My poor old expedition is rotting away and I just can handle it any more. Winter is ending here in Canada and something must be done. I've dropped my truck off at a bodyshop to have some repairs done including rockers, rear fenders, tailgate and who knows what else they might find. I hate being without my truck but it should only be a week I hope.
The time has finally come
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JExpedition07
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I’m with you on the rockers ninjafied, my uncle has an 08’ Eddie Bauer bought new and the rocker panels have disintegrated over the last two years and there is nothing left. My 07’ passenger side has a hole rotted through underneath. Both trucks will be in for surgery soon. Ford didn’t make these rockers well, I never see a GM NNBS of our era with rotted rockers.
These trucks were always washed/ well kept. It made zero difference with the salt.
These trucks were always washed/ well kept. It made zero difference with the salt.
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JExpedition07
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Mines an 07 limited max. A couple years ago I removed the running boards to try and stop the sand and salt from sitting on the rockers all winter but it was useless. I love my truck and am excited to see how well it looks when I get it back.
JExpedition07
That One Member
It’s well worth it to replace rocker panels on trucks in good shape if you keep your vehicles. The frames, body panels, powertrains are good but the rockers were a fail on fords part. I don’t know anyone who would scrap a perfectly good truck over some rocker panel corrosion.
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JExpedition07
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This is the bad spot on mine where it’s perforated underneath on the pass side. Otherwise mine is in good shape.
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crector080862
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i hear and see all these horror stories about Expedition rocker panels. I have an 07 started its life out on the East Coast then Colorado and now down in the Coastal Bend area of Texas I have not a sign of rust on mine. Have they even started making repair panels for the 07 or newer expeditions? I wonder what it would cost for a body shop to have to replace them.
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ManUpOrShutUp
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Much depends on where in the east it came from and how much they salt there. My previous SUV spent the first 6 years of its life in NY and barely had a hint of rust. After 2 years in PA, however, it had quite a bit as they salt the roads like crazy here.
https://www.c2cfabrication.com/collections/ford-expedition-parts/rocker-panel
i found these but am unsure if they will fit the long wheelbase truck which i have so i'm just getting some bent by my bodyshop
i found these but am unsure if they will fit the long wheelbase truck which i have so i'm just getting some bent by my bodyshop
Jamo
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Rockers were the first thing to go on my '04 Tahoe (along with fenders) with 185,000 and upstate NY winters...
Trainmaster
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Let us know what it cost to replace the rockers...
mrbadwrench
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I bought my '08 recently and it was a police/fire vehicle. Whatever rust it had on it had been repaired and it was unbelievably clean underneath. I sent it to be oil undercoated before I drove it on any salty roads.
so all in it cost me $1400 for the repairs which included the rockers completely redone, tailgate refinished and rear fenders fixed to reattach the fender flairs. im happy with the job and the price, my truck looks good again.
Trainmaster
Old School Member
Ahh, the benefit of living in Canada I guess... Here on Long Island two rocker panels and paint will set you back $4800 alone.
I feel your pain. I had to get rid of my loaded '01 expy last year due to rust. The rust was so bad the body was almost not attached to the rotted frame. I loved that truck. It even had a built in VCR! I upgraded to a '14 limited. Nice truck. I like it, but not as much as the first generations.
Yep. I was quoted a little over that by more than one place. They wouldn't bend up anything. They would only buy the repair panel which means it's the whole door frame too. No thanks. No rocker panels available. $700-$800 for a grille? I feel like Ford is starting to screw us over. I don't like it.
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