rocker panels

[fiat218]

DOES any one know if the 74 rocker panels fit on the 79?
is there any site showing that parts are swap to other years?

[azygoustoyou]

They are the same part Number from IAP
http://www.international-auto.com/index ... 1&addcar=1

[fiat218]

ok thanks, i looked there but i guess i was in a hurry and did not look close enough

[jimmycakes401]

If anyone has a tutorial on this I'd love to see it. My car has no rockers but it comes with new ones for me to weld on.

[spiderrey]

They don't get welded on. They get screwed on.

[jimmycakes401]

Yeah. Just figured that out about ten minutes ago. Man there's a lot of info. Tough to sift through. I believe my uncle has two brand new rockers. Hope they fit right. I know he took off the old rockers. I'm feeling better about the body work now. Just need to fill up some rust holes, sand the whole thing down, prime and paint. Harder than it sounds, but better than welding on rocker panels!

[kbee00]

They don't get welded on. They get screwed on.

uhhh - are you sure about this? Mine are screwed on at the center - but the ends are welded to wheel arches....

Am I missing something????

[azygoustoyou]

They get screwed on. You can see in my post here how the ends are supposed to look. I had to weld a new corner on.
http://www.fiatspider.com/f08/viewtopic ... ker+panels

[kbee00]

I really can't tell from those photos how the rockers attach to the wheel arches. Can you explain?

Thank you1

[azygoustoyou]

If you look at the top pic, you'll see the stud that goes through the body into the front of the back wheel well. The nut is on the inside.Looking at the bottom pic, you can see where I welded the corner in front of the back wheel. Look behind it to see the nut.

[jimmycakes401]

Nice rack. I assume you fabricated that yourself? That's GOTTA come in handy.

[azygoustoyou]

Yeah it was really nice being able to take the car out of the garage and work on it. It was also on it when I took the car to get painted. I sold that one. I can make one for you if interested. I designed them to fully disassemble for shipping. They also raise up to @23"

[jimmycakes401]

That is pretty cool. I have to go pretty cheap on this, but I may as well ask how much. Shoot me a PM about it if you'd like. Odds are I won't be able to, but it'd be sure cool to have. Could I replace the suspension while it's up?

[azygoustoyou]

I think the price was set at $275+ shipping. I mentioned it somewhere but can't find where. You could do anything while it's up.

[BEEK]

kbee, the rockers have 2 8mm nuts , one in the front and one in the rear, they come in from behind, they use a large area washer. the nuts will most likely break off, the studs will be rusted, make sure and use pblaster.