After my little tumble, I popped 3 middle body mounts from the body floor support.
This is the nutsert for the body mount. This is attached to a plate that is similarly shaped like the base of the floor support plate.
Body mounts removed.
Driver's side
Passenger side
With the rocker rust, I wanted a rocker skid with tubing to be used as a step and a push bar against obstacles. It probably would have been less time if I started off with an aftermarket set, extended the skid underneath to help remove and relocate the body mounts. But alas, I've had some 1/4" plate that was bent with a brake for several years in my garage. I had to add a 5" 3/16 panel to help extend it to the door. The tubing is 1.75" and don't remember the wall thickness.
Didn't do much to the rusting in the rocker other than cut away the real bad stuff, treated what was left. Relocated a body mount to the most rear point of the floor support and as high I could get it using the stock rubber body mounts.
Rocker skids have a 45* angle to them on the bend. They fit flush with the front portion of the floor support plate and have spacers to secure to the floor support in other locations. The rocker skid basically acts as the floor support panel as well as the rocker plate.
Finished and installed. I also installed rear Rubicon flares. I haven't installed the front ones yet.
The tubing sets 5" off the rocker to provide more protection offcamber as well as being near even with the flare.
Oh, lastly to add, my side panel has some many waves to it, the rocker skid is not flush. I thought of adding silicon to help seal between them, but that would only be for the top. Since the rocker skid cover's a lot of other sheetmetal with a lot of different shapes, there will really be no way for me to maintain a good seal between the rocker skid and the body panels of the Jeep. I thought of doing just the side panel, but didn't think of it in time. I may still add some sealant to fill the gaps between the side panel and rocker skid.
