Inner Rocker Panel Meets seat mount. HELP!

[ObscureMachine]

My inner rockers are great. But some moron stupid whose name starts with Jim, really trashed the lips that overlap the floor pans. They look like crap, which is not the way i want Project Redemption to go. My fab skills are 2nd grade. What do I do to make this look right, clean and proper? Thanks for your help and non-judgment!;D

 

[AZ73]

Well, you can cut that bent up piece off and spot weld a new angle piece onto the inside with a 90 degree bend in it. You'll have a seam along the top but that's the trade-off. Else bend it SLOWLY a few degrees at a time back down with channel locks, use a body hammer and dolly to make it flat, put your floor in under it and fill the cutouts with button welds. Cover the whole thing with carpet. Don't get too panicked. It's basically under the seat anyway.

 

[Rustytruck]

Whats the problem? Take 2 strips of 3/4" plywood about 2" wide with straight edges and clamp one piece on the inside and one on the outside right on the bend line. Make the wood as long as you can. Clamp it tight with a few strong clamps so it stays in place.
Now take a broad flat faced body hammer and tap that flange down nice and flat and square. May want to do the ends first and put a couple of verticle clamps on top and bottom on each end in addition to the face clamps to keep the wood in place so you get a very straight line. You don't have to beat it into submission. It will want to bend and flatten back in place.

I like to use these cheap clamps from harbor freight for this type of work but you can use what you got.

https://www.harborfreight.com/catal...eight,f,Sale+Rank,f&q=c+clamps+locking+pliers

 

[ObscureMachine]

Whats the problem? Take 2 strips of 3/4" plywood about 2" wide with straight edges and clamp one piece on the inside and one on the outside right on the bend line. Make the wood as long as you can. Clamp it tight with a few strong clamps so it stays in place.
Now take a broad flat faced body hammer and tap that flange down nice and flat and square. May want to do the ends first and put a couple of verticle clamps on top and bottom on each end in addition to the face clamps to keep the wood in place so you get a very straight line. You don't have to beat it into submission. It will want to bend and flatten back in place.

I like to use these cheap clamps from harbor freight for this type of work but you can use what you got.

https://www.harborfreight.com/catal...eight,f,Sale+Rank,f&q=c+clamps+locking+pliers

I'm not worried about getting it in place. They just look like crap and I want them to be as neat and clean as possible.

 

[Rustytruck]

It will come out neat and clean. If your really worried about it. Just remember a brite metal trim goes all the way down that top edge down the front face and across the floor.

 

[ObscureMachine]

It will come out neat and clean. If your really worried about it. Just remember a brite metal trim goes all the way down that top edge down the front face and across the floor.

Wait. What? Bright metal trim piece? Mine didn't have that and i don't think I've ever seen that. Is that a normal piece?

 

[Rustytruck]

This was used on my Explorer trim kit to hold the rubber mat down.

https://www.wildhorses4x4.com/product/Carpet_Hold_Down_Kit_Complete/Bronco_Carpet

 

[ObscureMachine]

This was used on my Explorer trim kit to hold the rubber mat down.

https://www.wildhorses4x4.com/product/Carpet_Hold_Down_Kit_Complete/Bronco_Carpet

Cool! I won't have carpet, but that still might fix the ugly issue! Thanks! - Jim

 

[Master Chief]

I also laid seam sealer over mine, from the top and bottom.