To all,
I looked via search, but could not find anything with this problem area.
First, is a this common area? I do not see it posted, but it looks pretty much the same location on both sides, the pic shows the worse (passenger) of the two sides. I want to replace this side, and fix the other (driver) before it get worse. The driver side is maybe half as bad.

So, can I get replacement panels, or anything like that for that matter, or do I have to butcher another 2000 Maxima? I am willing to give it anything a try, but it seems making a patch panel from scratch would be a little hard, and out of my realm?
Thanks,
Jim