Removing rocker panel trim

Goldmember · Feb 25, 2013

Seen many people do it but I'll need a little guidance on this one. I was putting air in my back tires and noticed on the passenger-side a nice little bumper crop of rust coming in down by the trim. Which means God only knows what the trim is hiding.

I see the screw on the end but what happens with the brackets underneath?

I'm not going to bother with rustproofing now but I've got POR-15 ready to go when the weather gets warmer.

ttocs · Feb 25, 2013

the panels on my 94 were held on by some really tight fitting, and fairly expensive to replace clips. Needed a panel popping tool to to take them off and most of the broke in the process.

g36 monkey · Feb 25, 2013

The whole side skirt or just the front ones? They pop into that little rail looking thing underneath, where the panel makes a 90*. There's like 6 or 7 regular christmas tree pop in things in it. Then there's some special white pop-in pieces on the front part of the skirt, as well as the screw holding it to the fender liner.

Goldmember · Feb 26, 2013

Jeremy, the whole skirt from the rear wheel to the front fender. So it unscrews and slides out?

g36 monkey · Feb 26, 2013

No no. There's a screw in the back and one in the front (if I remember correctly) The rest just pops off. I've had mine off a number of times. I don't use fancy pop puller things, I get under there with a crow bar lol!