to the metal it help deionize the metal so it kinda rejects rust then spray it with a neutral based ionized clear coat and proceed with the regular paint, and clear coats they said dodge used crappy metal that in conjunction with the positive charged paint they use causes rust faster than chevy or Ford thanks to du...ont paint company not saying any specific name 😁 because of legal reasons but the lead based elctron paint isnt good

Great video. I'm about to do this to my truck.

Nice work, Hopefully it lasts another 10 years.

That very inner panel is called a floor sill panel.

Thanks for the video. Very informative.

You do fabulous work danny ☺️

Nice job , you make it look easy,

Damn nice work I'm definitely keeping this video. I need to do the same on my 99 best video of how to I found. 🤙 thank you sir.

I really enjoy speaking more about me doing mine

It's hard finding a good video on replacing rocker panels. This is a very good video. Its giving me more confidence to do the rockers on my Ford focus. Where do you find those step pliers? Thanks!!!!

Thank you Idk what I was gonna do for in the inner outter panel

I have ordered parts from Athens Dodge . They were new surplus OEM a new front differential was about $1100.00 delivered to my mechanic in NY . Body panels are also available .

Amazing job 👏👍

Like the video! I want to purchase the step plyers never seen those before. Nice work , new sub.

HOLY SHIT IT'S RUSTIER THAN MINE

Nice job though , deffinetly a clean job

Excellent video thank you, I have the same job to do - suggest spraying interior panel with rust check over paint to deal with moisture, very effective at retarding rust, as I discovered too late

Good tutorial 👍

Wow. This was an excellent video covering this repair. I honestly was shocked seeing the inner rocker panel just evaporated like that. It's amazing how bad that rust was. Great work on covering that. I know this video is old and I will subscribe and watch more, but just wondering what welder and what weld through primer you use? I kinda wonder seeing the inner panels with all the holes in them - do they have adequate drainage if salty water gets in there. I saw you addressed it with the replacement panels. I am looking at some 3rd gens and considering how much rust repair I want to get involved with. Saw one in Indiana that has some rust starting on the drivers side. Where there is rust there is more rust... Do you still have any access to get behind or inside those rockers and or corner with fluid film spray wands? I feel like annual application for any vehicle in the rust belt is a necessity to keep these trucks from rusting into the earth. I really like fluid film and supposedly there's a new one from PB Blaster I think.

Nice work

Thank you.

Great job my 2003 is looking something similar to this was just wondering how much would a job like this cost

O ps I also subscribed and like your video 👍first time on your channel , not many people can say that they can do what you just did

Thank you for this!

What were the dimensions on that piece of 14ga sheet metal, I'm looking to get it for my truck. Thanks

I have done a lot of this sort of work on old GM square bodies and Gen 1 Dodges... I now have a really nice '06 Megacab diesel that is showing the signs of rust in the rocker panels. Repairing it looked a bit complicated at first glance. My question was if the doors had to be removed or not. It looks the doors would be a severe pain to remove what with a ron of wires feeding into them and all. but it looks like you did all that without removing them. Is that correct? I am going to watch this a few more times and get what I need together for the rebuild. Thanx so much for posting this!

Hey Excellent work. Excellent video tutorial Where you located My truck needs some sheet metal work.

Excellent work,I have the same issue on my 06 Hemi was wondering how to best do the inside and what’s guage metals, was wow hat brand of quarter panels you used

Can you provide the link for the panels from the website you got those from ?

Nicely done. Question. Ive been looking to purchase the rocker panel pieces for my 2003 Dodge Ram. This is exactly how mine looks on both sides. Just to confirm, Id have to purchase the outer, middle and inner panels along with the corner cab? Also, do you recommend a website to purchase these panels from. Thanks. I just subscribed. Very helpful information and great channel.

I would like the dimensions of that fourteengage iner rocker panel. You made that would be so awesome. Cause I'm doing my mega cab 06 dodge Ram. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dodge really cheaped out with the sheet metal AND anything they called a coating! Coating attracted rust rather than preventing it. Never ever again!

Im going to build panels out of core 10 steel.

What type of welding equipment did you use

I just ran across this video. I don’t mind the talking part, but you did a hell of a job on the bottom rocker panels. I have a 2002 ram 1500 needs some work done just like that. Where are you located and how much would you charge for a job like that 👌🏼👌🏼👍🏼👍🏼???

great job

This may be too late but my truck looks like this how much did you charge to do this job ?

How long did this take you to do the work in the video?

Do you do this as a business? I'd be willing to pay cause i've got a truck of a similar year that needs some repairs done to it

Awesome job . What would this cost if a local body shop did this , curious?

Where are you located and when is your next availability?

Hey I always go back to watch this video. If you feel like making extra money You can work on my truck.

Great work!! I'd pay you to do my truck, where are you located?

Great video what did you spray on frame to remove rust

Nice work! Where did you purchase the rockers/panels from?

Do you think you could have did the job without the middle part?

Where did you get the rockers at? I’m looking to do this to my Cummins but everything I find looks different to what my truck needs.

What were the dimensions of the inner outer metal you installed

What did you use to paint your frame and also how is it holding up to this day?

Looks like a 30+ year old car as far as the progression of the rust goes...

Hey do you think you could link me or tell me where you got all the replacment panels im going to do the same job on the same truck and having trouble figuring out where to get all the pieces i need. thanks,

Where are you located, I'll drop my 2004 off. It needs the exact same work and I'm not sure my skill level is up to the task.

Do the batteries have to be disconnected?

My wheel wells are rusting on my 2010 Dodge it suckso

Would you do this again on a regular cab?

Where did you order the full inner and outer rockers?

How long did it take start to finish?

I’m about to do this on my cummins any suggestions?

Where did you get the panels from?

Where did u get that panels feom

where did you order the middle panel from ??

What's the cost range for that kind of work

Out of curiosity how much does a job like this cost?

How much does a job like this cost?

How much did you charge that customer to do that work? I need the same done to my truck lol

Where are you located?

Hello how much do you charge? How can I contact you?

You could have but welded the rockers on then it wouldn't need but a lite coating of filler only . That's what I would have done and I have been a body for over 21 years

They are engineering vehicles to disintegrate, a half competent engineer could make it last 25 years in a Minnesota climate. When paying 60 thousand + for a truck, this is shameful. My 2014 ram has this exact same problem,,,,,, 9 years old!

Why is it not on the lift? Your gonna get old fast on the ground.

you should film the work. not you talking about it.

What is shit crap design!😱 Nice job boss. better than new.🛠🇺🇸🛠

Not the best work for sure!

just get used doors

Throw that junk dodge in the scrap yard with all that rust lol. 🤣 that’s why I hate dodge rust way too much too fast.