rocker rust holes

[St.Louis-Dart]

Well after 4 years of my son everyday driving...rain snow salt and sun took its tole on the dart...I knew it would be a everyday driver he drove to high school &tec school & work
for 3 years .....the hole top of the car still looks good for a beater...heres some pics of the car 3 years ago

[St.Louis-Dart]

now the bad parts  holes in the rocker and a rust spot on the stripe i just wanna do a quick fix on the rockers ..something that will last say 1 more summer
Im not a body man but have used bondo befor....i want to fill and fix and paint the rockers...with out welding .... any advice or help would be great ..fiberglass?

[St.Louis-Dart]

did alittle sanding you can see the hole better

[rjsjea]

"without welding" ?  Any other way is hacking.  That quater and rocker need to be replaced.

Sorry, that sucks. 

[jwmotors]

You could glass that up and it will last more than a summer , when you do fiberglass work make sure you have clean metal to put the glass on , no paint no rust etc.

[St.Louis-Dart]

Ive seen glass work done along time ago...dippin the cloth type stuff in a liquid and laying it over a hole
...what i dont get is how dose it stay in the hole after you sand it...guess ill read up on it..

[Arillious]

if your gonna go through that much trouble to "cover" the rust, you might as well just fix it. simply cut out the rust and patch it in with some metal.... in fact that may be easyer and faster... think about the mess from the fiber glass and all the prep for it then the sanding of it. and if you just cover it up with bondo... thats gonna suck later on when you have to go back and actually fix it.... i think you should just cut out the rust and weld in some patch pieces bestes cheapest, fastest way to do it in my opinion. dont wast time and money do it right the first time 

[sunsetdart]

welding is the only right way to fix that.

[loiq]

Jump on some body shop supply web sites and look for panel adhesive. A lot of collisiion shops don't weld much at all anymore, they use glue. You could probably cut that rust out, get a piece of metal at the hardware store and bend it up by hand to match the rocker. Glue it on and bondo it up. It's not the "right" way, but it should last quite a while.

[jackie]

if this is a car that you like, and plan to keep,then go ahead and get someone to cut out the rust and weld in some metal. this is the only way to fix rust. now if you don't have someone, or just don't want to fix it, you can fill it up with wire and bondo. but in doing this keep in mind that the rust keeps growing and will be in worst shape in about a year or so when the new paint starts to bubble again, and you will be in the same boat again... with the price of paint now, i would go ahead and fix it right. and also do not use fiberglass. it will not stay.. great to make something with, or repair fiberglass with, but not to repair metal..