rusty rocker please help!

[Woof]

I went to go test drive the 91 firebird today, and I had a blast, but the whole rocker panel on the left side was completely rusted through... opinons on the risk of this... like I dunno even where I would put the jack to lift this thing up...

[ June 07, 2005, 10:28 PM: Message edited by: Woof ]

[Woof]

bump?

[hockeyman]

Well, imagine this; If you were driving it one day and you hit a bump, not knowing that the subframe had critical rust too and it decided to crack and split at about 50mph. If you are afraid to jack it up in that certain section of the subframe, then I'd think I'd pass that deal up. That is gonna have to be a complete frame-off restoration if you want to do it right. There really is no safe & ghetto way around it.

[Woof]

I looked into it, and having that rocker replaced is about $500. After that would it be safe?

[hockeyman]

The rocker panel really isn't the section you should be too concerned about, look under the car where the subframe is and check to see if that has any rust damage. The subframe is what holds the car together, and if it's heavily rusted or bent, you'll be looking at major problems down the road.

[Woof]

Yeah there was alot of rust on the subframe as well. It's something like $700 plus paint for just the rocker. I decided to forget it and keep looking.