Missing plugs for the rocker panel holes, any suggestions?

Installed the new 9/16" flush mount rubber plugs for sheet metal. Will hold up better than the factory (OEM) flaps. These have a good tight fit, and look awesome to! Checked that of the list that needed fixing on my truck.

 

Where and how many plugs did you get? Would you have apart number/ brand?

Thanks.

 

I bought them off of E-bay. $1 per plug, and bought 20 of them. You can buy plastic plugs on E-bay for a lot cheaper, but I wanted rubber to hold better. These rubber ones fit in nice and tight/ hold good. Here is a link to the ones I bought. https://www.ebay.com/itm/3-4-0-75-i...Mount-Body-and-Sheet-Metal-Holes/163804186327

 

apparently they just completely sprayed over most of my cover/flaps things, i cannot find all six of them on each side

 

i still have NO CLUE where drains are on the rockers, where are the drains, where does water get into them i am confused

 

Jeez, they should be there. Unless 97 Tacoma's had different rocker holes. My truck is a 2003

 

i posted a pic earlier in this thread of what i have going on under mine with a halogen lamp

 

The drains are in the crimp weld down the whole rocker length if I am right. There are little slots in the crimp weld so water can drain. There is also small holes up front behind the front mud flap for water to drain. I could be wrong on this tho, so do not hold me to it, haha

 

Yours may not have as many factory 9/16" holes like I have in mine. I have 6 factory 9/16" holes on each side.

 

ok ya i did notice something like that under there in crimp welds
i need to get all those fixed, got chips in them i discovered

 

My main goal from all this was to just seal those 9/16" holes up (as I have KM3 mud tires on it) to keep mud/ and rocks out of the rockers. And these plugs are going to do just that, quite nicely. They fit really good to. Toyota should have done this from factory, VS the flaps that where glued to the rockers

 

I would suggest some type of bed liner to repaint your rockers if you are having chipping issues. Line-X is great stuff!! Just do not block the drain holes as that would be very bad. If and when my rockers get pitted/ chipped a lot down the road I am going to have to look into getting them repainted also. I am not sure if I would want a body shop to paint them, and put the clear sticker over when done, or just have the Line-X guys go to town on it.

 

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Typar-6...CB2CPv3HVxd-y2-y-5hoCL30QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Is this the stuff you're talking about to seal the rocker box holes?

 

Twice a year I dump a gallon of wd-40 in every hole I can find with a pump sprayer with modified long wand tube. I put a painting tarp on ground and spray the living hell out of it till it’s dripping from everywhere. Frame, rockers and doors look new.

 

the wd40 company approves and thanks you for your business

 

just chips around the drain holes with a wee bit hit of rust starting i have noticed
maybe the touchUp stick paint i have could help. i don't know

 

This is what I used, worked mint!! They are rubber to. https://www.ebay.com/itm/3-4-0-75-i...Mount-Body-and-Sheet-Metal-Holes/163804186327

 

ok, so i sprayed the FF/cf3k mix under my truck (late last fall) on the dealer applied undercoating, made it all black like new bad ass looking yay!

BUT, i was checking under earlier this week and those factory rubber squares w/adhesive all curled up funky on the edges and are in danger of probably just falling off and i need to figure what to do
i will try to get a pic to see you what kind of mess they became after spraying over them


from the link the OP @Hunt/Taco posted those round rubber plugs are out of stock it looks like on the link provided