# Rocker panel repair **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [February 24, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rocker-panel-repair/131715 "2010-02-24T13:59:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![S13GG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s13gg/32/5506_2.png) [@S13GG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S13GG)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rocker-panel-repair/131715/19 "2010-02-25T04:40:30Z")
> [@Network Hardware Question (easy one)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/network-hardware-question-easy-one/26253/7): > > People dont want to pay to have it done right. > > Properly removing rusty metal and welding in new stuff takes hours and hours. > > I worked for a shop years ago that had 20 hours into rust repair on an S13, the owner wanted all the rust gone he didn’t care what it cost. Once he was handed a $2000 bill he freaked out and said it was outrageous. They put a lein on his car and he had to pay it before it left the shop. > > You get what you pay for. A $50 rust repair is a temporary fix, which will probably make things worse in the long run. yep^, get your screw driver out and see how soft it really is… if you have a tiny hole, it rusted from the inside out… I replaced 2 entire rocker panels in order to do it right, after I saw what the sand blasting revealed the holes really looked like… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rocker-panel-repair/131715)._