Patent ID: 8740290

Claim:
A vehicle body side part structure including a side panel outer member for covering a side of a vehicle body from the outside, wherein the side panel outer member comprises a front pillar lower section formed of a high-tensile steel sheet, a front pillar upper section formed of an ordinary steel sheet, and a reinforcing member disposed along the front pillar upper section, wherein the front pillar lower section and the front pillar upper section are manufactured separately from one another, the front pillar lower section has an upper end joined to an inside surface of a lower end of the front pillar upper section, and the reinforcing member has a front end connected to an inside surface of the upper end of the front pillar lower section, and wherein the reinforcing member has an extending section extending downward substantially vertically from a lower portion of the front end of the reinforcing member, the extending section being joined to the inside surface of the upper end of the front pillar lower section.