It looks like I am going to have to cut away some perfectly good skin to get to what may be behind it requiring rust repair. I do not want to cut off any more than I have to to access the damage. But I cannot find any images of what the inner rocker looks like with all of its braces under the skin. I have some idea, there is some rust. And a lot of dirt, I started on the car without power washing it, too late now.
I want to be sure I do not cut too deeply and damage good metal behind the skin making more work for myself. There is a little triangular looking brace that connects the bottom of the skin to the inner rocker, next to the jacking tube plate and the vertical reinforcement. Can anyone post a photo of what this area looks like, not rusted, and without the skin? In a side view? Is the vertical brace supposed to be open at the bottom? What does this area look like underneath the external sheet metal?
The wife is at her mothers for the day so I took the day off work tomorrow to dive in here and get something done. Even a view without skin and a surface rusty but intact underneath bits will be most helpful.
TIA!
